Difference between revisions of "Operation Thunderstorm"

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Mortyr
Mortyr 2093 - 1944	1999
Mortyr 2: For Ever	2004
Battlestrike: Force of Resistance	2007
Operation Thunderstorm	2008

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Also known as Mortyr: Operation Thunderstorm.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.
Steam		Nazi imagery and blood has been removed in all regions. A fan patch exists to reinstate the retail version's behavior.^[1]
GamersGate (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches

1.01a is the latest version of the game.

Patch 1.01a (FR, DE, HU, EN)
Patch 1.01 PL
Patch 1.01a PL (requires patch 1.01 PL)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%PUBLIC%\Documents\City Interactive\Operation Thunderstorm\settings.cfg %PUBLIC%\Documents\City Interactive\Operation Thunderstorm\Profiles\Profile000.gdb
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/837590/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

settings.cfg contains most settings.

Profile000.gdb contains key bindings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%PUBLIC%\Documents\City Interactive\Operation Thunderstorm\Save\Profile000\SinglePlayer
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/837590/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 4x FSAA. For SGSSAA via Nvidia Profile Inspector, use the compatibility bits `0x000000C0`.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Set custom FOV
Go to the installation folder. Edit `autoexec.cfg` with Notepad. Add `"FovY" "XX"` on a new line, where XX is the desired vertical FOV.

Windowed

Some players game may only launch as a black screen while in windowed mode but will be perfectly fine during fullscreen.

Set windowed mode
Go to the installation folder. Edit `autoexec.cfg` with Notepad. Add `"Windowed" "1"` on a new line.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Acceleration is off by default, mouse smoothing can be adjusted by slider.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Available as a separate axis action option.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound effects, Speech
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2.0 and EAX 4.0.
Royalty free audio

May require DirectSound3D restoration software to enable EAX and surround sound functionality on Vista and newer Windows operating systems.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Not available on Steam. Available to donwload.
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16	Versus
Online play		16	Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;^[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	27888
UDP	27888

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

These are the default ports used. They can be changed in-game during server setup.

Issues fixed

Slow loading level and aero disabling

Occurs only on Windows Vista and Windows 7, because of the special graphic stack WDDM.

Fix slow load level and spontaneous shutdown aero interface

Install game only on Windows XP, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.^[3]

Notes

Using Windows 8.1 or 10 significantly reduces the launch time of the level, perhaps this is due to improvements in the WDDM graphics stack.^[4]

Control key settings are not assigned

Keyboard settings reset to unassigned when you restart the game

Control key settings are not assigned fix
Need run game as Administrator

Black screen on startup

The problem is related to incorrect codecs for intro videos.

Download and install K-Lite Codec Pack^[5]

The intro movie clip has a wrong audio codec inside.

Download the proper "logo_city.mpg" clip from:

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZnRJGXZlEbTNXO7VX0iS6lgAQvCHkAKaQty

then Copy the "logo_city.mpg" clip into the game's main folder.

Path : "\Operation Thunderstorm\Game\videos"

overwriting the existing one.^[6]

Soft Shadows not working

Soft Shadows not working but setting enabled

Soft Shadows fix

Need disable anti-aliasing in game options

This is due to the features of the engine and the artificial limitation of the simultaneous use of anti-aliasing with soft shadows, since they can cause graphic artifacts on the shadows.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9
Shader Model support	1.1, 2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9700 128 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (837590) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ [1]
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ [2] - last accessed on
↑ DirectX 12 & WDDM 2.0: Reworking the Windows Graphics Stack - last accessed on
↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-03-25
Official README file.
↑ Verified by [[User:{{{user}}}]] on {{{date}}}

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (837590) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (837590) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] [1]

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[4] [2] - last accessed on

[5] DirectX 12 & WDDM 2.0: Reworking the Windows Graphics Stack - last accessed on

[6] Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-03-25
Official README file.

[7] Verified by [[User:{{{user}}}]] on {{{date}}}

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 |antialiasing               = true
 |antialiasing notes         = Up to 4x [[FSAA]]. For [[SGSSAA]] via [[Nvidia Profile Inspector]], use the compatibility bits <code>0x000000C0</code>.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 216: / Line 219: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        = EAX 2.0 and EAX 4.0.
+|eax support notes         = EAX 2.0 and EAX 4.0.
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
 {{ii}} May require [[Glossary:Sound card#DirectSound hardware path|DirectSound3D restoration software]] to enable EAX and surround sound functionality on Vista and newer Windows operating systems.
@@ Line 384: / Line 389: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	City Interactive
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter EX
Release dates
Windows	March 19, 2008
Taxonomy
Series	Mortyr