Elite Forces: WWII - Normandy
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| Developers | |
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| Third Law Interactive | |
| Publishers | |
| ValuSoft | |
| Engines | |
| LithTech 1.5 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 2, 2001 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Europe, Historical, World War II |
| Series | Elite Forces |
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Elite Forces: WWII - Normandy is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Elite Forces series.
General information
- Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from August 2, 2001.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Simple disc check. | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.1 is available here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\profiles\player.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 1] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. Or use this fix. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. Or use this fix. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. Or use this fix. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. Or use this fix. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | The FOV slider in the game options under Interface is not truly Hor+, as it only handles horizontal FOV, not vertical FOV as well. Or use this fix. | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 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. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Game logic is tied to frame rate. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Widescreen resolution
| Run the game in widescreen resolutions[1] |
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Notes |
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| 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 |
Issues fixed
Game starts in windowed mode
| Use dgVoodoo 2[2] |
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Game starts with graphical issues on Windows 10/11
| Use DDrawCompat[3] |
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| Use dgVoodoo 2[4] |
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Mouse movement jumping pixels/stuttering
| Use dinputto8 |
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Game has a resolution limit of 2048 pixels
| Use dgVoodoo 2[5] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 6 | [6] |
| DirectDraw | 6 | Software renderer mode.[7] |
| Software renderer |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Miles Sound System | 3.0.0.0 |
| Input | DirectInput |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, ME | 95, 98, ME |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 266 MHz | Intel Pentium 266 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB | 300 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 6 compatible | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-02-09
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-26
- ↑ Verified by User:johnkeel105 on 2023-12-31
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-13
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-13
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
- According to System Informer, the game loads d3dim.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 6 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice3").
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
- According to System Informer, the game loads ddraw.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to DirectDraw 6 (e.g: "DirectDrawSurface4::SetColorKey" and "DirectDraw4::SetDisplayMode").