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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 15, 2001}}
 
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==Availability==
 
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{{Fixbox|description=Overview|ref=<ref>Tested by [[User:Nessy|Nessy]]</ref>|fix=
 
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{{--}} The game always stretches the display in fullscreen mode, if the resolution does not fill the entire screen.
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{{--}} The game always tries to stretch the display in fullscreen mode, if the resolution does not fill the entire screen.
 
{{ii}} When patch 1.02 is applied to combat the random crashes on modern systems, any resolution above '''1152x864''' will crash the game when running in fullscreen mode. Resolutions up to Full HD work fine in window mode but the performance is considerably worse. Window mode will require the Windows color depth to be set to 16 bit instead of 32 bit to avoid the rainbow color issues. Performance can be increased by tweaking and launching the game with [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd |DXWnd]]
 
{{ii}} When patch 1.02 is applied to combat the random crashes on modern systems, any resolution above '''1152x864''' will crash the game when running in fullscreen mode. Resolutions up to Full HD work fine in window mode but the performance is considerably worse. Window mode will require the Windows color depth to be set to 16 bit instead of 32 bit to avoid the rainbow color issues. Performance can be increased by tweaking and launching the game with [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd |DXWnd]]
 
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===Terrible performance and mouse issues===
 
===Terrible performance and mouse issues===
 
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# Disable the [[Nvidia|NVIDIA In-Game Overlay]].
 
# Tweak and launch the game with [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd |DXWnd]].
 
# Tweak and launch the game with [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd |DXWnd]].
 
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Revision as of 10:53, 18 June 2021

America
America cover
Developers
Related Designs
Publishers
Data Becker
Release dates
Windows January 15, 2001
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Isometric
Genres RTS
Themes Western
America on MobyGames
America on Wikipedia

Key points

Also known as America: No Peace Beyond the Line and A*M*E*R*I*C*A.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 VOB v3 DRM
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
America: Expansion Pack Executable is called AmericaAddon.exe
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

1.02 is the latest version. It fixes random crashes that may occur on 1.00 but also comes with new problems. See Resolution troubles.

Skip intro videos

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\America.ini
  2. Set intro=1 to intro=0

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\America.ini[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\Save2 for the Expansion Pack[Note 1]

Video settings

Settings.
Settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\America.ini
  2. Set FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0

Resolution troubles

Overview[1]
Widescreen resolutions are supported by default.
The game always tries to stretch the display in fullscreen mode, if the resolution does not fill the entire screen.
When patch 1.02 is applied to combat the random crashes on modern systems, any resolution above 1152x864 will crash the game when running in fullscreen mode. Resolutions up to Full HD work fine in window mode but the performance is considerably worse. Window mode will require the Windows color depth to be set to 16 bit instead of 32 bit to avoid the rainbow color issues. Performance can be increased by tweaking and launching the game with DXWnd

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Issues fixed

Game refuses to launch

Instructions
  1. Running the game in window mode usually solves that issue. See Windowed.

Terrible performance and mouse issues

Instructions
  1. Disable the NVIDIA In-Game Overlay.
  2. Tweak and launch the game with DXWnd.

Issues unresolved

Crash upon saving in mission 5 of the Mexican campaign

There is a bug in mission 5 of the Mexican campaign that might prevent the player from saving their game in this mission since the game will suddenly start crashing upon each saving attempt and the created save file will be corrupted. This problem can reliably be reproduced on said mission on patch 1.02. The only known way around it is to win the mission without relying on saves.

Unit pathfinding becoming abysmal

Sometimes the pathfinding of all units on the map can become extremely slow or cause units to ignore orders and remain frozen. This is usually caused by the buggy AI trying to move their army to a spot they cannot reach or a destination very far away. Usually a big group of enemy troops can be found stuck together somewhere. Killing them typically restores the regular pathfinding behaviour.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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

  1. ↑ Tested by Nessy