Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
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| Developers | |
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| Relic Entertainment | |
| macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
| Publishers | |
| THQ | |
| Sega | |
| Engines | |
| Essence Engine 1.0 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 25, 2007 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 1, 2012 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 87 |
| IGDB | 82 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
| Genres | RTS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Europe, Historical, World War II |
| Series | Company of Heroes |
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Key points
- Online multiplayer for non-Steam versions stopped working in December 2013, due to Quazal services being shut down.[1]
- Steam version updates can potentially break mods.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SecuROM DRM. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Complete Pack also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Acts as DLC for the New Steam Version. | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition. Comes bundled in. | |
Essential improvements
Patches
Skip splash screens
| Launch the game with the -nomovies parameter[citation needed] |
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\*.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\*.lua %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\*.txt |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*.lua %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*.txt |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9340/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\Savegames\ |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\Savegames\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9340/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | Syncs save games. |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Launch the game with the -window parameter. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Works using usual borderless fullscreen methods. Tested using GameCompanion. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Launch the game with the -novsync parameter to disable Vsync. |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Download Gridkeys | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | For scroll speed. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | 8 | |||
| Online play | 8 | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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| UDP | 6112, 30260, 9100 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9, 10 | |
| Shader Model support | 1.1, 4 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | Havok | |
| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | DivX Video | |
| Multiplayer | Quazal, Steamworks | Steamworks support is only available in the New Steam Version. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB 1 GB (Vista) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 9 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support |
Nvidia GeForce 6800 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.6 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 13 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8600 256 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM |
- SSE capable processor required.
- Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon 9500 series, Radeon 9600 series, Radeon 9700 series, Radeon 9800 series, Radeon X300 series, Radeon X550 series, Radeon X600 series, Radeon X700 series, Radeon X800 series, Radeon X1000 series, Radeon X1100 series, Radeon X1300 series, Radeon X1600 series, Radeon X1800 series, Radeon X1900 series, Radeon HD 2400 series, Radeon HD 2600 series, Radeon HD 2900 series
- Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce3/Ti series, GeForce4/Ti (excluding the GeForce4MX series), GeForce FX 5700 series, GeForce FX 5800 series, GeForce FX 5900 series, GeForce 6200 series, GeForce 6600 series, GeForce 6800 series, GeForce 7300 series, GeForce 7600 series, GeForce 7800 series, GeForce 7900 series, GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8700 series, GeForce 8800 series
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (9340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.