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Download and install the patch [https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/patchi-vozvraschajuschie-cd-audio-the-patchs-to-restore-cdda-playback.51778/#post-877625 from here].
 
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==Other information==
 
==Other information==

Revision as of 12:51, 4 April 2020

Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds cover
Developers
Rage Software
Publishers
GT Interactive
Release dates
Windows December 22, 1998
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds on Wikipedia
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Key points

The game will not work on XP and higher without fixes. See Issues Fixed.
The game may not work on Windows Vista and later - even with the aforementioned user-made fixes - unless DXGL is used (see Issues fixed).
Resolution is not unified - strategic and tactical maps display in the resolution chosen in Graphics Settings, while videos, menus, and loading screens always display at 640x480.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGame[Note 2]

Video settings

All menu screens, including the graphics and audio settings screens, are unique for both the Human and Martian factions; however, they both have exactly the same wording, format, and settings, so the difference is merely superficial.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game crashes on start and/or has no CD audio

Under XP and higher, the game may be unable to read the CD Audio tracks on the Human (Disc 1/Installation Disc) and Martian (Disc 2) CDs, causing it to think there is no CD-ROM inserted into the disc drive.
Install angrylion's patch

Download and install the patch from here.

Game crashes after starting or loading a new game

Under Vista and higher, the game will crash as soon as the strategic map is loaded due to DirectDraw features the game relies upon being deprecated.
Install and configure DXGL[1]
  1. Install DXGL.
  2. Once installed, open dxglcfg.exe, DXGL's config application.
  3. Using the "Add..." button, add the following EXEs from the installation folder to DXGL's list of programs: WoW.exe and WOWStart.exe
  4. Run the game as normal.

Game crashes when transitioning to/from support screens

Set game resolution to same as support screen resolution

Edit "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Support screen size" to be the same value as "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Size"

Notes

This will make support screens occupy a 640x480 area in the top left surrounded by black borders, but will make screen transitions instant and will stop them occasionally crashing.


Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 6 No support for hardware acceleration
Software renderer
Via DirectDraw.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium I 133 (133 MHz) Intel Pentium II 333 (333 MHz)
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB
Video card (GPU) 1 MB of VRAM 4 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2013-12-27