18 Wheels of Steel: Across America

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18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
18 Wheels of Steel: Across America cover
Developers
SCS Software
Publishers
ValuSoft
Retroism
Engines
Prism3D
Release dates
Windows September 23, 2003
 
 
 
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General information

SCS Software Forums for the game
Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Official website
Requires online activation
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Latest version is Patch 1.10.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\config.cfg
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\hw_caps.def
Linux (Proton) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/514160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\saves\
Linux (Proton) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/514160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen resolutions are Vert-. HUD is stretched.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Fixed FOV (Vert-).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Called Sync every frame.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Locked at 60 FPS

Input settings[edit]

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.
Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

VR support[edit]

3D modes Native Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile (OpenGL), 3D screenshot and tweaking instructions see here

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
OpenGL
Shader Model support 1.4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/514160/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (514160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References