Squad
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| Developers | |
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| Offworld Industries | |
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| Unreal Engine 4 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 23, 2020[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | FPS |
| Vehicles | Helicopter, Tank |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Contemporary |
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Squad is a multiplayer first-person FPS game.
General information
- Official forums
- Official Discord server
- Official wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
- /r/joinsquad Subreddit
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GamersGate | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Not available in all regions. | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Canadian Armed Forces | Free. Includes 2 maps, 3 vehicles, and new character models. | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete or rename movie files[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\SquadGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/393380/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\SquadGame\Saved\SaveGames\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/393380/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | [citation needed] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | All 21:9 resolutions are cropped 16:9 which results in a zoomed-in view (FOV is Vert-).[3] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Can be set between 90-120° in-game. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA or TAA, with optional Super Sampling up to 2x. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
In-game game settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse Smoothing option is available. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Keyboard and mouse reference.
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, Effects, UI, Music, Out of Game, Command Voice, Squad Voice, Local Voice | |
| Surround sound | May cause performance issues, especially on AMD processors.[citation needed] The solution is to change the sound to stereo in the audio manager.[citation needed] | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Adjust Out of Game Volume setting to 0% in order to mute. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | [4] | |
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Miscellaneous issues
- See the FIXED Problems Steam Community sub-forum for miscellaneous fixes.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 | |
| Shader Model support | 4, 5 | Shader Model 4 support requires launching the game with the -sm4 command line argument |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | PhysX | 3.4.0.0 with APEX |
| Multiplayer | Steamworks | |
| Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat, Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) | [5] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i Quad Core AMD Ryzen Quad Core |
Intel Core i Six Core AMD Ryzen Six Core |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 55 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Raden HD 7970 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 570 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible |
| Other | Broadband Internet connection | Microphone |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
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>/393380/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (393380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ The developer was started in 2015, for 5 years, the game is now completely released.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-13
- ↑ Imgur - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Dedicated server - Official Squad Wiki - last accessed on 2019-08-14
- ↑ Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023