Warpath

Warpath

Developers
	Digital Extremes
Publishers
	Groove Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows	July 18, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	57
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, FPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi

Warpath is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, shooter and FPS game.

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.

General information

Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from July 15, 2006.

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves

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).
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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 to the 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 desired value.

HUD scaling

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 shrink the HUD but the ammo counter moves to the 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 the desired 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)

Force MSAA
Open the Warpath.ini located in <path-to-game>\System. Change these values located at [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] as following, add them if not present there. TextureToViewportShift=1.000000 bUseTextureToViewportShift=True Use third-party software or wrappers (such as the graphic card's control panel) to enable anti-aliasing.

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.
Royalty free audio

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
Go to <path-to-game>\System. Open Warpath.ini. Add HasNVidiaTexM32Tex=1 line to the section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice], or if it is already present, set it to 1.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		16
LAN play		16
Online play		16	Master server is not available anymore. Can direct IP connect to servers using the open <ip address:port> command in the console.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Type in open <ip address:port> in the console.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7897, 12188, 13188
UDP	7897, 12188, 13188

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
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)