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D-Day

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D-Day
D-Day cover
Developers
Digital Reality
Publishers
USA O~3 Entertainment
Europe, Brazil Monte Cristo
United Kingdom Digital Jesters
United Kingdom Global Software Publishing
Russia 1C Company
Russia Nival Interactive
Release dates
Windows July 6, 2004
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Strategy
Themes Europe, Historical, World War II
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Warnings

StarForce DRM does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Sequel to Desert Rats Vs. Afrika Korps.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save[Note 2]

Video settings

Video Settings.
Video Settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input Settings.
Input Settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio Settings.
Audio Settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Audio stuttering

Unlike its prequel, the game may suffer from very notable audio stuttering on high FPS.
Limit FPS[5]
  1. Limit the maximum FPS (Eg. via Graphics Card Control Panel or by enabling V-Sync).

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[6] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 1.6 GB

Notes

  1. ↑ Version 3.0 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. ↑ 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).

References