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Tom Clancy's EndWar
Subseries of Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy's EndWar	2009
Tom Clancy's EndWar Online	2015

Tom Clancy's EndWar is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy game in the Tom Clancy's EndWar series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Serial key required for online play.
Epic Games Store

Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is v1.02, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\OfGame\Config\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21800/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Tom Clancy's EndWar\Saved Games\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21800/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		^[1]

Video

In-game video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution for custom resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 4x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Can be forced through the Nvidia control panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[2]

Widescreen resolution

Edit configuration file^[3]
Go to `<path-to-game>\OfGame\Config` Edit `PCOfEngine.ini`. Set `StartupResolutionX=` and `StartupResolutionY=` to the desired resolution. Save the changes and close the file.

Input

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Official servers have been shut down.^[4]

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz AMD Phenom X4 9850 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	512 MB of VRAM

Supported video cards at the time of release: ATI Radeon X1800XT, X1900XT, HD 2000, 3000, 4000 series. Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT, 7950 GT, 8, 9, 200 series.

Laptop graphics cards may work but are not officially supported.

Notes

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (21800) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18
↑ 30 FPS cap? | Forums
↑ EndWar | WSGF
↑ Multiplayer and Online Services availability in Ubisoft games - last accessed on 2022-03-09

[gamedir-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-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (21800) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[5] The app ID (21800) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[3] Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18

[FPS_cap-4] 30 FPS cap? | Forums

[5] EndWar | WSGF

[6] Multiplayer and Online Services availability in Ubisoft games - last accessed on 2022-03-09

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

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+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free, key | Serial key required for online play. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Epic Games Store | endwar | Epic Games Launcher | | | Windows }}
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+{{Fixbox|description=Edit configuration file|ref=<ref>[https://www.wsgf.org/dr/endwar EndWar | WSGF]</ref>|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\OfGame\Config\</code>
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\OfGame\Config}}
-# Edit <code>PCOfEngine.ini</code>.
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 |online play players  =
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    = Official servers have been shut down.
+|online play notes    = Official servers have been shut down.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/connectivity-and-performance/article/multiplayer-and-online-services-availability-in-ubisoft-games/000064576|title=Multiplayer and Online Services availability in Ubisoft games|date=2022-03-09}}</ref>
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Developers

	Ubisoft Shanghai
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	February 24, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	68
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Series	Tom Clancy's EndWar