World War II Combat: Road to Berlin
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Developers | |
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Direct Action Games | |
Publishers | |
Groove Games | |
Poland | City Interactive |
Russia | 1C Company |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 24, 2006 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, Historical, World War II |
Series | World War II (Groove Games series), Battlestrike |
World War II (Groove Games series) | |
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World War II: Sniper - Call to Victory | 2004 |
World War II Combat: Road to Berlin | 2006 |
World War II Combat: Iwo Jima | 2006 |
Warnings
Key points
- Retrofitted by City Interactive as Battlestrike: Secret Weapons (in Europe) and Rajd na Berlin: Tajna Broń III Rzeszy (in Poland).
World War II Combat: Road to Berlin is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the World War II (Groove Games series) and Battlestrike series.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check. |
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Groove Games\Berlin\*.ini %APPDATA%\Groove Games\Berlin\Profiles\<user-id>.ini |
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Berlin.ini
contains general settings. -
User.ini
contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings. -
<user-id>.ini
contains profile settings.
Save game data location
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | 85° by default. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
- Custom resolutions can be set manually. Note that in the first two options, the image is Vert-, and FOV should be increased to compensate for it.
Set custom resolution in-game[2] |
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Edit ini file[3] |
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Notes
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Use the Widescreen Fix[4] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
- In both options, only the camera FOV is affected, not the weapon FOV.
Set default FOV in-game[5] |
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Edit ini files[6] |
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DesiredFOV=85.000000 DefaultFOV=85.000000 Notes
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Windowed
Edit ini file[7] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use SRWE[8] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Edit ini file[9] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit ini file[10] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Enabled by default, see Mouse acceleration to disable it. | |
Mouse sensitivity | Max of 10. For higher, see Mouse sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Set UseJoystick=True in Berlin.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient] . |
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Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Edit in User.ini . |
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Controller sensitivity | Edit in User.ini . |
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Controller Y-axis inversion | Edit in User.ini . |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
Edit ini files[11] |
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Notes
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Mouse sensitivity
- [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity.
Set custom sensitivity in-game[12] |
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Edit ini files[13] |
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Jerky/Uneven mouse movement
Edit ini files[14] |
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Notes
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL. See Surround sound. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3. | |
Royalty free audio |
Surround sound
- By default the game ouput to stereo on modern versions of Windows. This will force the game to use the system OpenAL device as ouput and restore surround sound.
- Forcing the game to use system OpenAL device may lead to audio dropouts, missing and substituted audio samples.
Restore surround sound[15] |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 16 | |||
Online play | 16 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[16] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Game's Vsync doesn't work on Windows 8/8.1/10/11
Install dgVoodoo2. |
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Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper |
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Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11
Install dgVoodoo2. |
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Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Maximum selectable refresh rate is 60 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set your monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitor.
Edit ini file[17] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy | |
Anti-cheat | PunkBuster |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7200 64 MB of VRAM |
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Sound (audio device) | 16-bit DirectX 9.0 compatible |
References
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