Difference between revisions of "Act of War: High Treason"

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Act of War
Act of War: Direct Action	2005
Act of War: High Treason	2006

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Available both as stand-alone game (Steam) or as expansion for the original Act of War: Direct Action (retail, GOG.com).^[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TAGES DRM.
GamersGate

GOG.com		Includes Act of War: Direct Action.
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Standalone.

Singleplayer demo is available

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1 is available on Patches-Scrolls or here.

Navy Invaders mod

Official mod by Eugen Systems, that allows naval battles against AI^[2]

Fixes an audio bug related to missiles.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9760/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\AOW\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9760/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		2D elements are stretched.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Press the Alt+Enter key combination to toggle between windowed and full-screen mode. Otherwise, this feature doesn't appear in the Options dialog box.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS	Capped at 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Always on for non-English localizations; absent in English version.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and GOG.com only.
German				Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam release.
Italian				Retail and GOG.com only.
Spanish				Retail and GOG.com only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	12222
UDP	12222

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

TAGES protection error

Update TAGES DRM^[4]

Game doesn't start on Windows 8 and later

Install DirectPlay^[5]

Runtime error 217

This problem is supposedly fixed in the Steam version.

Instructions^[6]

Use Proper Windows 7 Fix for Act of War

Works for Windows 10 too.

Tomahawk Sound Loop

The game has issues with naval units which can make certain missions unplayable.

Use a sound loop fix^[7]
Download the fix Use the game's mod manager to launch it.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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).

References

↑ Fringe Gamer: Act of War: High Treason Game Design Review - last accessed on 2016-07-28
↑ ftp://ftp.atari.com/patches/aowht/msg/EN.txt - last accessed on 2016-07-28
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ Fix Act of War High Treason with this Patch - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ Windows 8.1 Now playable :: Act of War: Direct Action General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-07-28
↑ Proper Windows 7 Fix - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ Tomahawk sound looping bug fix and more!

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-4] 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).

[1] Fringe Gamer: Act of War: High Treason Game Design Review - last accessed on 2016-07-28

[2] tp://ftp.atari.com/patches/aowht/msg/EN.txt - last accessed on 2016-07-28

[5] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[6] Fix Act of War High Treason with this Patch - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[7] Windows 8.1 Now playable :: Act of War: Direct Action General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-07-28

[8] Proper Windows 7 Fix - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[9] Tomahawk sound looping bug fix and more!

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Developers

	Eugen Systems
Publishers
Original	Atari
Current	THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows	March 24, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Contemporary, Sci-fi
Series	Act of War