Difference between revisions of "Warpath"

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Key points

The master server has been shut down. Single player with bots, LAN and practice mode still works.

Warpath is based on Pariah's engine and some tweaks for Pariah will work on Warpath too.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DVD-ROM
GamersGate (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\Warpath.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Edit Warpath.ini^{[citation needed]}

1. Go to <path-to-game>\System\

2. Open Warpath.ini.

3. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section.

4. There are 6 lines in there:

WindowedViewportX=800
WindowedViewportY=600
FullscreenViewportX=1024
FullscreenViewportY=768
MenuViewportX=640
MenuViewportY=480

5. Edit these lines, entering values for desired resolution.

6. Save the changes.

Notes

Changing options in game, will revert the changes.

Some elements of HUD may be stretched.

High frame rate

Edit Warpath.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\System\` Open `Warpath.ini`. Go to the `[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]` section. In it find a line `DesiredRefreshRate=` and change it to 144.

HUD Scale

Edit Warpath.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\System\
Open Warpath.ini.
Go to the [Engine.HUD] section.
In it find a line HudScale=1 lower numbers make the hud smaller but the ammo counter does move left slightly.

Notes

Does not affect the popup sections of the HUD - e.g. current mission and weapon wheel.

Field of view (FOV)

Use a command console^{[citation needed]}
Start a game and load a map. Open a console by pressing `~`. Type in `FOV X`, where X is your horizontal FOV value (e.g. `FOV 110`).

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit Warpath.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\System\` Open `Warpath.ini`. Go to the `[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]` section. In it find a line `LevelOfAnisotropy=1` and change the number of anisotropic samples.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Third-party software^{[citation needed]}

Launch the game and go to the "Performance" menu.
Set "Disable Post Render FX" to Yes.
Use third-party software (such as your GPU's control panel) to enable anti-aliasing.

Notes

By setting "Disable Post Render FX" to "Yes", the bloom and motion blur effects in the game will be disabled.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
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		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 4.0.

DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX. Warpath EAX 4.0 support is buggy as of DSOAL v1.31a.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Flashing screen glitch when running on modern hardware

This is caused by setting Visual Effects to maximum value and whenever something explodes in-game.

Instructions^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\System\` Open `Warpath.ini` Add `HasNVidiaTexM32Tex=1` line to the secton `[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]` or if it's already present set it to 1

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		16
LAN play		16
Online play		Master server is not available anymore

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III or an AMD Athlon equivalent
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	100% DirectX 9.0 compatible 64MB hardware accelerated video card and the latest drivers (note that the game uses Direct3D 8 API though)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

↑ https://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=147571

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[2] ttps://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=147571

[Note 1]

[1]

@@ Line 63: / Line 63: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportX in Warpath.ini
+|widescreen resolution notes= See [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Warpath#Widescreen_resolution Widescreen resolution].
-|multimonitor               = unknown
+|multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = unknown
@@ Line 71: / Line 71: @@
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = fov command via the console (does not affect hud weapons)
+|fov notes                  = See [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Warpath#Field_of_view_.28FOV.29 Field of view (FOV)].
 |windowed                   = true
-|windowed notes             =
+|windowed notes             = Toggle with {{key|Alt|Enter}}.
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = hackable
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = See [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Warpath#Anisotropic_filtering_.28AF.29 Anisotropic filtering (AF)].
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = hackable
-|antialiasing notes         =
+|antialiasing notes         = See [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Warpath#Anti-aliasing_.28AA.29 Anti-aliasing (AA)].
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
-|120 fps                    = unknown
+|120 fps                    = hackable
 |120 fps notes              =
 |hdr                        = unknown
@@ Line 110: / Line 110: @@
 {{--}} Changing options in game, will revert the changes.
 {{--}} Some elements of HUD may be stretched.
+}}
+===[[Glossary:High frame rate|High frame rate]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Edit Warpath.ini|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\System\</code>
+# Open {{file|Warpath.ini}}.
+# Go to the <code>[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]</code> section.
+# In it find a line <code>DesiredRefreshRate=</code> and change it to 144.
 }}

Developers

	Digital Extremes
Publishers
	Groove Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows	July 18, 2006