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Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- Later re-released as World War Zero: Iron Storm.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use blank intro files
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- Apply the Iron Storm intro skip.
- The game will now go to the main menu after the fiction disclaimer and a brief black screen.
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Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.041, available from Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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safe_user.cfg
and defctrl.cfg
store the default settings and do not need to be edited directly.
Save game data location
- 13 manual save slots + 1 quicksave slot + 1 autosave slot available.
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound effects and Speech. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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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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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Portuguese |
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Retail and GOG.com only. |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Game exits on launch (no error message)
- This can be caused by
user.cfg
being absent.
Copy safe_user.cfg[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Settings .
- Make a copy of
safe_user.cfg and rename it to user.cfg .
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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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macOS (OS X) | |
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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 |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 600 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 2 DirectX 8.1 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.7 |
Processor (CPU) |
2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
GF 9400M / HD 3300 |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/296180/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (296180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References