Helldorado
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Developers | |
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Spellbound Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Retail (US), first digital | Viva Media |
Retail (Germany) | DTP Entertainment |
Retail (Russia, Poland) | 1C Company |
Retail (rest of Europe) | Nobilis |
2017-present | THQ Nordic |
Engines | |
Vision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 25, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 65 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Stealth, Strategy |
Themes | Western |
Series | Desperados |
Desperados | |
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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive | 2001 |
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | 2006 |
Helldorado | 2007 |
Desperados III | 2020 |
Helldorado is a singleplayer bird's-eye view stealth and strategy game in the Desperados series.
General information
- Official Discord server for game series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | TAGES and Solidshield DRM. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- A German demo version can be downloaded from Mod DB.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data\configuration\game\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/18470/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Helldorado\Savegame\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/18470/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF topic. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
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. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Limiting the frame rate is recommended as the game has no set FPS limit and Vsync is not supported. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Set resolution in settings.xml[1] |
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Windowed
Modify settings.xml[2] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, sound FX, ambient, speech, UI sound and cut-scene. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpX forum. |
Issues fixed
PhysX not installed
Download and install the PhysX legacy driver[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | FMOD | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP, Vista |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB dedicated of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (18470) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ View topic - Helldorado - 21:9 FOV Fix(d) - last accessed on 2018-11-18
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2018-11-18