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Hammerfight

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Hammerfight
Hammerfight cover
Developers
Konstantin Koshutin
macOS (OS X) Ryan C. Gordon
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
KranX Productions
Engines
HGE[1]
Release dates
Windows September 19, 2009
macOS (OS X) July 26, 2011
Linux July 26, 2011
Hammerfight guide on StrategyWiki
Hammerfight on MobyGames
Hammerfight on Wikipedia

Key points

The game can support multiple mice for local multiplayer
Originally titled Hammerfall during development.

General information

Official website
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Version differences

The GamersGate and Steam versions are outdated (version 1.004); they do not include the Tribal Wars game mode added in version 1.005.[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Config.ini[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/Hammerfight/Config.ini
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Hammerfight/

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/HammerFight/Saves/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Hammerfight/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Option in Config.ini. Look for GFX_SCREEN_WIDTH and GFX_SCREEN_HEIGHT
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Option in config.ini. Look for GFX_FRAMERATE

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98SE, ME, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon / Pentium III 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) Intel
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 11.04
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB


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).

References

  1. HGE comes to Mac and Linux (guest post from Ryan Gordon) - last accessed on 2021-01-12
    "Under the hood, Hammerfight uses an engine named "Haaf's Game Engine" (or "HGE," for short)."
  2. WHERE IS TRIBAL WARS?!?!? :: Hammerfight General Discussions