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Sudden Strike
Sudden Strike	2001
Sudden Strike 2	2002
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory	2007
Sudden Strike 4	2017

Sudden Strike is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric strategy game in the Sudden Strike series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2 DRM^{[Note 1]} in American release. CopyLok DRM in European releases.
GamersGate		Gold Edition.
GOG.com		Gold Edition.
Steam		Gold Edition.
ZOOM Platform		Gold Edition.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

All of the versions aside from original CD release are missing in-game soundtrack.

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes the base game, the Forever expansion and the unofficial Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage expansion.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Sudden Strike: Forever
Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage	Unofficial expansion, later included in compilations.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\sudtest.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612300/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SaveGames\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612300/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only resolutions are `640x480`, `800x600` and `1024x768`. Sudden Strike HD Mod introduces 16:9 resolutions (as well as additional 4:3 and 5:4 resolutions).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		^[3]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		^[4]

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
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish				Local retail only.
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Celeron - 333 MHz	Intel Pentium 3 - 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	350 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^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>/612300/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (612300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing - last accessed on 19 November 2022
↑ Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing - last accessed on 19 November 2022

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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-5] 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>/612300/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (612300) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[5] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/612300/.

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

[7] The app ID (612300) may differ in some cases.

[8] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[6] Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing - last accessed on 19 November 2022

[7] Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing - last accessed on 19 November 2022

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[3]

[4]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Sudden Strike - cover.png
 |developers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Fireglow Games}}
+{{Infobox game/row/developer|INtex Publishing|Total War expansion}}
 |publishers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Cdv Software Entertainment}}
@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 24, 2001}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view, Isometric }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Strategy }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | World War II, Historical }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Sudden Strike }}
 |steam appid  = 612300
 |gogcom id    = 1248581604
+|hltb         = 45564
+|lutris       = sudden-strike-gold
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = sudden-strike
+|mobygames    = 2610
 |wikipedia    = Sudden Strike (video game)
 |winehq       = 322
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 38: / Line 48: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|SafeDisc|2}} in American release.<br>{{DRM|CopyLok}} in European releases. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | sudden_strike_gold | DRM-free |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | sudden-strike-gold | Steam | Gold Edition. |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 612300 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | sudden_strike_gold | DRM-free | Gold Edition. |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| ZOOM | sudden-strike-1-gold-forever-total-war-addons | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 612300 | Steam | Gold Edition. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| ZOOM | sudden-strike-1-gold-forever-total-war-addons | DRM-free | Gold Edition. | | Windows }}
 }}
 {{--}} All of the versions aside from '''original''' CD release are missing in-game soundtrack.
+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} The '''Gold Edition''' includes the base game, the Forever expansion and the unofficial Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage expansion.
+==Monetization==
 {{DLC|
 {{DLC/row| Sudden Strike: Forever |  | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage | Unofficial expansion, later included in compilations. | Windows }}
 }}
@@ Line 70: / Line 85: @@
 |origin                    =
 |origin notes              =
-|steam cloud               = false
+|steam cloud               = true
 |steam cloud notes         =
 |ubisoft connect           =
@@ Line 85: / Line 100: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = false
+|widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= Only resolutions are <code>640x480</code>, <code>800x600</code> and <code>1024x768</code>.
+|widescreen resolution notes= Only resolutions are <code>640x480</code>, <code>800x600</code> and <code>1024x768</code>.<br>[https://t.me/s/ss_hd_mod Sudden Strike HD Mod] introduces 16:9 resolutions (as well as additional 4:3 and 5:4 resolutions).
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 97: / Line 112: @@
 |windowed                   = unknown
 |windowed notes             =
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = hackable
-|borderless windowed notes  =
+|borderless windowed notes  = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0mZg6UT_OU|title=Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing|date=19 November 2022}}</ref>
 |anisotropic                = n/a
 |anisotropic notes          =
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = unknown
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
-|120 fps                    = false
+|120 fps                    = hackable
-|120 fps notes              = 60 FPS cap.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Nico 0|date=2020-06-08|comment=Tested with [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo2] to see FPS.
+|120 fps notes              = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0mZg6UT_OU|title=Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing|date=19 November 2022}}</ref>
-Gameplay caps at 60 FPS, while menu and loading screen run uncapped.}}</ref>
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 193: / Line 210: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        = true
 |red book cd audio notes  =
@@ Line 203: / Line 222: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = false
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 211: / Line 230: @@
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
-|subtitles = false
+|subtitles = n/a
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
@@ Line 219: / Line 238: @@
 |interface = true
 |audio     = true
-|subtitles = false
+|subtitles = n/a
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
@@ Line 227: / Line 246: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = false
+  |subtitles = n/a
-  |notes     = Available only in local retail release.
+  |notes     = Local retail only.
   |fan       =
 }}
@@ Line 235: / Line 254: @@
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
-|subtitles = false
+|subtitles = n/a
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
@@ Line 299: / Line 318: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Fireglow Games
Total War expansion	INtex Publishing
Publishers
	Cdv Software Entertainment
	Kalypso Media Digital
Release dates
Windows	January 24, 2001
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Themes	World War II, Historical
Series	Sudden Strike