Strife: Veteran Edition
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Developers | |
---|---|
Rogue Entertainment | |
Windows | Night Dive Studios |
macOS (OS X) | Night Dive Studios |
Linux | Night Dive Studios |
Publishers | |
Night Dive Studios | |
Engines | |
Chocolate Doom (derivative) | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 12, 2014[1] |
macOS (OS X) | December 12, 2014[1] |
Linux | December 12, 2014[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter, RPG, Immersive sim |
Art styles | Comic book, Pixel art |
Themes | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi |
Series | Strife |
Strife | |
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Strife | 1996 |
Strife: Veteran Edition | 2014 |
This page is for the 2014 re-release. For the original 1996 version, see Strife.
Key points
- Commercial source port of Strife using a modified version of Chocolate Strife.
- Open source.[2]
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- [https://forum.zdoom.org/ the majority of mods are first announced and released here
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Publisher website | Purchase via Humble Widget. | |||
GOG.com | Includes the original version as a bonus | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- Comes with a scanned manual (in PDF) and soundtrack (in OGG). They can be found in the installation folder.
- On August 28, 2020 Nightdive updated the available game package to feature a playable development snapshot of the game from 1995, as well as the original DOS version of the game.
Game data
- The original data files which can be used in other source ports are found in
<path-to-game>\STRIFE1.WAD
and<path-to-game>\VOICES.WAD
. All changes from the original are found in<path-to-game>\SVE.wad
.[3]
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\*.cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/*.cfg |
Linux | <path-to-game>/*.cfg |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\strfsav*.ssg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/strfsav*.ssg |
Linux | <path-to-game>/strfsav*.ssg |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Mouse cursor is oversized. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Mouse cursor is slightly oversized. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Slider - 74-110° horizontal. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Native option added in 2.0 patch. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Unknown fixed amount. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Initial menu is limited to 58fps. Once ingame, 120/144fps works in both gameplay and menus.[citation needed] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Always reads keys as if the keyboard was in QWERTY layout. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Open <path-to-game>\chocolate-strife.cfg and adjust joystick_sensitivity to your desired value |
|
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
---|---|---|
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | 5.1 / 7.1 | |
Subtitles | Toggle in gameplay options. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c | |
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [4] | ||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Input | SDL | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
Issues fixed
Text isn't shown on a screen / is displayed out of borders
Change DPI scaling for monitor[5] |
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|
Poor performance on AMD/ATI graphics cards
Alt+Tab ↹ out of the game and then Alt+Tab ↹ back in.[6] |
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Disable fullscreen mode.[6] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6 | Leopard 10.7 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB |
Linux | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB |
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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nightdive Studios on Twitter: "Night Dive Studios is proud to present The Original Strife: Veteran Edition! Available 12/12 - last accessed on 2016-8-16
- ↑ svkaiser/strife-ve: Strife Veteran Edition GPL Source Release - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Strife: Veteran Edition - The Doom Wiki at DoomWiki.org - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ The Original Strife: Veteran Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-09
- "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."
- ↑ Resolution - Nothing Fits - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-26