Hawken
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This product was abandoned during development. It is covered here for historical reference.
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| Developers | |
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| Former | Adhesive Games |
| Current | Reloaded Games |
| Publishers | |
| Meteor Entertainment | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 3 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 14, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Free-to-play |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, FPS, Vehicle combat |
| Vehicles | Robot |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Hawken |
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| Hawken | |
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| Hawken | 2014 |
| Hawken Reborn | EA |
Hawken is a multiplayer first-person action, FPS and vehicle combat game in the Hawken series.
The game was removed from Steam on January 2, 2018 and its servers were shut down.[1]
A group called Hawken Refugees have setup a Discord server for coordinating offline play and multiplayer servers.
General information
- Official forum
- Hawken Wiki (Dead link.)
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (unavailable) | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Use -nomoviestartup parameter[2] |
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Use the |
Automatic Login
The game requires the player to type his password each time it's launched. This can be avoided using the launch properties in Steam.
| Automatic Login[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hawken\HawkenGame\Config\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/271290/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings.
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Numerical slider up to 110° (horizontal). | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | If frame rate is under refresh rate disable "Capped Smooth Framerate"[4] For more information see the Unreal Engine 3 page. | ||
Input
Remapping.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Tracked motion controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master, Game SFX, UI/Menu SFX, Voice, Menu BGM, Game BGM | |
| Surround sound | Auto detects up to 7.0 output[5] | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
VR support
| Headsets | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SteamVR | |||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | DK1 only. Add -vr to the Steam launch options.[6] LibOVRWrapper might work for this game. |
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| Windows Mixed Reality | |||
| OSVR | |||
| Devices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracked motion controllers | |||
| Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz Dual Core | 3 GHz Dual Core |
| System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX AMD Radeon HD 5670 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 1024 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (271290) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Beleaguered mech shooter Hawken is shutting down on PC - last accessed on 2020-05-25
- ↑ How to login automatically at Hawken launch - HAWKEN Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ How to login automatically at Hawken launch - HAWKEN Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 120 FPS @ 120 Hz - HAWKEN Forums - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Oculus Rift Help - Support - HAWKEN Forums - Multiplayer Mech Combat - Hawken: War is A Machine - last accessed on May 2023