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Revision as of 16:09, 12 September 2021

Vietcong
Vietcong cover
Developers
Pterodon
Illusion Softworks
Publishers
Gathering of Developers
Engines
Ptero Engine II
Release dates
Windows March 26, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 74
Vietcong on HowLongToBeat
Vietcong on IGDB
Vietcong on MobyGames
Vietcong on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Vietcong
Vietcong 2003
Vietcong 2 2005

Key points

GameSpy online server browser has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.[1] Use the Serverlist fix.
Most compatibility and performance issues with new systems (Windows Vista and later) can be fixed in the VCStarter tool.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM DRM
Windows
Not available digitally.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Fist Alpha
Windows
Red Dawn Free
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.3

Patch 1.41

Patch 1.60

Patches are incremental and need to be installed in order.
Patch 1.6 is required to use VCStarter.

Launcher

VCStarter launcher settings.
VCStarter launcher settings.

VCStarter 1.5.1

VCStarter 1.65.1

VCStarter 1.7 Beta (requires 1.65.1)

Allows to play the game properly on modern operating systems.

Online play

After applying this fix the game uses a new gamespy emulation server so the in-game serverlist is still available.
This will break online fixes for other GameSpy games that rely on the same master address.
Run script to update hosts file automatically[2]
Edit hosts file manually[2]
  1. Go to %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\.
  2. Open hosts with an editor like Notepad.
  3. Add the line 46.28.109.117 master.gamespy.com and save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Cfg\[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1]

Video

Launcher settings
Launcher settings
In-game graphics settings
In-game graphics settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Use VCStarter to fix aspect ratio. May cause visual glitches.
Multi-monitor
 
 Use VCStarter to fix aspect ratio. May cause visual glitches.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Use VCStarter to fix aspect ratio. May cause visual glitches.
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Uncheck "Fullscreen" in the launcher and use SRWE.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Force in graphics card control panel or use VCStarter with "Improve texture filtering".
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Forcing in graphics card control panel may cause blackscreen in menu. Use VCStarter for MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Only Triple Buffer is available in the game's launcher. Force actual Vsync in graphics card control panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Excessively high frame rates result in minimal delay player movement.

Input

In-game controls settings
In-game controls settings

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

  • In-game basic remapping

  • In-game advanced remapping (Actions)

  • In-game advanced remapping (Commands)

  • In-game advanced remapping (Movement)

  • In-game advanced remapping (Multiplayer)

  • In-game advanced remapping (Weapons)

Audio

In-game audio settings
In-game audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 2.0

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

In-game general settings
In-game general settings

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64 Co-op, Versus
Online play
64 Co-op, Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8 VCStarter uses D3D9.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
AMD Athlon 500 MHz		 Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
AMD Athlon 700 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.8 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible 		32 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ 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).

References