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Wing Commander: Secret Ops

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Wing Commander: Secret Ops
Wing Commander: Secret Ops cover
Developers
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
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Wing Commander 1990
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi 1991
Wing Commander: Academy 1993
Wing Commander: Privateer 1993
Super Wing Commander 1994
Wing Commander: Armada 1994
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger 1994
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom 1996
Privateer 2: The Darkening 1996
Wing Commander: Prophecy 1997
Wing Commander: Secret Ops 1998

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
Retail
DRM details are not known
Bundled with Gold Editions of Wing Commander: Prophecy.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Wing Commander: Prophecy.
Windows

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
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Audio & Video Options.
Audio & Video Options.
Special Effects Options.
Special Effects Options.
Gameplay Options.
Gameplay Options.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
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.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Install the OpenGL Patch and set with OGLsetup.exe.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Install the OpenGL Patch and set with OGLsetup.exe.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Game is capped to around 30 FPS.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
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
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
Direct3D 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.0 compatible


References