Sudden Strike
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Developers | |
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Fireglow Games | |
Total War expansion | INtex Publishing |
Publishers | |
Cdv Software Entertainment | |
Kalypso Media Digital | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 24, 2001 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Strategy |
Themes | World War II, Historical |
Series | Sudden Strike |
Sudden Strike | |
---|---|
Sudden Strike | 2001 |
Sudden Strike 2 | 2002 |
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory | 2007 |
Sudden Strike 4 | 2017 |
Sudden Strike is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric strategy game in the Sudden Strike series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1] in American release. CopyLok DRM in European releases. |
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GamersGate | Gold Edition. | |||
GOG.com | Gold Edition. | |||
Steam | Gold Edition. | |||
ZOOM Platform | Gold Edition. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- All of the versions aside from original CD release are missing in-game soundtrack.
Version differences
- The Gold Edition includes the base game, the Forever expansion and the unofficial Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage expansion.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Sudden Strike: Forever | ||
Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage | Unofficial expansion, later included in compilations. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\sudtest.ini[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612300/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SaveGames\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612300/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Only resolutions are 640x480 , 800x600 and 1024x768 .Sudden Strike HD Mod introduces 16:9 resolutions (as well as additional 4:3 and 5:4 resolutions). |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | [3] | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | [4] |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
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 |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | Local retail only. | |||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Celeron - 333 MHz | Intel Pentium 3 - 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 350 MB | 1 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/612300/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (612300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing - last accessed on 19 November 2022
- ↑ Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing - last accessed on 19 November 2022