18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
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Developers | |
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SCS Software | |
Publishers | |
ValuSoft | |
Retroism | |
Engines | |
Prism3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 23, 2003 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Genres | Driving, Simulation |
Vehicles | Truck |
Themes | North America |
Series | 18 Wheels of Steel |
General information
- SCS Software Forums for the game
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
Official website (unavailable) | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest version is Patch 1.10.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\config.cfg %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\hw_caps.def |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/514160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\saves\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/514160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Launcher video settings. Note when you check do not show... you will not be able to set the fields on or off from the options menu because they are not available there.
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Widescreen resolutions are Vert-. HUD is stretched. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | When the monitor is set to that resolution, the game will support that with no issues. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Fixed FOV (Vert-). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Called Sync every frame.(In Direct3D8 mode use d3d8to9 for vsync to work on windows10 ) | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, sound | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | Only in retail copies. Subtitles translate the text from CB radio. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
vorpX | G3D User created game profile (OpenGL), 3D screenshot and tweaking instructions see here |
Issues fixed
Vsync not working on Windows10 (Direct3D8 mode)
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8 | |
OpenGL | ||
Shader Model support | 1.4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
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Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (514160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.