Strife: Veteran Edition
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| Developers | |
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| Rogue Entertainment | |
| Windows | Night Dive Studios |
| macOS (OS X) | Night Dive Studios |
| Linux | Night Dive Studios |
| Publishers | |
| Night Dive Studios | |
| Engines | |
| Chocolate Doom (derivative) | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 12, 2014[1] |
| macOS (OS X) | December 12, 2014[1] |
| Linux | December 12, 2014[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Shooter, RPG, Immersive sim |
| Art styles | Comic book, Pixel art |
| Themes | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi |
| Series | Strife |
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| Strife | |
|---|---|
| Strife | 1996 |
| Strife: Veteran Edition | 2014 |
This page is for the 2014 re-release. For the original 1996 version, see Strife.
Key points
- Commercial source port of Strife using a modified version of Chocolate Strife.
- Open source.[2]
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- [https://forum.zdoom.org/ the majority of mods are first announced and released here
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | |
Purchase via Humble Widget. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes the original version as a bonus | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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- Comes with a scanned manual (in PDF) and soundtrack (in OGG). They can be found in the installation folder.
- On August 28, 2020 Nightdive updated the available game package to feature a playable development snapshot of the game from 1995, as well as the original DOS version of the game.
Game data
- The original data files which can be used in other source ports are found in
<path-to-game>\STRIFE1.WADand<path-to-game>\VOICES.WAD. All changes from the original are found in<path-to-game>\SVE.wad.[3]
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\*.cfg[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/*.cfg |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/*.cfg |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\strfsav*.ssg[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/strfsav*.ssg |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/strfsav*.ssg |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Mouse cursor is oversized. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Mouse cursor is slightly oversized. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Slider - 74-110° horizontal. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Native option added in 2.0 patch. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Unknown fixed amount. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Initial menu is limited to 58fps. Once ingame, 120/144fps works in both gameplay and menus.[citation needed] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Always reads keys as if the keyboard was in QWERTY layout. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | Open <path-to-game>\chocolate-strife.cfg and adjust joystick_sensitivity to your desired value |
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| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | 5.1 / 7.1 | |
| Subtitles | Toggle in gameplay options. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9.0c | |
| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | [4] | ||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Input | SDL | |
| Multiplayer | Steamworks |
Issues fixed
Text isn't shown on a screen / is displayed out of borders
| Change DPI scaling for monitor[5] |
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Poor performance on AMD/ATI graphics cards
| Alt+Tab ↹ out of the game and then Alt+Tab ↹ back in.[6] |
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| Disable fullscreen mode.[6] |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | 7, 8 |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6 | Leopard 10.7 |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Linux | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nightdive Studios on Twitter: "Night Dive Studios is proud to present The Original Strife: Veteran Edition! Available 12/12 - last accessed on 2016-8-16
- ↑ svkaiser/strife-ve: Strife Veteran Edition GPL Source Release - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Strife: Veteran Edition - The Doom Wiki at DoomWiki.org - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ The Original Strife: Veteran Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-09
- "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."
- ↑ Resolution - Nothing Fits - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-26