Difference between revisions of "Battle Engine Aquila"

Latest revision as of 16:32, 5 March 2024

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\video` Delete or rename `LTLogo.vid` and `OpeningFMV.vid`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\defaultoptions.bea^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1346400/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

The main configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegames\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1346400/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video options.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	FMVs are locked at 25 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Control options.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Sound options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles		In-game dialogue is subtitled and cannot be disabled. FMVs are not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Full/light HRTF
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Split-screen.^[1]
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Enable extra graphical features setting on modern video cards

Add entry to cardid.txt^[2]
Open `<path-to-game>\cardid.txt` (AMD GPU) Find `Vendor:1002 ATI` (Nvidia GPU) Find `Vendor:10DE nVidia` (Intel GPU) Find `Vendor:8086 Intel` Under the `Vendor` line, add `Device:chip-type gpu-name` where `chip-type` is the GPU's chip type (in hexadecimal) and `gpu-name` is the GPU's name Under the newly added `Device` line, add `Tweak:GEFORCE_FX_POWER 1` Save the file

For example, the Device line for a Vega 56 GPU should be Device:687F Radeon RX Vega

The GPU's name and chip type can be found using DxDiag (for the chip type, only copy the hexadecimal part at the end of the information)

The chip type should be written without the 0x prefix

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, XP, 2K
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 700 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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 (1346400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ GameSpy: Battle Engine Aquila - Page 1 - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Battle Engine Aquila "extra graphical features" ? - last accessed on 2021-09-29

[gamedir-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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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 (1346400) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (1346400) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] GameSpy: Battle Engine Aquila - Page 1 - last accessed on May 2023

[4] Battle Engine Aquila "extra graphical features" ? - last accessed on 2021-09-29

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|battle-engine-aquila|}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer}}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-Time}}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-Person }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct Control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, Shooter, FPS}}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Sci-Fi }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 |steam appid  = 1346400
@@ Line 45: / Line 45: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | battle_engine_aquila | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GMG | battle-engine-aquila-pc | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 1346400| Steam | | | Windows}}
 }}
@@ Line 71: / Line 72: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             = false
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = false
+|steam cloud               = false
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 113: / Line 114: @@
 |antialiasing               = true
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 204: / Line 208: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        = Full/light HRTF
+|eax support notes         = Full/light HRTF
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 253: / Line 259: @@
 |local play players   = 2
 |local play modes     =
-|local play notes     = Split-screen.<ref>[http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battle-engine-aquila/498500p1.html GameSpy: Battle Engine Aquila - Page 1]</ref>
+|local play notes     = Split-screen.<ref>{{Refurl|url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battle-engine-aquila/498500p1.html|title=GameSpy: Battle Engine Aquila - Page 1|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 |lan play             = false
 |lan play players     =
@@ Line 267: / Line 273: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
-===Enable extra graphical features setting on modern videocards===
+===Enable extra graphical features setting on modern video cards===
-# Follow this [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=74014 guide].
+{{Fixbox|description=Add entry to cardid.txt|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=854781#p854781|title=Battle Engine Aquila "extra graphical features" ?|date=2021-09-29}}</ref>|fix=
+# Open <code>{{p|game}}\cardid.txt</code>
+# (AMD GPU) Find <code>Vendor:1002 ATI</code>
+# (Nvidia GPU) Find <code>Vendor:10DE nVidia</code>
+# (Intel GPU) Find <code>Vendor:8086 Intel</code>
+# Under the <code>Vendor</code> line, add <code>Device:chip-type gpu-name</code> where <code>chip-type</code> is the GPU's chip type (in hexadecimal) and <code>gpu-name</code> is the GPU's name
+# Under the newly added <code>Device</code> line, add <code>Tweak:GEFORCE_FX_POWER 1</code>
+# Save the file
+}}
+{{ii}} For example, the <code>Device</code> line for a Vega 56 GPU should be <code>Device:687F Radeon RX Vega</code>
+{{ii}} The GPU's name and chip type can be found using DxDiag (for the chip type, only copy the hexadecimal part at the end of the information)
+{{ii}} The chip type should be written without the <code>0x</code> prefix
 ==Other information==
@@ Line 297: / Line 314: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Lost Toys
Publishers
Retail	Encore Software
Digital	Ziggurat Interactive
Release dates
Windows	November 2, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	65
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, FPS
Themes	Sci-fi