Stranglehold

John Woo Presents Stranglehold

Developers
	Midway Chicago
Publishers
	Midway Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	September 18, 2007

Key points

Online servers have been shut down.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM disc check. Polish copies use SafeDisc v4.85 DRM.
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SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

The Map Pack DLC and Collector's Edition were not released for PC.

Although "Games for Windows" is printed on the case, the game does not use the Games for Windows Live service.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.1 updates the game to the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename files Navigate to <path-to-game>\StrangleholdGame\Movies Delete or rename the following files: intro_Legal_Euro.bik intro_Legal_US.bik intro_Logo_Midway_HD.bik intro_Logo_Shared.bik intro_Logo_TigerHill_HD.bik intro_Logo_Unreal.bik intro_c0010_bink.bik A brief Midway video is still present. intro_c0010_bink.bik may contain FMV footage not seen in the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stranglehold\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Video options.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution. Interface elements are skewed and cinematics are pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Widescreen resolution.
Windowed		Use the -windowed command line argument
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		SGSSAA or OGSSAA bits = 0x000200C1
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Use Stranglehold HOR+ FOV fix to unlock all resolutions and adjust FOV

Set custom resolution and FOV (v1.0) Add the -ResX=X -ResY=Y command line arguments. Change X and Y after = to the desired resolution width and height respectively. Use Widescreen Fixer or Stranglehold FOV Hack to fix the FOV in game version 1.0.

Input settings

Keyboard settings.

Input settings, only accessible during gameplay.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Not accessible from the main menu.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Inversion options only available once campaign is loaded.
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Y-axis mouse sensitivity is significantly lower than x-axis, and may need to be adjusted to compensate.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Stranglehold.
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see important hints in the vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Online servers have been shut down.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon X1300