Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Developers
	Tripwire Interactive
macOS (OS X)	Ryan C. Gordon
Linux	Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
	Tripwire Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows	March 14, 2006
Linux	November 9, 2012
macOS (OS X)	April 3, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Tactical shooter
Vehicles	Tank, Transport
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Eastern Europe, World War II
Series	Red Orchestra

Red Orchestra
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45	2006
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 (unofficial mod)	2009
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad	2011
Rising Storm	2013
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam	2017

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Red.Orchestra.PL - Map emporium

RedOrchestra.RU - Russian community with map and Cyrillic fix

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

The original mod release can be downloaded from Mod DB. Requires Unreal Tournament 2004.

Game data

In-game general settings.

In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\*.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.redorchestra/

RedOrchestra.ini contains general settings.

User.ini contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.redorchestra/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		85° by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

A guide for optimizing performance can be found here.

Widescreen resolution

Custom resolutions can be set manually. Note that image is Vert-, and FOV should be increased to compensate for the first two options.

Set custom resolution in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Enter setres XXXXxYYYY (for example setres 1920x1080).

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open RedOrchestra.ini. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section. Set FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to the desired resolution. Notes HUD and menus remain stretched. Some menu elements become cropped.

Use the Widescreen Fix
Notes Weapon and camera FOV are both fixed during gameplay and in-engine cutscenes. Menu elements are no longer cropped. HUD and menus are stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Set default FOV in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Type fov x, where x is the desired FOV.

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Define FoV in following lines: DesiredFOV=85.000000 DefaultFOV=85.000000 Notes To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121. Game could start to randomly reset those values. If so, edit those values in <path-to-game>\System\DefUser.ini too. Weapon FOV stays the same.

Windowed

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open RedOrchestra.ini. Find the section [WinDrv.WindowsClient]. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportX= and set its value to your desired window width. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportY= and set its value to your desired window height. Set StartupFullscreen= to False to start the game in windowed mode.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Use SRWE
Start the game in a window. Download and run SRWE. Attach the game process. Enable Remove borders. Enable Fake fullscreen.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open RedOrchestra.ini. Change the line UseVSync=False to UseVSync=True.

Input

In-game general control settings.

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default, see Mouse acceleration to enable it if needed.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Set UseJoystick=True in Iwo.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient].
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Edit in User.ini.
Controller sensitivity		Edit in User.ini.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Edit in User.ini.

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

Make walk toggle, aim, map and prone hold, quick grenade throw

Use console the following commands where X is desired keystroke[citation needed]
set input X Toggle bRun for walk set input X ROIronSights | OnRelease ROIronSights for aim set input X Prone | OnRelease Prone for prone set input X ShowObjectives | OnRelease ShowObjectives for map set input X SwitchWeapon 2 | Button bFire | onrelease switchtolastweapon for quick throw grenade Could also manually edit the binding in <path-to-game>\System\User.ini

Mouse acceleration

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Change the line MouseAccelThreshold= to the desired value. Notes [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity.

Mouse sensitivity

Edit ini file
Open User.ini. Change the line MouseSensitivity= to the desired value. Notes [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity.

Jerky/Uneven mouse movement

Edit ini file

Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Go to the following lines and change 2.0 to 0.1: MouseX=Count bXAxis | Axis aMouseX Speed=2.0 MouseY=Count bYAxis | Axis aMouseY Speed=2.0 Change the line MouseSmoothingMode= to 1 and MouseSamplingTime= to: 0.008 for 125Hz polling rate 0.002 for 500Hz polling rate 0.001 for 1000Hz polling rate Change the line MouseSensitivity= to 50 in User.ini (more or less, if needed to adjust). Open RedOrchestra.ini. Go to the [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section and change ReduceMouseLag= to False. Notes Opening the control settings in-game to adjust mouse sensitivity will reset the value to 10 or below, making aiming way too slow.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Music and Voice Chat sliders.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL. See Surround sound.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.0.

Surround sound

By default the game ouput to stereo on modern versions of Windows. This will force the game to use the system OpenAL device as ouput and restore surround sound.

Forcing the game to use system OpenAL device may lead to audio dropouts, missing and substituted audio samples.

Restore surround sound
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open RedOrchestra.ini. Set Use3DSound=True and UseDefaultDriver=False, and save.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				Only voices for Axis
Japanese				Fan translation downloadable here
Russian				Only voices for Allies

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		64
Online play		64	All official maps are designed for at most 32 players.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Type in the console OPEN <ip>:<port>. Example: OPEN 12.34.567.890:7757

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	8075, 28902
UDP	7757, 7758, 7767, 20610

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

Issues fixed

Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Install dgVoodoo2.

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8.dll from here. Place it in <path-to-game>\System.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Maximum selectable refresh rate is 60 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set your monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitor.

Set fullscreen refresh rate
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open RedOrchestra.ini. Find the line DesiredRefreshRate=60. Change the value to set your monitor's refresh rate. For example, 120 or 144. Notes Modifying any video options will undo the custom refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9
OpenGL
Software renderer		RAD Game Tools' Pixomatic Software Renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

Mods

Darkest Hour

Foucarville (Darkest Hour map)

Mare Nostrum

Carpathian Crosses

Revenge of the Turul

Music Pack (adds music in-game)

Defence Alliance

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Mac
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia ATI

Intel GPUs are not supported.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia ATI Intel