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Revision as of 06:35, 17 December 2014

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty cover
Developers
Pyro Studios
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Release dates
Windows March 3, 1999
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty on Wikipedia
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.

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
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes the original Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines on which this standalone expansion pack is based.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
The GOG.com version has added compatibility fixes for modern systems, includes the original Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, and is cheaper than buying the base game and its expansion separately on Steam.

Essential improvements

Patches

1.1 - For the retail version

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Steam "Ultimate Fix"

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video options are limited to changing between three resolutions.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

The audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Can't install original retail version on 64-bit Windows

Instructions

"Please run the German version on this computer" error

Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

GOG.com version.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 225 MB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References