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Wing Commander: Armada

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Wing Commander: Armada
Wing Commander: Armada cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS September 22, 1994[1]
Windows (DOSBox) November 20, 2013[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives First-person, Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Strategy, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Space flight
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Wing Commander
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Wing Commander: Armada is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and top-down view strategy and vehicle combat game in the Wing Commander series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Use DOSBox.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes the Proving Grounds expansion. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Proving Grounds
DOS
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.0 updates the original DOS version to fix various issues. The GOG.com version is already patched.

Proving Grounds Mode

Proving Grounds Mode adds new multiplayer options. The GOG.com version already includes it.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME.OPT
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE_*.ARM
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Go to Options (Alt+O) then choose Keyboard in the Calibrate section.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Mouse only works in menus.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller only used during space flight.
Controller remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Slider for Music only; sound effects are on/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op, Versus
Two-player split-screen.
LAN play
Co-op, Versus
Online play
For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 213
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 27 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

  1. News from origin BBS - last accessed on 2023-12-30
    "On the Origin BBS, there was an announcement that both Wing Commander Armada (disk and CD versions) and System Shock (disk version only) had both shipped from Origin."
  2. Release: Wing Commander: Armada - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-12-30
  3. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023