Act of War: High Treason

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Act of War
Act of War: Direct Action	2005
Act of War: High Treason	2006

Key points

Available both as stand-alone game or as expansion for the original Act of War: Direct Action.^[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TAGES DRM.
Gamesplanet
GOG.com		Includes Act of War: Direct Action.
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Singleplayer demo is available

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Patch 1

NAVY INVADERS mod[edit]

Allows naval battles against AI^[2]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9760/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\AOW\^{[Note 2]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9760/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Non-4:3 resolutions stretch the 2D elements of the game.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS	FPS-lock
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	12222
UDP	12222

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

Issues fixed[edit]

TAGES protection error[edit]

Update TAGES DRM^[4]

Game doesn't start on Windows 8 and later[edit]

Install DirectPlay^[5]

Runtime error 217[edit]

Use memory limited d3d9.dll^[6]

Download fixed fixed d3d9.dll
Extract it into <path-to-game>

Tomahawk Sound Loop[edit]

The game has issues with naval units which can make certain missions unplayable.

Use a sound loop fix^[7]

Download the fix
Use the game's mod manager to launch it.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy	GameSpy master server has been shut down.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c 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>/9760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

References

↑ Fringe Gamer: Act of War: High Treason Game Design Review - last accessed on 2016-07-28
↑ ftp://ftp.atari.com/patches/aowht/msg/EN.txt - last accessed on 2016-07-28
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ Fix Act of War High Treason with this Patch - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ Windows 8.1 Now playable :: Act of War: Direct Action General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-07-28
↑ Proper Windows 7 Fix - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ Tomahawk sound looping bug fix and more!

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/9760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-4] When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[1] Fringe Gamer: Act of War: High Treason Game Design Review - last accessed on 2016-07-28

[2] tp://ftp.atari.com/patches/aowht/msg/EN.txt - last accessed on 2016-07-28

[5] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[6] Fix Act of War High Treason with this Patch - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[7] Windows 8.1 Now playable :: Act of War: Direct Action General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-07-28

[8] Proper Windows 7 Fix - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[9] Tomahawk sound looping bug fix and more!

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Developers

	Eugen Systems
Publishers
	Atari
Release dates
Windows	March 24, 2006

Act of War: High Treason

Contents

Availability[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

NAVY INVADERS mod[edit]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

Input settings[edit]

Audio settings[edit]

Localizations

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Connection types

Ports

Issues fixed[edit]

TAGES protection error[edit]

Game doesn't start on Windows 8 and later[edit]

Runtime error 217[edit]

Tomahawk Sound Loop[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

System requirements[edit]

Notes

References