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'''General information'''
 
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==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
===Skip intro videos===
 
# ?
 
 
 
===Patches===
 
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===Fixing compatibility on modern Windows systems===
 
===Fixing compatibility on modern Windows systems===
 
To remove window border in full screen mode and prevent intro crash, use dgVoodoo 2 in DirectX mode.
 
To remove window border in full screen mode and prevent intro crash, use dgVoodoo 2 in DirectX mode.
{{Fixbox|description=Fixing compatibility issues
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* Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2 dgVoodoo 2] and install it in the game's folder (default settings should work fine).
 
* Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2 dgVoodoo 2] and install it in the game's folder (default settings should work fine).
 
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Armored Fist 3
Armored Fist 3 cover
Developers
NovaLogic
Publishers
1999-2016 NovaLogic
2016-present THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows September 29, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Vehicle simulator, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Tank
Series Armored Fist
Armored Fist 3 on HowLongToBeat
Armored Fist 3 on MobyGames
Armored Fist
Armored Fist 1994
Armored Fist 2 1997
Armored Fist 3 1999

Armored Fist 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person vehicle simulator and vehicle combat game in the Armored Fist series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Retail game

1.00.17 (1999-12) URL. Filename: af3_update_082200_xx.exe
1.00.20 (2000–02) URL. Filename: af3upd8k.exe

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\af3prefs.cfg[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\slot00.dat[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
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
120+ FPS

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
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
The NL Exe Patcher is required for continued online functionality.

Issues fixed

Fixing compatibility on modern Windows systems

To remove window border in full screen mode and prevent intro crash, use dgVoodoo 2 in DirectX mode.

Fixing compatibility issues
  • Download dgVoodoo 2 and install it in the game's folder (default settings should work fine).

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium MMX 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 388 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 3.0 compatible


Notes

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References