Shadow Company: Left For Dead

Shadow Company: Left For Dead

Developers
	Sinister Games
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Sinergy
Release dates
Windows	October 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Themes	Africa

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).

Shadow Company: Left For Dead is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy game.

The game has compatibility issues on modern systems; see Issues fixed.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v1 DRM

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest v1.31 patch can be found at The Patches Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Sinister Games\Shadow Company <path-to-game>\user_funcmap.txt

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\

Video

Graphics menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard menu.

Mouse menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Video and audio menu.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects and background music. Legacy volume adjustment (Win9x style) for red book CD audio may not work on modern systems.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		There is only one CD audio track (main menu music).

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Multiplayer

Network lobby.

Network game.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		8	Co-op 2 players if over null modem, 8 over IPX or TCP/IP
Online play		8	Co-op 2 players if direct modem connection, 8 over TCP/IP

Issues fixed

Game does not run on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo 2.
Download dgVoodoo 2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe and dgVoodoo.conf to <path-to-game>. Extract D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll from the \MS\x86 subfolder to <path-to-game>. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe, go to the "DirectX" tab and uncheck the box for "dgVoodoo Watermark".

No video playback

Depending on the system configuration and video driver, the game may not play any videos unless set to compatibility mode.

Right-click on <path-to-game>\shadow.exe, open the properties and select the Compatibility tab. Both Windows 98/ME and Windows XP (Service Pack 2) may work. You'll have to experiment.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows 95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium MMX 233 Mhz		Intel Pentium II 266 Mhz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB		64 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 6.0-compliant 3D accelerator 4 MB of VRAM		3dfx Voodoo2, 3dfx Banshee, 3dfx Voodoo3, nVidia TNT, ATi Rage 128, Matrox G200, Intel i740 8 MB of VRAM

8X CD-ROM or faster required.