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Shattered Union

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Shattered Union
Shattered Union cover
Developers
PopTop Software
Publishers
2K Games
Re-release Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows October 15, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 67
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Strategy
Themes North America, Post-apocalyptic
Shattered Union on HowLongToBeat
Shattered Union on IGDB
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Warnings

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

Shattered Union is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows
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Windows
Steam
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 Can only be purchased in USA, Canada, UK, EU countries except Croatia, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Vietnam
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Hot seat
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Program Error

The game fails to run on systems with more than 2 GB of RAM. After launching the game, the error message is visible after pressing Alt+Tab ↹.
Use Texture Fix[2]
  1. Download Railroad Tycoon 3 Blurry Texture Fix from here
  2. Place d3d8.dll in <path-to-game>.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
Shader Model support 1.4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
Shader model 1.4 support		 DirectX 9.0b compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/3960/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3960) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References