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Hour of Victory

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Hour of Victory
Hour of Victory cover
Developers
N-Fusion Interactive
Publishers
Midway Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows June 1, 2007
Hour of Victory on MobyGames
Hour of Victory on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

Game was released with many bugs including failure to proceed to next checkpoint. However these can be fixed.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Icon overlay.png
SecuROM DRM disc check.
Windows
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM DRM.[Note 1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Hour of Victory\HOVGame\Config\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Hour of Victory\HOVGame\Config\

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Hor+. For unlisted resolutions, see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
See the WSGF entry.
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)
[1]
60 FPS
Locked to 62 FPS.
120+ FPS
See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Change resolution manually[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open HOVEngine.ini.
  3. Set StartupResolutionX and StartupResolutionY to the desired resolution.

High frame rate

Remove frame rate cap[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open HOVEngine.ini.
  3. Set bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE.
Enabling high framerate may introduce physics bugs like unintended ragdoll behavior.[4]

Windowed

Disable fullscreen[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open HOVEngine.ini.
  3. Set StartupFullscreen=True to False.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
"Looking Speed" slider.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
[6]
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
No audio settings in-game.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Only in cutscenes.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
[7]

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
8

Issues fixed

Game fails to proceed to next checkpoint in certain missions

This issue mostly arises in missions where you have to escort or guard friendly AIs. Its' cause is most likely a softlock caused when the player rushes too quickly through a level, not considering the AI. To prevent the game softlocking, stay close to the AIs and kill every enemy you see to make sure the AI proceeds with you.[8]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT
ATI Radeon X1600


Notes

  1. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, supports local profiles.

References

  1. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-30
    No setting in-game.While there is a UseVSYNC line in the HOVEngine.ini file, it seems to do nothing, as it does not limit frame rate to the display's refresh rate.
  2. Hour of Victory | WSGF
  3. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-30
  4. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-30
    Tested with this fix. After enabling high frame rate, killed enemies' ragdolls spin and bounce through the map areas.
  5. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-30
  6. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-30
    Tested with a Xbox One controller. The game does allow using a controller in the menu and assigning buttons to some actions, but movement cannot be assigned, essentially making it impossible to play with a controller.
  7. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-09-30
    Upon changing to another window, the game mutes all sounds.
  8. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-10-02