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Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior	2004
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers	2006

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Full Spectrum Warrior is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person tactical shooter game in the Full Spectrum Warrior series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM.
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4520/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4520/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
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)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

By default you can only select 5:4 resolutions up to 1280x1024

Edit configuration Launch the game, change the resolution to any resolution, run the game and quit, this will create the file needed. Go to `<path-to-game>` Open `Resolution.cfg` in a text editor. Change the default resolution, e.g. `1280 1024 0` to `2560 1440 0` Save the changes.

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game camera settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Japanese retail release.
Korean
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		2	Co-op GameSpy services have been shut down;^[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	27901 (P2P)

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0b
Shader Model support	2.0b	^{[citation needed]}

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce3 series ATI Radeon 8500 DirectX 9.0b compatible	Nvidia GeForce4 Ti ATI Radeon 9500 DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0b compatible	SoundBlaster Audigy preferred

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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/4520/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (4520) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 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.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/4520/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (4520) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/4520/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (4520) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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+|xbox cloud notes          =
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-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Full Spectrum Warrior General Video.png|In-game general video settings.}}
 {{Image|Full Spectrum Warrior Advanced Video.png|In-game advanced video settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
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 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = true
-|widescreen resolution notes= {{term|Vert-}} from 5:4 ratio.{{cn|date=July 2016}}
+|widescreen resolution notes=
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 80: / Line 104: @@
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
 |4k ultra hd                = true
-|4k ultra hd notes          = {{term|Vert-}} from 5:4 ratio.{{cn|date=July 2016}}
+|4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
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 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
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+|120 fps notes              =
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@@ Line 104: / Line 128: @@
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-{{--}} By default you can only select 5:4 resolutions up to 1280x1024, changing to other resolutions works but the image will be displayed as {{term|Vert-}}.{{cn|date=July 2016}}
+{{++}} By default you can only select 5:4 resolutions up to 1280x1024
-{{Fixbox|description=Set in Resolution.cfg|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Edit configuration
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}</code>
+# Launch the game, change the resolution to any resolution, run the game and quit, this will create the file needed.
-# Make a backup of Resolution.cfg
+# Go to {{file|{{p|game}}|folder}}
-# Change the default resolution. ie: <code>1280 1024 0</code> to <code>1920 1080 0</code>
+# Open {{file|Resolution.cfg}} in a text editor.
-# Save file.
+# Change the default resolution, e.g. <code>1280 1024 0</code> to <code>2560 1440 0</code>
-# Run the game.
+# Save the changes.
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-==Input settings==
+==Input==
 {{Image|Full Spectrum Warrior Remapping.png|In-game key map settings.}}
 {{Image|Full Spectrum Warrior Camera.png|In-game camera settings.}}
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 180: / Line 204: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Full Spectrum Warrior Audio.png|In-game audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
@@ Line 228: / Line 252: @@
   |subtitles = unknown
   |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Japanese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = unknown
+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     = Japanese retail release.
   |fan       =
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@@ Line 258: / Line 290: @@
 |lan play modes       =
 |lan play notes       =
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+|online play          = false
 |online play players  = 2
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@@ Line 284: / Line 316: @@
 ===API===
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 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
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-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
@@ Line 341: / Line 374: @@
 |minGPU2  = ATI Radeon 8500
 |minDX    = 9.0b
+|minaudio = DirectX 9.0b compatible
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 |recGPU2  = ATI Radeon 9500
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+|recaudio = SoundBlaster Audigy preferred
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	Pandemic Studios
Publishers
Original	THQ
Current	THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows	September 21, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based
Genres	Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Full Spectrum Warrior