The Stalin Subway: Red Veil
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| Developers | |
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| Orion Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Buka Entertainment | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 5, 2006 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Themes | Cold War |
| Series | Stalin Subway |
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| Stalin Subway | |
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| The Stalin Subway | 2005 |
| The Stalin Subway: Red Veil | 2006 |
Warnings
Key points
- Released as Метро-2: Смерть вождя (in English "Metro-2: Death of the Leader"... literally "Metro-2: Smert' Vozhdja") in Russia.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
No disc check on German version, simple disc check on English version. Original Russian release version uses StarForce 4 DRM[Note 1], but in compilation "Коллекция развлечений №22" the videogame was fully unprotected (DRM-free) |
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| Steam | |
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- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVES\config.cfg[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311120/pfx/[Note 3] |
- There is a configuration tool
config.exeavailable in the installation folder.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVES\[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311120/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Configuration tool.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use resolution patch. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Can be changed using FOV X console command. |
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| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore proper sound functionality on Windows Vista and later. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | Versus |
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| Online play | Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Various issues fixed
| Install 1.2 fix[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8.1, 9.0c | |
| Shader Model support | 1.1, 1.4, 2.0, 3.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 3.2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon 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>/311120/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (311120) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.