Difference between revisions of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"

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Castle Wolfenstein	1981
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein	1984
Wolfenstein 3D	1992
Spear of Destiny	1992
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	2001
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory	2003
Wolfenstein	2009
Wolfram (unofficial game)	2012
Wolfenstein: The New Order	2014
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood	2015
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	2017
Wolfenstein: Youngblood	2019
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot	2019
RealRTCW (unofficial mod)	2020

Key points

Master servers for the multiplayer were shut down in February 2012. A mod S4NDMoD solves this problem, by making a game use fans' master server.

General information

Official Wolfenstein series site

Wolfenstein Wiki - A detailed wiki for every Wolfenstein game made.

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Unofficial Patch

A patch by Knightmare^[1] that fixes various crashes and adds native widescreen support.

S4NDMoD

A mod that focuses on fixing exploits and adding necessary features to RTCW multiplayer. A list of features can be found here. Due to master server being down, this mod is the best solution to make server browser work, again. Mod can be downloaded, here.

Game data

In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row Template:Game data/row Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9010/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

wolfconfig.cfg contains single player settings.

wolfconfig_mp.cfg contains multiplayer settings.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9010/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

The Unofficial Patch should already add support for common resolutions in the in-game options.

Instructions

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Instructions

Input settings

In-game general control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	28960
UDP	27960

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Enlarged Upper Left Corner of Screen

Increasing the game resolution above 800x600 causes the upper left corner of the game to take up the entire screen. One reason is that game detects a 3dfx driver (possibly caused by nGlide).

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95 OSR2	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM OpenGL compatible DirectX 8.0a compatible

Supported chipsets: 3dfx Voodoo 3 or higher, ATI Rage 128/128 Pro, ATI Radeon, Matrox G400, Nvidia Riva TNT and TNT2, all Nvidia GeForce chips

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9010/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (9010) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ KMQuake II - Unofficial Patch

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9010/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (9010) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9010/.

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

[5] The app ID (9010) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] KMQuake II - Unofficial Patch

[1]

[Note 1]

@@ Line 111: / Line 111: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
-{{ii}} The [[#Unofficial Patch|Unofficial Patch]] adds a few extra resolutions in the options menu which would be otherwise missing by default on the base game.
+{{ii}} The [[#Unofficial Patch|Unofficial Patch]] should already add support for common resolutions in the in-game options.
 {{Fixbox|1=
@@ Line 120: / Line 120: @@
 \r_customheight 1152
 \r_mode -1
-\vid_restart</pre>.
+\vid_restart</pre>
 '''Notes'''
 {{ii}} In order to change the FOV see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]] for more information.
@@ Line 129: / Line 128: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Manualy trough a config file}}
-# Navigate to <code>{{p|game}}\Return to Castle Wolfenstein\Main</code> and open <code>wolfconfig.cfg</code>
+# Open <code>[[#Configuration file(s) location|wolfconfig.cfg]]</code> with a text editor
 # Use {{key|Ctrl|F}} in order to find these lines easily, replace the width and height with your resolution.
 <pre>seta r_customwidth "2048"
@@ Line 139: / Line 138: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Changing FOV (Singleplayer)}}
-# Start a game with a parameter <code>+set sv_cheats 1</code>.
+# Launch game with <code>+set sv_cheats 1</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|parameter]].
-# Start a new game or load a saved game.
+# Start a new game or load a a previous save.
-# Open a console window, by pressing <code>~</code> and type in: <code>cg_fov X</code> where X is your horizontal FOV value.
+# Open console, by pressing <code>~</code> and type in: <code>cg_fov X</code> where X is your horizontal FOV value.
 }}
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Changing FOV (Multiplayer)}}
-# Start a game.
 # Create or join a server.
-# Open a console window, by pressing <code>~</code> and type in: <code>cg_fov X</code> where X is your horizontal FOV value.
+# Open console, by pressing <code>~</code> and type in: <code>cg_fov X</code> where X is your horizontal FOV value.
 '''Notes'''
-{{ii}} It is recommended, not to launch a multiplayer with <code>sv_cheats 1</code> attribute. This can be problematic, when using Steam version, since it doesn't allow to specify separate launch attributes for singleplayer and multiplayer.
+{{ii}} It is recommended, not to launch multiplayer game with <code>sv_cheats 1</code> attribute. This can be problematic, when using Steam version, since it doesn't allow to specify separate launch attributes for singleplayer and multiplayer.
 }}
@@ Line 285: / Line 283: @@
 |upnp =
 }}
 ==Issues fixed==
 ===Enlarged Upper Left Corner of Screen===
@@ Line 290: / Line 289: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Edit wolfconfig.cfg|ref=<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/9010/discussions/0/846960628329529873/ SOLVED: Can't run the game above 800x600. Upper left corner of the screen enlarged - Steam Community Discussions]</ref>}}
-# Open <code>{{p|game}}\Main\wolfconfig.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+# Open <code>[[#Configuration file(s) location|wolfconfig.cfg]]</code> with a text editor.
 # Search for the line <code>seta r_glIgnoreWicked3D "0"</code>
 # Change "0" to "1"
@@ Line 301: / Line 300: @@
 |minOS    = 95 OSR2
-|minCPU   = Intel Pentium II 400 MHz or Athlon
+|minCPU   = AMD Athlon
+|minCPU2  = Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
 |minmem   = 128 MB
 |minHD    = 1.1 GB

Developers

	Gray Matter Interactive
	id Software
	Nerve Software
	Splash Damage
Publishers
	Activision
OS X	Aspyr Media
Engines
	id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 2001
Linux	March 16, 2002
macOS (OS X)	April 2002