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Revision as of 01:33, 20 January 2014

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines cover
Developers
Pyro Studios
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Release dates
Windows July 31, 1998
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines on Wikipedia
Commandos
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines 1998
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty 1999
Commandos 2: Men of Courage 2001
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin 2003
Commandos: Strike Force 2006
Commandos 2 HD Remaster 2020
Commandos 3 HD Remaster 2022
Commandos: Origins 2024

Key points

The original 16-bit installer won't work on 64 bit systems
Audio-/video-options are very limited.

General information

Steam Users' Forums for game series
Steam Community Discussions
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Best version

The GOG.com version has added compatibility fixes for modern systems, includes the standalone expansion Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, and is cheaper than buying the base game and its expansion separately on Steam.

Essential improvements

Official patch

1.1 - For the retail version

Steam "Ultimate Fix"

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video options is limited to changing between four resolutions.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

The only available audio option is master volume.

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Can't install original retail version on 64 bit Windows

Instructions

"Please run the German version on this computer" error

This issue has been fixed in the GOG.com version (specifically using the hex edit below).
Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME
Processor (CPU) Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 12 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References