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Latest revision as of 16:44, 28 July 2023
Developers | |
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X-Bow Software | |
Publishers | |
2004-2018 | 1C Company |
2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 12, 2004 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Genres | RPG, Strategy |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Star Wolves |
Star Wolves | |
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Star Wolves | 2004 |
Star Wolves 2 | 2006 |
Star Wolves 3: Civil War | 2009 |
Star Wolves is a singleplayer third-person RPG and strategy game in the Star Wolves series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3.4.76.00 DRM[Note 1] | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Main.ini[Note 2] <path-to-game>\default.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Profiles\*\*.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Profiles\*\profile.info[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46270/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Profiles\*\Save\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46270/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Custom resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | In <path-to-game>\Main.ini , edit the FOV value. For 16:9, the value should be 102 .[3] |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | In <path-to-game>\Main.ini , change SyncVRefresh = 0 to SyncVRefresh = 1 . |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Custom resolutions
Modifying configuration file[4] |
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Notes |
Increase draw distance
Edit configuration file |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound, Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release. | |||
Polish | ||||
Russian |
Issues fixed
Ships fail to fire
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 98/Me and as administrator[5] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1, 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 MX400 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/46270/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (46270) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ [HowTo Higher resolutions and widescreen :: Star Wolves General Discussions] - last accessed on 2023-04-08
- ↑ Star Wolves | WSGF - last accessed on 2023-04-08
- ↑ Ships failing to fire bug - Windows 7 :: Star Wolves General Discussions - last accessed on 2019-04-09