Submarine Titans

Submarine Titans is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RTS game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Disc check skipped by disabling drive
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com		Version 1.1 with GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper.
Steam		Version 1.0. See Updating Steam version.
ZOOM Platform		Version 1.1 with DDrawCompat.

A free demo version is available from GameFront.

Essential improvements

In-game general settings.

Patches

Patch 1.1 is the latest patch for the game.

Updating Steam version

Add missing registry file^[1]

The Steam release inexplicably has version 1.0 instead of 1.1. The standard patcher can be used, but a missing registry entry needs to be added first.

Use the Registry Editor to open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node.
Create the Ellipse Studios\Submarine Titans key.
Create a DWORD value, name it Version and set it to 01000000.
Download and install the 1.1 patch.
Run the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame\(profile)\PL_LOG.DK*^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1259380/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Configuration files are binary.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame\(profile)\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1259380/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

External options menu.

In-game graphics settings.

In-game screen resolution settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use the unofficial widescreen patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

External control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		For scrolling speed only.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game sound effects settings.

In-game music settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Briefings are always voiced and subtitled, in-game story moments are subtitled only. Announcer and unit responses are voiced only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Polish				Retail only. Details
Russian				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Up to 8 users can play, but up to 24 can connect (the rest can join only as spectators).
Online play		8	Official servers have been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

"Internal Error" on launch

Run ST.exe as administrator, and optionally in compatibility mode for Windows 98 / ME.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Does not occur if installed in a non-standard folder, or if the user has full permissions to the installation folder.

This fix will also disable the intro videos. To enable them, set the compatibility mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

External configuration program does not work

On modern Windows, the STConfig.exe external configuration program does not appear to save settings properly, regardless if "Apply" was clicked.

Run `STConfig.exe` as administrator^{[citation needed]}

"The program can't start because d3drm.dll is missing"

Add d3drm.dll to the installation folder^[2]

In the Submarine Titans disc, go to directx
Open the directx.cab file
Copy the d3drm.dll file and paste it into the installation folder.

Digital releases include this file in the game directory by default.

“The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022). Click OK to close the application”

Enable DirectPlay

Broken video playback, showing as black screen

Edit video script files manually, forcing playback from 24-bit to 16-bit^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\video
Open startup.vps
In all lines starting with PlayVideo, change the entries of COLOR_24BIT to COLOR_16BIT
Repeat as above for the file campaign.vps

Notes

This should make the videos play, however there is likely a loss in color fidelity due to forcing them to play in 16-bit color mode.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7	7.0 is minimum, but 7.0a is included on the disc

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	Only a part of the game's cutscenes use Bink; others are encoded as Cinepak AVI files.
Multiplayer	FSGS

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz	Intel Pentium III 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	140 MB	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA capable DirectX 7.0 compatible	DirectX 7.0a compatible

If playing on a large map, it is recommended to have an Intel Pentium II 300 MHz with 64 MB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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 (1259380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Update Submarine Titans to 1.1 - last accessed on 2023-06-16
↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2022-11-20

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 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 (1259380) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (1259380) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Steam Community :: Guide :: Update Submarine Titans to 1.1 - last accessed on 2023-06-16

[4] Verified by User:Plok on 2022-11-20

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Developers

	Ellipse Studios
Publishers
Retail (North America), digital	Strategy First
Retail (Europe)	PAN Interactive
Release dates
Windows	June 26, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi