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Difference between revisions of "Halo Wars: Definitive Edition"

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==Essential improvements==
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===Skip intro videos===
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|controller hotplug notes  = Changing inputs requires returning to the 'Start Screen'.
 
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Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition cover
Developers
Original game Ensemble Studios
343 Industries
Port Behaviour Interactive
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Engines
BANG!
Release dates
Windows December 20, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic 78
IGDB 78
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on IGDB
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition guide on StrategyWiki
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on MobyGames
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Wikipedia
Halo
Halo: Combat Evolved 2003
Halo 2 2007
Halo: Spartan (series)
Halo Online 2015*
Halo 5: Forge 2016
Halo Wars (series)
Halo Recruit 2017
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (series)
Halo Infinite 2021

Key points

Remastered version of Halo Wars. Includes all of the original game's DLC.

General information

Official site
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\video\
  2. Delete or rename 343_Intro.bik, MSGameStudio_Intro.bik.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Microsoft Store
Steam %LOCALAPPDATA%\Halo Wars\GameConfig.dat
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/459220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.BulldogThreshold_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\0009000004A4B138_6FA9010088A3442BA8B18CF53D64D3E9\0059769F9205496C9CE1349E2BD749A4\
Steam <path-to-game>\savegame\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/459220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Microsoft Store and Steam players cannot play together.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4200
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon R5 M240
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

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

References