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Day of Defeat

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Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat cover
Developers
Valve Corporation
Publishers
Activision
Valve Corporation
Engines
GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows May 1, 2003[1]
macOS (OS X) March 13, 2013
Linux March 13, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 79
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS
Art styles Realistic
Themes Europe, World War II
Series Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat on HowLongToBeat
Day of Defeat on IGDB
Day of Defeat on MobyGames
Day of Defeat on Wikipedia
Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat 2003
Day of Defeat: Source 2005

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Day of Defeat is a multiplayer first-person FPS game in the Day of Defeat series.

General information

GitHub Issue Tracker for Day of Defeat and other GoldSrc-based games
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use -nointro command line argument[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\dod\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common/Half-Life/dod
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Retail and pre-25th Anniversary Update Steam versions are Vert-. Increase FOV to compensate.
The 25th Anniversary Update version has a setting for Hor+ called "Allow widescreen Field of View".
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Retail and pre-25th Anniversary Update Steam versions are Vert-. Increase FOV to compensate.
The 25th Anniversary Update version has a setting for Hor+ called "Allow widescreen Field of View".
4K Ultra HD
Menus and HUD become small.
Field of view (FOV)
Attempting the fov X command results in the message "Please dont cheat!"
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
gl_ansio can be used to change anisotropic samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Only available in the Steam version.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Triple Buffering.
Always on for the retail version.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 72 FPS. Use fps_override 1 in the console to disable GoldSrc's arbitrary 100 FPS limit and fps_max up to 1000 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

-window -noborder[citation needed]
  1. Find Day of Defeat in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -window -noborder
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

Input

Key map settings (Steam version)
Key map settings (Steam version)
Mouse/joystick settings (Steam version)
Mouse/joystick settings (Steam version)

Audio

Audio settings (Steam version)
Audio settings (Steam version)

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

For more information, see the "Half-Life Dedicated Server" section of our GoldSrc article.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32 Versus
Online play
32 Versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Use connect [IP address here] in the console.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 6003, 7002, 27010, 27015, 27025
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate (Retail version)

The retail version of the game defaults to 60 Hz when running with Direct3D renderer in full-screen mode.
Use the -freq <rate> command line argument[2]
Example: -freq 120 forces a 120 Hz refresh rate.

Input Lag in Direct3D (Retail version)

On certain graphics cards, using the D3D renderer can result in severe input lag, even with disabled VSync.
Set gl_d3dflip 1 in the console[3]

Main menu issues (Retail Version)

In modern versions of windows the menu is usually not seen in full screen in addition to crashing when loading the game
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

Fatal Error - Available memory less than 15MB (Retail version)

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP[citation needed]

Black screen on startup (Steam version)

Disable FBO rendering[4]
  1. Add -nofbo in the game's launch options.

Windows 7/Vista Performance Fix

In Windows 7 or Vista with modern hardware, some users may experience extremely low frame rates during gameplay.
Set HL.exe to high priority[citation needed]
  1. Open Half-Life.
  2. Press Ctrl+ Shift+Esc in order to open the Task Manager.
  3. Under the Processes tab, find HL.exe and right click it.
  4. Set its priority to high.

Performance issues with dynamic lights on Intel graphics (OpenGL)

Dynamic light sources being present, such as the flashlight or flickering lights, causes significant frame rate drops and lag spikes on Intel graphics.
Use this GLIntercept config[5]

Note

As this method uses a custom OpenGL32.dll, it should not be used in VAC-protected servers.
Doing this also fixes overbright lighting.

Glitchy mouse movement in-game

Enable raw mouse input in the game's mouse settings[6]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7 Removed with Linux update.[7]
OpenGL 2.1
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Input SDL
Multiplayer WON, Steamworks WON for retail, Steamworks for Steam.
Anti-cheat Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

Mods

Sturmbot

A mod that adds bots for single-player use. After installing the mod, start a match and press X to open the mod's menu.

Console commands

Games running on the GoldSrc engine can utilize GoldSrc Engine Console Commands for various tasks.
The console is enabled by default in GoldSrc games, press ~ to open it.

Day of Defeat Classic v3.1

DoD 3.1 Steam Installer
Server List
DoD 3.1 Steam Community Group
Day of Defeat became an official Valve mod and was released as version 1.0. Prior to this Day of Defeat saw a number of revisions ultimately leading up to the final pre-official version of 3.1. With the release of 1.0 many of the gameplay elements changed and previously popular maps were removed from the game.
Because of the niche nature of playing this version most game sessions are organized through the DoD 3.1 Steam Community Group.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, ME
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 735 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8
ATI Radeon X1600
Intel HD 3000
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) Dual-core from Intel at 2.8 GHz
Dual-core from AMD at 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600GT
ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600
OpenGL 2.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
Other (Graphic Drivers: Nvidia 310, AMD 12.11)


Notes

  1. 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

  1. News - DoD v1.0 mod release today - last accessed on 2023-07-02
  2. Command Line Options - Valve Developer Community - last accessed on May 2023
  3. valvearchive.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  4. Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
  5. [citation needed]
  6. Mouse problem | Steamcommunity.com
  7. Steam HL1 5.1 sound - Steam discussions forums.