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Delta Force
Delta Force	1998
Delta Force 2	1999
Delta Force: Land Warrior	2000
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger	2002
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down	2004
Delta Force: Xtreme	2005
Delta Force: Xtreme 2	2009

Delta Force is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Delta Force series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Oversized DRM (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method). Single player is not available without the CD but multiplayer can be played without it if the large install is selected.
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

A free demo version is available from GameFront.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is update 5 (a.k.a. 082200), available from Patches-Scrolls and GameFront.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\df.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32620/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\player#no.ply^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32620/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Might disable mouse
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Capped at 60 FPS
120+ FPS

Support for 1024x768

The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.

Increase Resolution to 1024x768^[2]
Open the `<path-to-game>\df.cfg` file with a text editor. Find the `game_res` value and change it to 5. Find the `max_res` value and change it to 5.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Called flip mouse
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Doesn't pause on lost focus
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Ukrainian				Fan translation and full dubbing by TSF, download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		The official multiplayer service was shut down; use the NovaHQ lobby. Already applied to the GOG.com version, others are required to follow this guide.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Steam

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	285 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA 16 MB of VRAM

Disc version

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	120 MB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32620) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Delta Force Released - Blue's News Story - last accessed on 2024-03-31
↑ GOG Forum Post - last accessed on 2020-05-01

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (32620) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (32620) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Delta Force Released - Blue's News Story - last accessed on 2024-03-31

[4] GOG Forum Post - last accessed on 2020-05-01

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

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+{{Availability/row| Retail | | cd | Oversized {{term|DRM}} (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method). Single player is not available without the CD but multiplayer can be played without it if the large install is selected. | | Windows }}
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+{{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://www.gamefront.com/games/delta-force-3/file/delta-force-demo-4 GameFront].
 ==Essential improvements==
-===Support for 1024x768===
+===Patches===
-The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.
+{{ii}} The latest official patch is update 5 (a.k.a. 082200), available from [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1177/7/22739 Patches-Scrolls] and [https://www.gamefront.com/games/delta-force-3/category/official-patches-244 GameFront].
-{{Fixbox|description=Increase Resolution to 1024x768|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/delta_force_series/1024x768_for_df1_df2|title=GOG Forum Post|date=2020-05-01}}</ref>|fix=
-# Open the df.cfg file that is located in the game folder.
-# Find the game_res value and change it to 5.
-# Find the max_res value and change it to 5.
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-===EXP:DF1===
-More terrains, missions, sounds, objects and, the Kalashnikov AK47. Available at [http://www.novahq.net/?show=utilities&cmd=get_file&id=234 NovaHQ.net]
-===Various other mods===
-*[https://novahq.net/?cmd=view_files&id=1&show=utilities Utilities]
-*[https://novahq.net/?show=maps&cmd=view_maps&game=df1 Maps]
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+===Support for 1024x768===
+The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.
+{{Fixbox|description=Increase Resolution to 1024x768|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/delta_force_series/1024x768_for_df1_df2|title=GOG Forum Post|date=2020-05-01}}</ref>|fix=
+# Open the {{file|{{p|game}}\df.cfg}} file with a text editor.
+# Find the <code>game_res</code> value and change it to 5.
+# Find the <code>max_res</code> value and change it to 5.
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 |online play players  =
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-|online play notes    = Use the [https://nw.novahq.net/df Delta Force 1 Lobby].
+|online play notes    = The official multiplayer service was shut down; use the [https://nw.novahq.net/df NovaHQ lobby]. Already applied to the GOG.com version, others are required to follow [https://novahq.net/pages.php?ID=110 this guide].
 |asynchronous         =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
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+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
@@ Line 298: / Line 306: @@
 ==System requirements==
+===Steam===
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = Windows
+|minOS    = 2000, XP
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium 266 MHz
+|minRAM   = 32 MB
+|minHD    = 285 MB
+|minVRAM  = 16 MB
+|minGPU   = SVGA
+|recOS    =
+|recCPU   =
+|recRAM   =
+|recHD    =
+|recGPU   =
+}}
+===Disc version===
 {{System requirements
 |OSfamily = Windows

Developers

	NovaLogic
Publishers
1998-2016	NovaLogic
2016-present	THQ Nordic
Engines
	Voxel Space
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 1998^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic, Voxel art
Themes	Africa, Asia, Contemporary
Series	Delta Force