Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror

Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate

Essential improvements

Patches

Official

Patch v3.4.0 is the latest official version of the game.

Unofficial

Patch v3.5.0 adds various fixes and can be installed after patch v3.4.0.
TOSP (v1.1b for v3.4.0, v1.2b for v3.5.0) adds a singleplayer campaign.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/System/*.ini^{[Note 1]}

TacticalOps.ini contains general settings.

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	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)		85º by default. Changing `DesiredFOV=85.000000` and `DefaultFOV=85.000000` in `<path-to-game>/System/User.ini` does nothing in-game, see Field of view (FOV) for a permanent fix.
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Set `MaxAnisotropy` in `<path-to-game>/System/TacticalOps.ini`.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only natively present in the OpenGL renderer. Set the desired amount in `UseAA` inside `<path-to-game>/System/TacticalOps.ini`.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Glide renderer capped at 63 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Widescreen resolution

Custom resolutions can be set manually. Note that the image is Vert-, so the vertical FOV is cropped, see Field of view (FOV) for a fix.

Set custom resolution in-game^[1]
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open `<path-to-game>/System/TacticalOps.ini`. Go to the `[WinDrv.WindowsClient]` section. Set `FullscreenViewportX` and `FullscreenViewportY` to the desired resolution. Save the file.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit file^[1]
Open `<path-to-game>/System/s_SWAT.u` with a hex editor like HxD. Press `Ctrl+G` and type `00022836`. Look for the value `0000AA42`. Highlight the value and go to the Data inspector table in the right side. Change the value in the Single (float32) row to the desired one (horizontal FOV in degrees). Save the file.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file^[1]
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open `<path-to-game>/System/TacticalOps.ini`. Change the line `UseVSync=False` to `UseVSync=True`. Save the file.

Windowed

Edit ini file^[1]

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Turned on by default. To disable it, install the 3.5.0 Unofficial Patch to use Raw Input.
Mouse sensitivity		Separate GUI and camera sensitivity speeds. Mouse sensitivity is affected by the field of view.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound & Announcer sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Game doesn't start

Install the 3.5.0 unofficial patch here^[1]

Game looks too dark (Direct3D)

Use dgVoodoo 2^[1]

Mouse movement stuttering/jittering

Install the 3.5.0 unofficial patch here for DirectInput and Raw Input support^[1]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7	To add in Direct3D 9 support, the 3.5.0 Unofficial Patch is required.
OpenGL		The 3.5.0 Unofficial Patch comes with an enhanced OpenGL renderer.
Glide
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Galaxy Audio	Use the 3.5.0 Unofficial Patch for FMOD and OpenAL support.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium II 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0a compatible

Notes

↑ 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).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-03

[gamedir-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).

[alphayellow-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-03

[Note 1]

[1]

Developers

	Kamehan Studios
Publishers
	Infogrames
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Engines
	Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows	April 24, 2002
Reception
Metacritic	57
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary