Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
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Developers | |
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Martin Ivanov | |
Publishers | |
Paradox Interactive | |
Engines | |
Europa | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 8, 2011 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Menu-based, Point and select |
Genres | Strategy, Wargame |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | World War I, World War II, Cold War, Interwar, Historical |
Series | Hearts of Iron |
Hearts of Iron | |
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Hearts of Iron | 2002 |
Hearts of Iron II | 2005 |
Hearts of Iron III | 2009 |
Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game | 2010 |
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game | 2011 |
Hearts of Iron IV | 2016 |
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy and wargame game in the Hearts of Iron series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Publisher website | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | [1] | |||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [2] |
Essential improvements
Running on modern systems
Install DirectPlay |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/73170/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/73170/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Set through the launcher or by enabling 16-bit color mode in compatibility settings and then setting display mode to 1 from settings.cfg. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
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 |
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Separate volume controls | Only through the in-game options menu. SFX/Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX-compatible 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/73170/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (73170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2022-09-14
- ↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022