Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Key points
- Crysis Wars is the multiplayer section of the game, Crysis: Warhead is the single player campaign.
- Great for benchmarking graphics cards
- Comes bundled with modding tools
- Very taxing even on some modern computers
- GameSpy online server browser stopped working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down.[1] Unofficial Crysis Wars Multiplayer Mod is available.[2]
General information
- Crysis Website
- MyCrysis Forums
- Crysis Wiki - A wiki for everything Crysis related
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest version for Warhead is 1.1. Latest versions for Wars is 1.5. Patch can be found here.
Crysis Wars Multiplayer Mod
This mod updates the game to use new multiplayer master servers, re-enabling online support lost by the GameSpy service shutdown.
Full details and download links can be found on the German Crysis Forums.
Skip intro videos
Game data
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings (Crysis Wars).
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
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In-game general video settings (Crysis Wars).
In-game advanced video settings (Crysis Wars).
In-game graphics settings (Crysis Wars).
Input settings
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
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In-game keyboard/mouse settings (Crysis Wars).
In-game gamepad settings (Crysis Wars).
Audio settings
In-game audio settings (Crysis Wars).
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Localizations
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
80, 443, 6667, 28910, 29900-29901 |
UDP |
27900-27901, 29910, 64087 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Hangs on startup
Remapping dual wielding secondary fire to other keys
By default, mouse2 (mouse right click) is permanently mapped to the dual wielding secondary fire command, regardless of what mouse2 is actually mapped to in-game. The only way to remap the command is to manually edit the profile key map file.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9, 10 |
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Shader Model support |
3, 4 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
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Audio |
FMOD |
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Multiplayer |
GameSpy, PunkBuster |
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System requirements
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Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP2, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) |
2.8 GHz (XP) 3.2 GHz (Vista) | |
System memory (RAM) |
1.0 GB (XP) 1.5 GB (Vista) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM
| NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 |
- Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.
- Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References