Wing Commander: Secret Ops
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Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Engines | |
VISION | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 27, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Wing Commander |
Wing Commander: Secret Ops is a singleplayer first-person action, shooter and vehicle combat game in the Wing Commander series.
For Windows 8 and later, use the OpenGL Patch or fullscreen border fix.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Bundled with Gold Editions of Wing Commander: Prophecy. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with Wing Commander: Prophecy. |
Essential improvements
OpenGL Patch
- Install the OpenGL Patch for higher resolutions (pillarboxed).
- If starting a mission crashes the game, run
launcher.exe
in the installation folder and set anisotrophy and FSAA to 0.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use the OpenGL Patch for higher resolutions (pillarboxed 4:3). | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Install the OpenGL Patch and set with OGLsetup.exe . |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Install the OpenGL Patch and set with OGLsetup.exe . |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | Install the OpenGL Patch and set with OGLsetup.exe . |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game is capped to around 30 FPS. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Many commands are keyboard-only. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX and Movies. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Disabled by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Window border visible in fullscreen mode
- Use the OpenGL Patch. Alternately, use the Wing Commander: Prophecy and Secret Ops fullscreen border fix.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible | Direct3D 3Dfx card with Glide version 2.43 or later installed. 4 MB of VRAM |