Global Operations
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| Developers | |
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| Barking Dog Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Crave Entertainment | |
| Electronic Arts | |
| Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
| Engines | |
| LithTech Talon | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 25, 2002 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 79 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Asia, China, Europe |
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Warnings
- SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
Global Operations is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.
Availability
Demo
- A free demo version is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The complete list of patches can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Globalops\profile\<user-id>.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 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) | 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 and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Edit config file[3] |
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Notes |
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds. | ||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Poor performance on Windows 8 and newer
| Use dgVoodoo 2[5] |
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| Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper[5] |
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Vsync doesn't work on Windows 8 and newer
| Use dgVoodoo 2[5] |
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| Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper[5] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8 | [6] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Input | DirectInput | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000 or XP (95 and NT are not supported) | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 500 MHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 800 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB - DirectX 8.0a | |||
Notes
- ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[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
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Demon272481 on 2022-07-28
- 1920x1080 works
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-28
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
- According to System Informer, the game loads d3d8.dll. According to DebugView++'s logs, dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 8 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice8").