Squad
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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Offworld Industries | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 23, 2020[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | Cosmetic |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS |
Vehicles | Helicopter, Tank |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
Squad is a multiplayer first-person FPS game.
General information
- Official forums
- Official Discord server
- Official wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
- /r/joinsquad Subreddit
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Not available in all regions. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Canadian Armed Forces | Free. Includes 2 maps, 3 vehicles, and new character models. | |
Free Recruit Pack | Free. Includes 2 emotes and 2 gestures: Salute, Shrug, Come Here, and Thumbs Up. | |
Grunt Pack | Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Slow Clap, Horns, Finger Snap, Fist and Palm, and High Ready. | |
R&R Pack | Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Facepalm, Hang Loose, Applause, Finger Wag, and Shh. | |
Free PT Pack | Free. Includes 2 emotes: Pushups and Jumping Jacks. | |
Attitude Pack | Includes 3 gestures: Victory, Eyes On You, and Pinched Fingers. | |
Stand Off Pack | Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Finger Guns, Can’t See Me, Fist Pump, Cut Throat and Stop. | |
Outpost Pack | Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Flex, Cease Fire Overwatch, Disregard, Leaders and Join Me. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | Contains cosmetic emote packs available for purchase. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename movie files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\SquadGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/393380/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\SquadGame\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/393380/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | [citation needed] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | All 21:9 resolutions are cropped 16:9 which results in a zoomed-in view (FOV is Vert-).[4] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Can be set between 90-120° in-game. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA or TAA, with optional Super Sampling up to 2x. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Mouse Smoothing option is available. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
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 |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Effects, UI, Music, Out of Game, Command Voice, Squad Voice, Local Voice | |
Surround sound | May cause performance issues, especially on AMD processors.[citation needed] The solution is to change the sound to stereo in the audio manager.[citation needed] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Adjust Out of Game Volume setting to 0% in order to mute. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Ukrainian | ||||
German | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Thai | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Czech | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Bulgarian | ||||
Greek | ||||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | [5] | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Interface does not support direct connections. It used to be possible to connect to a server directly using Steam's +connect <ip> launch option,[6][7] but this appears to no longer be possible.[8] |
Issues fixed
Miscellaneous issues
- See the FIXED Problems Steam Community sub-forum for miscellaneous fixes.
Stuttering
Disable Control Flow Guard[9] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11, 12 | |
Shader Model support | 4, 5 | Shader Model 4 support requires launching the game with the -sm4 command line argument |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | 3.4.0.0 with APEX |
Multiplayer | Steamworks | |
Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat, Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) | [11] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i Quad Core AMD Ryzen Quad Core |
Intel Core i Six Core AMD Ryzen Six Core |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 GB | 80 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Raden HD 7970 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 570 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible |
Other | Broadband Internet connection, A teamwork oriented mindset |
Microphone |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/393380/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (393380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Cciacona on 2023-09-11
- ↑ The development was started in 2015 and Closed Pre-Alpha als released in 2015. The game is now completely released and still maintained.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-13
- ↑ Imgur - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Dedicated server - Official Squad Wiki - last accessed on 2019-08-14
- ↑ Reddit reply by Squad developer korypostma - last accessed on 2023-07-13
- "Use the steam +connect command through a shortcut [...]"
- ↑ Reddit reply by Squad streamer DesmoLocke - last accessed on 2023-07-13
- "[playsqlad.xyz] uses "+connect" in Steam launch parameters to directly connect to a server"
- ↑ Verified by User:Mezzodrinker on 2023-07-13
- Tested with Squad 5.0.1 on Windows
- ↑ https://new.reddit.com/r/borderlands3/comments/odd9zb/comment/hqlkyh0/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/borderlands3/comments/odd9zb/comment/hsqsdxf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
- ↑ Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023