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Operation Flashpoint: Red River

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Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Operation Flashpoint: Red River cover
Developers
Codemasters
Engines
EGO 2.0
Release dates
Windows April 21, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 67
IGDB 65
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS, Tactical shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Operation Flashpoint
Operation Flashpoint: Red River on HowLongToBeat
Operation Flashpoint: Red River on IGDB
Operation Flashpoint: Red River on MobyGames
Operation Flashpoint: Red River on Wikipedia
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Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Operation Flashpoint: Red River is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS and tactical shooter game in the Operation Flashpoint series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
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SecuROM DRM disc check.[1]
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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[2]
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Valley of Death Was only available on Games for Windows Marketplace.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is v1.2, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Skip intro videos

Replace intro videos with blank video files
  1. Download replacement files from here.
  2. Extract files to <path-to-game>\data\media\ui\videos\attract, and overwrite existing files.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\OFRR\hardwaresettings\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/44340/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\OFRR\Profiles\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/44340/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.
Advanced video settings.
Advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
HUD elements scale poorly at higher resolutions.
Field of view (FOV)
48° vertical by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 8x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV in config.dat[3]
This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data
  2. Make a backup of config.dat
  3. Open config.dat with a hex editor such as HxD.
  4. Find these variables:
    • property.name.defaultFOV.value
    • property.name.defaultFirstPersonFOV.value
  5. Next to them, change the default values (48 and 47.448) to your liking
  6. Save the file and start the game
property.name.defaultFOV.value must be in XX format
property.name.defaultFirstPersonFOV.value must be in XX.XXX format

Input

KB/M input settings.
KB/M input settings.
Controller settings.
Controller settings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Effects, Speech, Ambient
Surround sound
Up to 7.1. FMVs are in 2.0 stereo.[4]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4 Co-op
Online play
4 Co-op

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
2D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Note:Game is on official list but not yet confirmed to be 3D.
Devices
TrackIR
Supports: Yaw, Pitch (only in vehicles).

Issues fixed

Game crashes to desktop after a few minutes

Even though the game starts without issue, it crashes to desktop after a few minutes on Windows 10.
Turn Windows networking off[5]

Play without Games for Windows - Live

This will disable online multiplayer and leaderboards.
Play without GFWL using the Bulletstorm fix[6][7]
  1. Download the replacement xlive.dll
  2. Extract it into <path-to-game>.

Game does not launch and gives a "SecuLauncher Error" message

Disable the file "patch1"[8]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Move or rename the file patch1.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7800
ATI Radeon X1800
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA activation, supports local profiles.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/44340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (44340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References