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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines cover
Developers
Pyro Studios
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Release dates
Windows July 31, 1998
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines on Wikipedia
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Commandos
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines 1998
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty 1999
Commandos 2: Men of Courage 2001
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin 2003
Commandos: Strike Force 2006
Commandos 2 HD Remaster 2020
Commandos 3 HD Remaster 2022
Commandos: Origins 2024

Key points

The original 16-bit installer won't work on 64 bit systems
Audio-/video-options are very limited.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
 DRM-free version.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Green Man Gaming
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Includes Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. Cannot be purchased in Germany.[1]
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Version differences

The GOG.com version has added compatibility fixes for modern systems, includes the standalone expansion Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, and is cheaper than buying the base game and its expansion separately on Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Official patch

1.1 - For the retail version

Steam "Ultimate Fix"

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video options is limited to changing between four resolutions.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

The only available audio option is master volume.

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Issues fixed

Can't install original retail version on 64 bit Windows

Instructions

"Please run the German version on this computer" error

This issue has been fixed in the GOG.com version (specifically using the hex edit below).
Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME 98SE, ME
Processor (CPU) Pentium II 300 MHz Pentium II 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 12 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible 		32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/6800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References