Chrome
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Developers | |
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Techland | |
Publishers | |
Meridian4 | |
Engines | |
Chrome Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 16, 2003 |
Chrome | |
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Chrome | 2003 |
Chrome SpecForce | 2005 |
Key points
- The game was re-released in 2004 as Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat (known in Europe as Chrome: Gold Edition).[1]
- The game includes a level editor, detailed editor tutorial and Java source code that can be recompiled to change the game logic and settings.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
Amazon.com |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Install patch 1.1.3.0_v2, followed by patch 1.1.3.0_v2 to 1.2.0.0. Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat(Chrome: Gold Edition) is already patched to latest version.
Visual fidelity (unofficial patch)
- A set of widescreen, FOV, HUD and text rendering fixes for Chrome and Chrome SpecForce. Enables native support for higher resolutions and Hor+ FOV. Also includes files to disable mouse acceleration, LOD switching and increase draw distance. Download from Mod DB.
Skip intro videos
"No Intro" fix |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46420/pfx/[Note 2] |
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AudioSettings.scr
contains audio settings. -
Controller.scr
contains mouse and controller settings. -
VideoSettings.scr
contains video settings. -
UserControls.scr
contains key mapping settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46420/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Each save uses multiple files.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Set resolution in VideoSettings.scr[2] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
Instructions[3] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Available here. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Issues fixed
Advanced Battlegrounds installation problem
- The installation process fails with "Error 2711" message.
The game refuses to install if original Chrome is already installed on the computer[4] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode is limited to 85 Hz, even if the display refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set display refresh rate[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | PIII 800 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2MX ATI Radeon 7000 chipset 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000 chipset 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (46420) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.