Operation Flashpoint: Red River

Warnings

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

Operation Flashpoint
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis	2001
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising	2009
Operation Flashpoint: Red River	2011

Key points

The Valley of Death DLC is no longer available to purchase due to the Games for Windows Marketplace being shut down.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.^[1]

All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.^{[Note 1]}

This game is no longer available digitally.

The Valley of Death DLC is no longer available to purchase due to the Games for Windows Marketplace being shut down.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Valley of Death	No longer sold digitally.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Latest patch is 1.2

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

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

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		HUD elements scale poorly at higher resolutions.
Field of view (FOV)	48° by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to x8
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to x8MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Set FOV in config.dat^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\data\
Make a backup of config.dat
Open config.dat with a hex editor such as HxD.
Find these variables:
- property.name.defaultFOV.value
- property.name.defaultFirstPersonFOV.value
Next to them, change the default values (48 and 47.448) to your liking
Save the file and start the game

Input settings[edit]

KB/M input settings.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Can not be disabled
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Game, menus and GFWL interface all have full controller support
Controller remapping		Normal or Southpaw configurations
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Effects, Speech and Ambient
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		2D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. Note:Game is on official list but not yet confirmed to be 3D.

Network[edit]

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

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes to desktop after a few minutes[edit]

Even though the game starts OK after a few minutes it crashes to desktop (Windows 10).

Turn Windows networking off

Turn off (disable) windows netowkring by disabling your Ethernet connection.
Red River will start and enter off line mode. There won't be any more crashes
Red River is same engine as Dragon Rising and Nvidia lists the same fix for that on an official page.

Game refuses to launch[edit]

Download the final version of Games for Windows Live

Download Games for Windows Live version 3.5 directly from Microsoft.^[3]

Game does not launch and gives a "SecuLauncher Error" message[edit]

Disable the file "patch1"

Disable the file "patch1" in the installation folder either by deleting it or renaming it to something else.^[4]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2.4 GHz	Quad Core 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB 2 GB (Vista)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1800 Nvidia GeForce 7800 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	ATI Radeon 3800 Nvidia GeForce 8800 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA activation, local profile support unknown.
↑ ^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

[2] Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA activation, local profile support unknown.

[Proton_path_note-3] 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.

[1] SecuROM™ Support Website - Operation Flashpoint: Red River

[4] OFRR FOV Mod Ver1.0 download - Mod DB

[5] Operation Flashpoint: Red River General Discussions

[6] Operation Flashpoint: Red River General Discussions

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Developers

	Codemasters
Engines
	EGO 2.0
Release dates
Windows	April 21, 2011