18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
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| Developers | |
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| SCS Software | |
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| ValuSoft | |
| Retroism | |
| Engines | |
| Prism3D | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 23, 2003 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Genres | Driving, Simulation |
| Vehicles | Truck |
| Themes | North America |
| Series | 18 Wheels of Steel |
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General information
- SCS Software Forums for the game
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Official website (unavailable) | |
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| Amazon.com (unavailable) | |
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Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
- Latest version is Patch 1.10.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\config.cfg %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\hw_caps.def |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/514160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Across America\saves\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/514160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings[edit]
Launcher video settings. Note when you check do not show... you will not be able to set the fields on or off from the options menu because they are not available there.
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Widescreen resolutions are Vert-. HUD is stretched. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | When the monitor is set to that resolution, the game will support that with no issues. | ||
| 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.(In Direct3D8 mode use d3d8to9 for vsync to work on windows10 ) | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
Input settings[edit]
In-game control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio settings[edit]
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, sound | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| Polish | Only in retail copies. Subtitles translate the text from CB radio. |
VR support[edit]
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D User created game profile (OpenGL), 3D screenshot and tweaking instructions see here |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 8 | |
| OpenGL | ||
| Shader Model support | 1.4 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| 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 |
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| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 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.