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Revision as of 21:54, 15 July 2021

Ground Control
Ground Control cover
Developers
Massive Entertainment
Dark Conspiracy High Voltage Software[1]
Publishers
Retail Sierra Entertainment
Digital Rebellion Developments
Release dates
Windows June 1, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi
Series Ground Control
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Ground Control on MobyGames
Ground Control on Wikipedia
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Ground Control
Ground Control 2000
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus 2004
Ground Control
Ground Control 2000
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus 2004

Key points

Ground Control has been released as a free download.

General information

Ground Control Veterans
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM DRM.
Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
 Ground Control Anthology.
Windows
GamersGate
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 Ground Control Anthology. Also bundled with the sequel.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Ground Control Anthology
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
 Ground Control Anthology
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
The base game has been released as a free download in order to promote the sequel.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Dark Conspiracy
Windows

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\games\settings.dat[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254820/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\games\game*[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254820/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Use Ground Control Resolution Changer[citation needed]
Improved successor to the below resolution changer application
Instructions[2]
  1. Download the following archive.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Extract all the files from the archive and overwrite.
  4. Open Resolution Changer.exe, then set the desired Width and Height.
  5. Launch the game through the Launch Ground Control.bat file.

Notes

If using Dynamic Super Resolution or Virtual Super Resolution and 4K Ultra HD, see this fix.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game joystick settings.
In-game joystick settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 15001, 15101, 15200, 20000-21000, 25000-25499
UDP 20000-21000
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Poor framerate on Windows 8

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download the following archive.
  2. Go to the installation folder, and extract the file.

Near-illegible text and buttons when using downscaling

If Dynamic Super Resolution or Virtual Super Resolution is used to achieve 4K resolutions, the game's text and buttons will become nearly illegible due to the downsampling involved.
Use dgVoodoo2[3]
  1. Follow all instructions for the widescreen resolution fix, ensuring width and height are set to one of the following:
    1. 16:9 monitors: 1024 width, 576 height
    2. 16:10/8:5 monitors: 1024 width, 640 height
    3. 21:9 monitors: 1024 width, 432 height
  2. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo2.
  3. Extract D3Dlmm.dll and DDraw.dll to <path-to-game> from the downloaded ZIP file.
  4. Extract dgVoodooSetup.exe to the folder of your choice from the downloaded ZIP file.
  5. Navigate to the folder your extracted dgVoodooSetup.exe to, then run dgVoodooSetup.exe.
  6. From the window which appears, click Add under Config folder / Running instance.
  7. Navigate to <path-to-game> using the window which appears, then click Select Folder.
  8. Ensure <path-to-game> is selected in the dropdown box Config folder / Running instance.
  9. Click on the DirectX tab.
  10. Under Resolution, select your monitor's native 4K resolution from the dropdown list.
  11. Click on the Apply button to save the configuration, the click OK.

Notes

This fix has been tested with Nvidia Dynamic Super Resolution.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 233 MHz Intel Pentium II 333 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 465 MB 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7.0a compatible
The game has software rendering mode, which may have lower system requirements.
Windows 98 and ME are only supported with the original ATI Radeon, ATI Radeon 7200, and Nvidia video cards

Notes

  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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ High Voltage Software Additional Games
  2. ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2016-06-30
  3. ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2016-06-06