Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes	2006
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts	2007
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor	2009
Company of Heroes 2	2013
Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Front Armies	2014
Company of Heroes 2 - Ardennes Assault	2014
Company of Heroes 2 - The British Forces	2015

Key points

Online multiplayer for non-Steam versions stopped working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down.^[1]

Steam version updates can potentially break mods.

General information

Official website

Company of Heroes Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM.
Gamesplanet
Humble Store
Mac App Store		Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition. Comes bundled in.
Steam		Acts as DLC for the New Steam Version.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Patches for the game can be found here (Retail Only).

Skip splash screens[edit]

Launch the game with the -nomovies parameter^{[citation needed]}

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\.lua %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\*.txt
macOS (OS X)
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\.lua %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*.txt
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9340/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\Savegames\
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\Savegames\
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9340/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Syncs save games.

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Launch the game with the `-window` parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Works using usual borderless fullscreen methods. Tested using GameCompanion.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Launch the game with the `-novsync` parameter to disable Vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

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

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
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, see here.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[2] 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)
UDP	6112, 30260, 9100

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

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 10
Shader Model support	1.1, 4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	DivX Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy, Steamworks	Steamworks support is only available in the New Steam Version.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB 1 GB (Vista)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support	Nvidia GeForce 6800 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.6
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	13 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8600 256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

SSE capable processor required.

Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon 9500 series, Radeon 9600 series, Radeon 9700 series, Radeon 9800 series, Radeon X300 series, Radeon X550 series, Radeon X600 series, Radeon X700 series, Radeon X800 series, Radeon X1000 series, Radeon X1100 series, Radeon X1300 series, Radeon X1600 series, Radeon X1800 series, Radeon X1900 series, Radeon HD 2400 series, Radeon HD 2600 series, Radeon HD 2900 series

Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce3/Ti series, GeForce4/Ti (excluding the GeForce4MX series), GeForce FX 5700 series, GeForce FX 5800 series, GeForce FX 5900 series, GeForce 6200 series, GeForce 6600 series, GeForce 6800 series, GeForce 7300 series, GeForce 7600 series, GeForce 7800 series, GeForce 7900 series, GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8700 series, GeForce 8800 series

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>/9340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/9340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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[Note 1]

[2]

Developers

	Relic Entertainment
macOS (OS X)	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	THQ
	Sega
Engines
	Essence Engine 1.0
Release dates
Windows	September 25, 2007
macOS (OS X)	March 1, 2012