Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Key points
- Although game is playable without wrappers like DgVoodoo2 (through Direct3D), this will cause some graphics to flicker and see through clothing (See use nGlide to fix).
- Very small but active community.
- Modification of the engine's advanced options in D3D rendering mode can cause the game to crash. (See this workaround for an alternative method to change them).
- Might need UnSafeDisc.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- The game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest patch (v333b) for the German, US, and International releases is available here.
Use nGlide
Use nGlide[citation needed]
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- Recommended as this will eliminate the flickering issue and allow the brightness to be adjusted.
- Resolution settings are more restricted with this.
- Install nGlide.
- Create a shortcut of
WoT.exe located in <path-to-game>\System .
- Right click on the shortcut and click properties.
- In the Target section at the end, add a space and add
-changevideo .
- Click Apply and OK, and launch the game with the shortcut.
- In the configuration window that pops up, select
3dfx Glide for Windows .
- Press next a couple of times, then click run.
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Missing Media Files In The Game's Directory
Move Media Files from Disc to Hard Drive.[citation needed]
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- Not all the files get moved from the disc, even after a full installation.
- This does not bypass DRM, disc will still be needed for the check.
- Insert Disc 2.
- Copy the
Music and Movies Folders.
- Navigate to
<path-to-game> and paste the folders there.
- Navigate to
<path-to-game>\System and open WoT.ini with a text editor.
- Search for
MoviePath and replace the drive letter with .. (two dots) (i.e, Instead of G:\Movies , it should be ..\Movies
- Search for
\Music and do the same as step 5 except keep *.mp3 at the end.
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- A fork of Kentie's Direct3D 10 renderer that adds more graphical features.
- Run games at HD resolution.
- Improved lighting.
- Adds ambient occlusion, screen space reflections and higher quality HDR post-processing.
- Places a temporary watermark in the bottom right, and copies the developers PayPal link to your clipboard. Follow these instructions to disable the watermark and remove the PayPal link from being inserted into your clipboard.
Disable DirectX 11 renderer's PayPal watermark and disable the link from being inserted.
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Removing watermark: Set SupportMETextEnabled to False through Advanced Options → Rendering → Direct3D 11 support. If the render crashes while attempting to access the Advanced Options, modify this value manually through the game's <game>.ini with a text editor (see configuration file(s) location).
Preventing the renderer from inserting the developer's PayPal link into your clipboard:
- Download a hex editor such as HxD, install it, launch HxD and open
d3d11drv.dll in HxD.
- Search for this hex value:
77 77 77 2E 70 61 79 70 61 6C 2E 6D 65 2F 64 61 72 6B 6E 6F 76 69 73 6D 63
- Replace the value with this:
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
- Save the changes. The renderer will now only clear your clipboard instead.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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German |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Technical Issues
- Run the game in 3DFX mode after installing nGlide if D3D mode is giving error messages.
Cutscene Fix
- Without this fix cutscenes do not play, or play but stutter to the point of where they are unwatchable.
Crash After Changing Advanced Settings
- All those settings can also be accessed by opening
<path-to-game>\system\WoT.ini
with a text editor.
Brightness Can't Be Adjusted/Game Is Too Dark
Turn off Multitexture[citation needed]
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- Only if the game is running under Direct3D.
- This does not make the brightness slider useable, but makes the game brighter.
- Open settings and go to
Advanced options -> Rendering -> Direct3D Support .
- Change
UseMultitexture to false.
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Unable To Move After Starting The Game
Run in Windows 7 Compatibility[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\System .
- Right click on
WoT.exe .
- Click on compatibility tab.
- Check
Run this progam in compatibility mode and select Windows 7 from the drop down menu.
- Press Apply and start the game.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7, 11 |
Direct3D 11 support using the Unreal DirectX11 Renderer. |
Software renderer |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
QuickTime |
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Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98, ME |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 200 MHz
| Intel Pentium 2 233 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
500 MB |
500 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
Standard PCi Video Card
| 3DFx certified card |
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).
References