Delta Force
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Developers | |
---|---|
NovaLogic | |
Publishers | |
1998-2016 | NovaLogic |
2016-present | THQ Nordic |
Engines | |
Voxel Space | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 15, 1998[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter |
Art styles | Realistic, Voxel art |
Themes | Africa, Asia, Contemporary |
Series | Delta Force |
Delta Force | |
---|---|
Delta Force | 1998 |
Delta Force 2 | 1999 |
Delta Force: Land Warrior | 2000 |
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger | 2002 |
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | 2004 |
Delta Force: Xtreme | 2005 |
Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | 2009 |
Delta Force is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Delta Force series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Oversized DRM (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method). Single player is not available without the CD but multiplayer can be played without it if the large install is selected. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is update 5 (a.k.a. 082200), available from Patches-Scrolls and GameFront.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\df.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32620/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\player#no.ply[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32620/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Might disable mouse | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Capped at 60 FPS | ||
120+ FPS |
Support for 1024x768
The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.
Increase Resolution to 1024x768[2] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Called flip mouse | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Doesn't pause on lost focus | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | |||
Online play | The official multiplayer service was shut down; use the NovaHQ lobby. Already applied to the GOG.com version, others are required to follow this guide. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Steam
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 266 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 285 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA 16 MB of VRAM |
Disc version
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 120 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (32620) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Delta Force Released - Blue's News Story - last accessed on 2024-03-31
- ↑ GOG Forum Post - last accessed on 2020-05-01