Halo: Spartan Assault

Halo: Spartan Assault

Developers
	343 Industries
	Vanguard Games
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows	July 18, 2013

Halo

Halo: Combat Evolved	2003
Halo 2	2007
Halo: Spartan Assault	2013
Halo: Spartan Strike	2015
Halo 5: Forge	2016
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition	2017
Halo Wars 2	2017

Key points

Does not include the co-op mode added in the Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions.

Microtransactions were removed in the Operation Hydra update on August 29, 2013.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Halo Waypoint - The official game series site

Halo Nation - A very detailed wiki for everything Halo related

Halo.Bungie.org - One of the biggest Halo fan sites around

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Humble Store
Steam
Windows Store		Purchase also includes the Windows Phone version.

A Lite version (trial) is available for the Windows Store version.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace video files Apply the Halo: Spartan Assault intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\277430\local\settings.bin
Windows Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.HaloSpartanAssault_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Settings\settings.dat

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\277430\remote\savedata.bin
Windows Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.HaloSpartanAssault_8wekyb3d8bbwe\RoamingState

Windows Store save games are cross-platform cloud synced to Windows Phone 8 and Xbox One.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Listed on store page but not in Steam client properties.
Xbox Cloud		Syncs progress with Xbox One and Windows Phone.

Video settings

Video settings.

General settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Vert-. Native for Windows Store; for Steam use Borderless Gaming.
Ultra-widescreen			Vert-. Native for Windows Store; for Steam use Borderless Gaming.
Field of view (FOV)		See the WSGF topic (Steam version only).
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter for Steam.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		True for Windows Store; for Steam use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		No option.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x AA for Steam version; false for Windows Store version.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		"Refresh rate" in Steam version. Windows Store always has Vsync.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Set "Refresh rate" to Full (capped to monitor refresh) or None (uncapped).

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		True for Steam (mouse cannot be remapped); false for Windows Store.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Disabled in controller mode.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support		True for Steam; Windows Store defaults to mouse/touch every launch.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Other
Touchscreen optimised		Both versions are fully playable with touch input.

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Enabled by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, RT
Processor (CPU)	Dual core	Quad core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2550 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 3670 Nvidia 8600 GT Intel HD 3000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Supports low-end devices.

Requires DirectX 10