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Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1] |
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GOG.com |
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Serial keys for multiplayer are shown in the game library entry; a request can be submitted to GOG support team if not found.[3] |
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ZOOM Platform (unavailable) |
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Delisted on March 31, 2023.[4] |
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- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Game data
In-game content settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
In-game control settings.
Audio
In-game language settings.
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 with Creative ALchemy. Inject dsound.dll with Auto DLL Injector. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Supports EAX, EAX 2 and EAX 3. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues unresolved
- EAX can't be enabled through Creative ALchemy (X-Fi).
- The game filters very slight mouse movements, making it nearly impossible to perform very precise aiming on the medium-high mouse sensitivity (including the default mouse sensitivity). The issue is unresolved, and as a workaround, lowering mouse sensitivity is recommended.
- Rarely, after having used the tactical tools (Binoculars, Thermal vision), the game may re-open another tactical tool when trying to close it, and once the player exits, they cannot fire or pick up firearms anymore.
Issues fixed
Graphics not being rendered correctly
Disable Software Vertex Processing[citation needed]
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- Start a game.
- Go to Configuration.
- Go to Graphics.
- Disable Force Software Vertex Processing.
- Confirm new settings by pressing OK.
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Level restart results in a softlock
- Witnessed on multiple different machines, on modern operating systems (including Windows XP[6] and 7) and on versions 1.2 and 1.3.[7]
Workaround 1
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- This workaround is witnessed not to work on the levels of:
- Deep in the Mines (Russian campaign; level 2),
- Secret Laboratory (Chinese campaign; level 4),
- Libyan Rendezvous (Libyan campaign; level 1) [likely due to being spawned in water], and
- Prison Escape (Libyan campaign; level 2) [likely due to missing the map computer in the beginning]
- On many levels (usually those with the precise real-time map), the issue can be fixed via using the in-game map computer twice. Press M twice.
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Workaround 2
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- Pause the game (Esc).
- Exit into the main menu.
- Start the game, pick the level and choose "Restart" (or "Load" → "Restart level").
- Wait for the game to reload.
Notes
- This workaround needs to be applied every time one needs to restart the level, detrimenting gameplay experience substantially.
- Applying this workaround too many times (about 10 or higher) seems to cause other in-game bugs, such as occasional random switching between windowed and fullscreen mode, no weapon glitch and others.
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Game switches between windowed and fullscreen modes
- Occurs randomly and/or when navigating any game menus after playing for a while.
Workaround
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- Wait/press ↵ Enter until the game is in the preferred mode.
- Press LAlt, then RAlt. The issue should get fixed.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98 |
ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 700 MHz AMD Athlon 700 MHz |
Intel Pentium 4 1.2 GHz AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.5 GB |
1.9 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
| 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail 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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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