Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Lion Entertainment, Inc. |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1994 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1995 |
Windows | October 15, 1996 |
Windows (DOSBox) | September 13, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | April 23, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Wing Commander |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Use DOSBox. | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] | |||
Origin | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Version differences
- The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\00000***.WSG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\00000***.WSG[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
-
WSG_NDX.WSG
is a save index, not a save file. - In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 640x480 only. "widescreen" FMVs: Set DOSBox to fullresolution=desktop. Via the in game settings leave Movies at the default of VGA (most important, Note: original video files are only in VGA, turning on SVGA only affects playback and will not result in a visual improvement on modern PCs) gameflow can stay set to SVGA. Full motion videos will now play in "widescreen". While there are some black borders on the sides of the video, they are reduced by considerable amount from the default settings. | ||
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 | 24 FPS cap. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Space flight follows the cursor in mouse mode. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | Must be selected in in-flight settings (Alt+O). | |
Full controller support | Text entry requires the keyboard. | |
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music and Sound. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Enabled by default. | |
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 | ||||
French | ||||
German | German UI and subtitles are available in all versions. German audio is only included in the GOG version and German retail versions. To enable German audio in the GOG version, it has to be set at installation or via GOG Galaxy -> Installation verwalten → Konfigurieren → Sprache. | |||
Japanese | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Joystick not recognized
Remove other controllers[3] |
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In Windows' Settings or Control Panel, remove any other controllers and set the joystick as the preferred device. |
Calibrate it |
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Calibrate the joystick by going to the options menu ("2" when launching the game, or use a terminal in-game, or ALT+O during flights). |
Joystick calibration issues
Use the Alternate Joystick Routines[citation needed] |
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Can no longer roll
Deactivate alternative flight mode[4] |
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If you find you can no longer bank / roll, that's because the alternate flight mode was activated - sometimes happens automatically during planetary sections or when flying certain ships. Deactivate alt. flt. mode ("Flugmodus" in German) in the options menu (ALT+O while flying).
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
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). - ↑ 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 thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions ● GOG.com
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Joystick in Wing Commander 3 (Windows version)
- ↑ Alternative flight mode - last accessed on May 2023