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Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view TBS game in the Warhammer 40,000 series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 1 DRM^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com		Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper

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

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.1 is the latest official version of the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Hardcoded to 800x600 (4:3).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Animation settings.
Scrolling settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Retail only; download for GOG.com release.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	4
Online play	4	The official MPlayer.com service has been shut down.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	GOG version only.^[3]
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video, Smacker Video Technology
Multiplayer	MPlayer.com

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	800x600 resolution 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible
Other	8x CD-ROM drive

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]
↑ 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

↑ 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
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-21
Game uses GOG's D3D7-to-D3D9 wrapper.

[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] 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).

[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

[5] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-21
Game uses GOG's D3D7-to-D3D9 wrapper.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[3]

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+{{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://archive.org/details/RITES Archive.org].
+==Essential improvements==
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Developers

	DreamForge Intertainment
Publishers
Retail	Strategic Simulations Inc.
Digital	GOG.com
Release dates
Windows	July 23, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	TBS
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Warhammer 40,000