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|vorpx modes                = G3D
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|vorpx notes                = User created game profile, see [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/topic/hellforces/ vorpx forum] profile introduction.
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==Other information==
 
==Other information==

Revision as of 19:26, 17 September 2019

Hellforces
Hellforces cover
Developers
Orion Games
Publishers
Buka Entertainment
Engines
Orion Engine
Release dates
Windows March 25, 2005
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Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 3.4.76 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

SuicideMachine's Hellforces D3D9 wrapper

Installation[3]
  1. Download the wrapper and extract it.
  2. Copy d3d9.dll and d3d9.ini to the installation folder.
  3. Edit settings in d3d9.ini if needed.
  4. Start the game.

Notes

Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable libraries have to be installed in order to run it.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVES\config.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVES\[Note 2]

Video settings

Launcher window.
Launcher window.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Versus

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Light is rendered incorrectly (glitchy shadowmaps)

Replace vortex shader for lightmaps[4]
  1. Download fixed lightmap shader and extract it.
  2. Move the folder vshader to the installation folder.

White screen when trying to launch the game

Start a game using D3DWindower[4]

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 1.1, 1.4, 2.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0a compatible 		Nvidia GeForce 5600 FX
128 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).

References