Cold War
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Developers | |
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Mindware Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | RuneSoft |
Publishers | |
Windows (retail) | DreamCatcher Interactive |
Windows (digital) | THQ Nordic |
OS X | RuneSoft |
Linux | Linux Game Publishing |
Engines | |
Meng | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 27, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) | July 31, 2006 |
Linux | August 4, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 64 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Cold War, Europe |
Cold War is a singleplayer third-person stealth game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | StarForce 3.6.10.03 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Steam |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cold War\Config.txt |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260650/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cold War\Saves\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260650/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. Launch the game at least once to create Config.txt in the Documents Cold War folder and copy it to the Cold War root folder. |
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Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See the WSGF entry. Menus, text, HUD and UI don't scale and become small. | ||
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) | On by default, can be switched off through the GPU control panel. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 100 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, speech, effect | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Czech | Retail only. link #1 | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Russian | Russian voice acting is not listed in the Steam store | |||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
OpenGL |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | ||||
Linux |
System requirements
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Kernel 2.2, Glibe 2.1, XFree86 4.3 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 1.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 450 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000 | XP, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.7 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 384 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 256 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
- Nvidia GeForce 4 MX is not supported.
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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 (260650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.