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Revision as of 19:24, 30 March 2023

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The Great War: Western Front
The Great War: Western Front cover
Developers
Petroglyph Games
Publishers
Frontier Foundry
Engines
GlyphX[1]
Release dates
Windows March 30, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres RTS
Art styles Realistic
Themes Historical, World War I

The Great War: Western Front is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

Victory Edition includes the base game, a digital field guide, wallpaper collection and the digital soundtrack.
Pre-purchase of the game grants users three days early access.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None


Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data[Note 1][Note 2]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petroglyph\TheGreatWar
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2109370/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Petroglyph\TheGreatWar\Save
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2109370/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
[3]
Mouse acceleration
Can enable/disable Hardware mouse cursor.[3]
Mouse sensitivity
[3]
Mouse input in menus
[3]
Mouse Y-axis inversion
[3]
Touchscreen optimised
[3]
Controller
Controller support
[3]
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Separate volume sliders available for Master, Music, Gameplay SFX, Ambient SFX, UI SFX, Notifications and Unit response.[3]
Surround sound
[3]
Subtitles
On/Off toggle under the name Notification voice subtitles. Only subtitles for cutscenes and in-game announcer available.[3]
Closed captions
[3]
Mute on focus lost
On/Off toggle.[3]
Royalty free audio
Enabling Streaming mode prevents all licensed music from playing in all gamemodes.[3]

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Versus

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11 [3]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio XAudio v2.9[3]
Interface Scaleform [3]
Cutscenes Bink Video v2.7i[3]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4590
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 13 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon R9 390
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Minimum system requirements are for average 30 FPS, 1080p at Low settings. Recommended system requirements are for above 30 FPS average, 1080p at High settings.[5] Additional more advanced system requirements are also available for 1080p, 1440p and 4K all at Ultra High settings at 60 FPS.
SSD is recommended


Notes

  1. All configuration files are encrypted.[2]
  2. 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. 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-02-06
    Confirmed in in-game credits.
  2. Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-03-30
    Confirmed with launch version, all files in the Data are encrypted and have the /MEG extension.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-02-06
    Tested with the Steam Next Fest Demo.
  4. Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-02-06
    Artifacts in-game totally does not look like TAA and in the registry settings "ScreenAA" is mentioned; most likely pointing to FXAA.
  5. 5.0 5.1 LAUNCH DETAILS AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - last accessed on 2023-03-24