Company of Heroes

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Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes Box.jpg
Developers
Publishers
 
 
Engines
Release dates
Windows
September 12, 2006
OS X
March 1, 2012
Company of Heroes at Steam Charts
Company of Heroes at SteamDB
 Company of Heroes at Wikipedia
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes 2006
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts 2007
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor 2009
Company of Heroes 2 2013
Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Front Armies 2014
Company of Heroes 2 - Ardennes Assault 2014

Key points

Disadvantage Online multiplayer for non-Steam versions stopped working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down.[1]
Disadvantage Steam version updates can potentially break mods.

General information

More information Official website
More information Company of Heroes Wiki
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Retail Disc check Requires disk check. Available in CD or DVD format
Amazon.com Disc check Requires disk check. Requires patching
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg Fully patched. See New Steam Version.

Version differences[edit]

Information The New Steam Version (included alongside the original THQ release) has all the multiplayer components modified to use Steamworks, as the original multiplayer servers are no longer available. As an added bonus, both standalone expansions (Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts and Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor) will count as DLC and do not require any extra downloads.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Information Patches for the game can be found here (Retail Only).

Skip splash screens[edit]

Fix Launch the game with the -nomovies parameter

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows (Retail) %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\*.(ini|lua|txt)
Windows (New Steam Version) %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\*.(ini|lua|txt)
OS X

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows (Retail) %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\Savegames
Windows (New Steam Version) %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\Savegames
OS X

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Native Syncs save games.
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Silver.svg
Multi-monitor Native WSGF MM Silver.svg
Ultra-widescreen Native WSGF UW Silver.svg
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Hackable Launch the game with the -window parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable Works using usual borderless fullscreen methods. Tested using GameCompanion.
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native Launch the game with the -novsync parameter to disable Vsync.
High frame rate Native

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Hackable Download Gridkeys
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Impossible
Controller
Controller support Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Native Up to 8.1[2]
Subtitles Native
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native
French Native Native Native
German Native Unknown Unknown
Italian Native Unknown Unknown
Spanish Native Unknown Unknown

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play Native 8
Online play Native 8

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP (outbound) 6112, 30260, 9100

Issues fixed[edit]

Refresh rate issue[edit]

Disadvantage Refresh rate set at 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz.

Fix Set launch options in Steam

  1. Right click Company of Heroes in Steam Library.
  2. Click "Properties" then "Set Launch Options".
  3. Enter -refresh 60

Fix Set launch options on retail version

  1. Right click Company of Heroes shortcut.
  2. Click "Properties" then add the follow to the target: -refresh 60

Steam version start-up crash[edit]

Disadvantage The latest Steam version of this game won't start on some systems, crashing back to the desktop immediately.

Fix Use old XThread.dll[3]

  1. Download XThread.dll.
  2. Extract into the installation folder, replacing the existing file.
  3. If the game is in German after this fix open Locale.ini in the installation folder.
  4. Change lang= to the language you want (for English use lang=English).
  5. Save your changes and run the game again.

Second monitor blacking out[edit]

When launching the game on a dual screen setup the secondary monitor will often be blacked out. To fix this press Alt+↵ Enter twice.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 		Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6.5 GB 9 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 1.1 support 		Nvidia GeForce 6800 series
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
Information Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon 9500 series, Radeon 9600 series, Radeon 9700 series, Radeon 9800 series, Radeon X300 series, Radeon X550 series, Radeon X600 series, Radeon X700 series, Radeon X800 series, Radeon X1000 series, Radeon X1100 series, Radeon X1300 series, Radeon X1600 series, Radeon X1800 series, Radeon X1900 series, Radeon HD 2400 series, Radeon HD 2600 series, Radeon HD 2900 series
Information Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce3/Ti series, GeForce4/Ti (excluding the GeForce4MX series), GeForce FX 5700 series, GeForce FX 5800 series, GeForce FX 5900 series, GeForce 6200 series, GeForce 6600 series, GeForce 6800 series, GeForce 7300 series, GeForce 7600 series, GeForce 7800 series, GeForce 7900 series, GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8700 series, GeForce 8800 series

References

  1. ↑ Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
  2. ↑ Company of Heroes Review - NGOHQ.com
  3. ↑ Xthread.dll error - How to fix. - Steam Users' Forums