Heavy Gear
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Developers | |
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Activision | |
Engines | |
MechWarrior 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 25, 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Robot |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Heavy Gear |
Heavy Gear | |
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Heavy Gear | 1997 |
Heavy Gear II | 1999 |
Heavy Gear Assault | TBA |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
- The game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use a wrapper such as dgVoodoo 2 to force the resolution, then:
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use a wrapper such as dgVoodoo 2 to force the resolution, then:
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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) | Use dgVoodoo 2 | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | On by default. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Additional information | ||
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Haptic feedback |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.0[1] (requires 1.1 patch) | |
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 |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | Co-op, Versus |
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Online play | Co-op, Versus The official MPlayer.com service has been shut down. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | MPlayer.com |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 195 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | PCI video card with 1 MB RAM | 3D accelerated video card |