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Revision as of 10:59, 19 May 2023
Developers | |
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NovaLogic | |
Expansion | Ritual Entertainment |
Publishers | |
2003-2016 | NovaLogic |
2016-present | THQ Nordic |
Engines | |
Black Hawk Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 24, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | July 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
IGDB | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Africa, 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 |
Key points
- Master servers were shut down. Playing multiplayer is now only possible using GOG.com version, GameRanger or Novaworld.cc.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM 4 DRM. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Platinum Pack (No included soundtrack CD files) | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam |
Version differences
- The Gold Pack includes the base game and the Team Sabre expansion pack.
- The Platinum Pack includes the base game, the Team Sabre expansion pack, their respective strategy guides by Prima, and the soundtrack CD.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Team Sabre |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Delta Force - Black Hawk Down - General Update updates the game to the latest version. Team Sabre already includes this patch.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\dfv.cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\dfvplr.sav[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Set the resolution with dgVoodoo2 | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use this CheatEngine table. | ||
Windowed | Launch the game with /w parameter. Resolution of 640x480 and Windowed mode can make the game unplayable.[1] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Setting might be disabled (force in the graphics card control panel). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Main menu capped at 65 FPS. |
Widescreen resolution
- The game natively supports only 4:3 resolutions. It's possible to get the game running in widescreen mode by editing bytes directly in exe file.
Modify and use UniWS[2] |
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THE INI IS BELOW [Apps] version=1.03 a0=Delta Force Black Hawk Down / Delta Force Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre [Delta Force Black Hawk Down / Delta Force Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre] details=Requires 1.5.0.5 version. checkfile=dfbhd.exe modfile=dfbhd.exe undofile=dfbhd.backup sig=EB42BF00040000BE00030000EB36BF sigwild=0000000000000 xoffset=3 yoffset=8 occur=1 Notes
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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 | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Does not pause on focus lost | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | Released by FX Interactive | |||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | Released by Cenega | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Barely a few voice lines are not translated | |||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 50 | Versus, Co-op For co-op, use Anaconda's Server Manager. |
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Online play | 64 | Versus, Co-op The official multiplayer service was shut down; use the NovaHQ lobby (already applied to the GOG.com version). |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Run the game with the /serveonly parameter.[3] |
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Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Can not recover password/account details (bug: emails not being sent)
In 2008, Novalogic updated their website. This caused few minor glitches on DFBHD websites that in-game browser is using.
Use Novaworld Community Beta website[citation needed] |
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Issues unresolved
Anti-aliasing option is disabled
On some configurations, option for full screen anti-aliasing is disabled. There is no known fix for it. Only alternative is forcing different AA settings from graphics card control panel.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | |
Shader Model support | 1.1, 1.3 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | NovaWorld |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 733 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 860 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia TNT2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 5 series 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible |
- The Team Sabre expansion pack increases the HDD requirements to 1.4 GB
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 74xx PowerPC G4 |
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System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerator 32 MB of VRAM |
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Other | 2x DVD-ROM drive |
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 (32670) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Stealthradon on 8 June 2014
- The world spins around the player at very high speeds
- ↑ Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-04-10
- ↑ Novahq.net Forum - View Single Post - bhd dedicated server - last accessed on May 2023