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Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions - for game series.
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- ClanEXF forums - Army Men RTS fan community.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Instant Action Mod
- The Instant Action Mod enables skirmishes against AI opponents in multiplayer, without the need for other players to join via the network.
Instructions
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- Download the mod and extract the files to
<path-to-game> .
- Start the game and create a multiplayer room with at least one AI opponent.
- Instead of clicking Play, click the new Offline button next to it.
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- This mod allows for very easy installation of custom campaigns and missions.
- Also adds the Special Operations and Intelligence Files, that were exclusive for the console versions of the game.
High resolution textures
- Army Men RTS - high resolution texture pack contains 200 textures upscaled using Waifu2X.
Level of detail
- Game switches between high and low quality models depending on the distance from the camera.
Instructions[3]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\library\engine .
- Open
detail.cfg with a text editor.
- Increase the value of
MrmDist , so higher quality models are rendered even far away.
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Skip intro videos
Modify game executable
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- Open
base.x-e in a hex editor
- Replace offset
0x38D65E8 with value 0x61
- This changes the file extension from
.bik to .bak in the base game data file.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
-
data.cfg
contains user campaign progress, while save files are inside the saves
folder.
Video
General audio/video settings.
- Game only lists first 22 available resolutions in the options menu (usually 1280x1024, 32-bit is the highest resolution available).
- dgVoodoo 2 can be used to force higher resolutions, while the resolution set in the options menu controls the aspect ratio.
- Menus and in-game interface (HUD) is scaled properly on very high resolutions and is not small.
Instructions[3]
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- Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe and all the files from the MS\x86 folder into <path-to-game> .
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe , and in the DirectX tab, set the desired resolution.
- (Optional: enable anisotropic filtering, so that menus and text are not pixelated).
- Click
Apply to save the settings, then click OK to exit the program.
- In the game options menu, select a resolution that has the same aspect ratio as the one set in dgVoodoo.
- HUD size can be controlled with the resolution set in the game options menu; the lower the selected resolution, the bigger will the HUD be displayed on screen.
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Instructions[3]
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- In the GPU control panel create a custom ultra-widescreen resolution that is smaller than 1280x1024 (like 1280x540), so it can be selected in the game options menu for the proper aspect ratio.
- Follow the instructions above.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Only the music volume and master volume can be adjusted. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME, 2000 |
XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz
| Intel Pentium II 400 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
310 MB |
610 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
Direct3D Accelerated Video Card 16 MB of VRAM
| Direct3D Accelerated Video Card 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References