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Revision as of 03:18, 27 July 2014

Iron Storm
Iron Storm cover
Developers
4X Studios
Publishers
Wanadoo
Dreamcatcher Interactive
Engines
Phoenix3D
Release dates
Windows October 25, 2002
macOS (OS X) November 15, 2013
Iron Storm on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Iron Storm
Iron Storm 2002
World War Zero: Iron Storm 2005

Key points

Later re-released as World War Zero with an updated engine and gameplay changes.
GameSpy online server browser has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Digital distribution versions are already patched; for retail versions install the latest patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/296180/pfx/[Note 1]
safe_user.cfg and defctrl.cfg store the default settings so don't need to be edited directly.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/296180/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Advanced settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Server browser does not work (GameSpy services have been shut down).

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Use IronStorm_DS.exe in the installation folder (added in Patch 1.04).
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game exits on launch (no error message)

This can be caused by user.cfg being absent.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) GF 9400M / HD 3300


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