Difference between revisions of "Sniper: Art of Victory"

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper: Art of Victory	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2	2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	2021

Sniper: Art of Victory is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and stealth game in the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
itch.io
Steam

Essential improvements

Limit FPS

Limiting the framerate to 60 FPS is recommended, otherwise problems such as "slippery / sliding" movement can arise.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/271500/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/271500/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry or Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
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.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	No frame rate cap. Game was designed to be played at ~60 FPS. Excessively high frame rate (over 200) results in delayed player movement responsiveness and sliding on terrain. See limit FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Change Field of View^[5]
Open `<path-to-game>\code.pak` and extract `CameraPlayer.class`. Open `CameraPlayer.class` with dirtyJOE - Java Overall Editor. Go to the Constant Pool tab and change `65` in `0258: CONSTANT_Float: 65` to the desired FOV value (horizontal). Save the file and overwrite the original. Add the modified `CameraPlayer.class` back to `code.pak`, overwriting the original as well.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
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
EAX support		3.0
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Local Retail only.
German				Local Retail only.
Hungarian				Local Retail only.
Polish				Local Retail only.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, see profile introdution. `Note:` Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce 3 series DirectX 9.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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 (271500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Sniper: Art of Victory Releases - last accessed on 2023-12-14
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHTe_q4PnoA&lc=UgyPN-wcW9-Sfe2X45V4AaABAg
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/46420/discussions/0/846944689665842962/
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/46420/discussions/0/133261370013840532/
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2022-12-15

[gamedir-5] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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 (271500) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[5] The app ID (271500) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Sniper: Art of Victory Releases - last accessed on 2023-12-14

[fps_1-2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHTe_q4PnoA&lc=UgyPN-wcW9-Sfe2X45V4AaABAg

[fps_2-3] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/46420/discussions/0/846944689665842962/

[fps_3-4] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/46420/discussions/0/133261370013840532/

[7] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2022-12-15

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[2]

[3]

[4]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[5]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Sniper Art of Victory cover.jpg
 |developers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/developer|CI Games}}
+{{Infobox game/row/developer|City Interactive}}
 |publishers   =
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|City Interactive}}
 |engines      =
-{{Infobox game/row/engine|Chrome Engine|name=Chrome Engine 3}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Chrome Engine|name=Chrome Engine 2}}
 |release dates=
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 16, 2008}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 7, 2007|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/52015/sniper-art-of-victory/releases/|title=Sniper: Art of Victory Releases|date=2023-12-14}}</ref>}}
 |reception    =
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|sniper-art-of-victory|36}}
-{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|sniper-art-of-victory|rating}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|sniper-art-of-victory|28}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, FPS, Shooter, Stealth }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Eastern Europe, Europe, World War II }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Sniper: Ghost Warrior }}
 |steam appid  = 271500
 |steam appid side  =
@@ Line 17: / Line 26: @@
 |hltb         = 15478
 |strategywiki = Sniper: Art of Victory
-|mobygames    = sniper-art-of-victory
+|mobygames    = 52015
 |wikipedia    = Sniper: Art of Victory
 |winehq       =
+|license      =
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
-{{Series|Sniper: Ghost Warrior}}
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 29: / Line 46: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | sniper-art-of-victory | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GMG | sniper-art-of-victory | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | sniper-art-of-victory | Steam | | | Windows }}
@@ Line 34: / Line 52: @@
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 271500 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 }}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Limit FPS===
+[[Glossary:Frame_rate_(FPS)#Frame_rate_capping|Limiting the framerate]] to 60 FPS is recommended, otherwise problems such as "slippery / sliding" movement can arise.<ref name="fps_1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHTe_q4PnoA&lc=UgyPN-wcW9-Sfe2X45V4AaABAg</ref><ref name="fps_2">https://steamcommunity.com/app/46420/discussions/0/846944689665842962/</ref><ref name="fps_3">https://steamcommunity.com/app/46420/discussions/0/133261370013840532/</ref>
 ==Game data==
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\Data}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\Data\}}
 }}
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|game}}\Save\}}
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             =
+|gog galaxy                =
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = false
+|steam cloud               = false
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 80: / Line 102: @@
 |4k ultra hd notes          = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/sniper-art-victory WSGF entry].
 |fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/sniper-art-victory WSGF entry].
+|fov notes                  = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/sniper-art-victory WSGF entry] or [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   = true
 |windowed notes             =
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
 |anisotropic                = false
@@ Line 89: / Line 111: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  =
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
-|120 fps                    = true
+|120 fps                    = limited
-|120 fps notes              =
+|120 fps notes              = No frame rate cap. Game was designed to be played at ~60 FPS. Excessively high frame rate (over 200) results in delayed player movement responsiveness and sliding on terrain. See [[#Limit FPS|limit FPS]].
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
-|color blind                = unknown
+|color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Change Field of View|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2022-12-15}}</ref>|fix=
+# Open {{file|{{p|game}}\code.pak}} and extract {{file|CameraPlayer.class}}.
+# Open {{file|CameraPlayer.class}} with [http://dirty-joe.com/ dirtyJOE - Java Overall Editor].
+# Go to the '''Constant Pool''' tab and change {{code|65}} in {{code|0258: CONSTANT_Float: 65}} to the desired FOV value (horizontal).
+# Save the file and overwrite the original.
+# Add the modified {{file|CameraPlayer.class}} back to {{file|code.pak}}, overwriting the original as well.
 }}
@@ Line 178: / Line 212: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        = 3.0
+|eax support notes         = 3.0
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 242: / Line 278: @@
 |vorpx                       = hackable
 |vorpx modes                 = G3D
-|vorpx notes                 = User created profile, requires [https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/DgVoodoo_2 DGVoodoo2 v 2.6], see [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/topic/sniper-art-of-victory/ profile introdution]. <br><code>Note:</code> Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/topic/sniper-art-of-victory/ vorpx forum].
+|vorpx notes                 = User created profile, requires [[DgVoodoo 2|DGVoodoo2 v 2.6]], see [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/topic/sniper-art-of-victory/ profile introdution]. <br><code>Note:</code> Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/topic/sniper-art-of-victory/ vorpx forum].
 |htc vive                    =
 |htc vive notes              =
@@ Line 294: / Line 330: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          =
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	City Interactive
Publishers
	City Interactive
Engines
	Chrome Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	December 7, 2007^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	36
IGDB	28
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Eastern Europe, Europe, World War II
Series	Sniper: Ghost Warrior