The Stalin Subway
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| Developers | |
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| Orion Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Buka Entertainment | |
| Engines | |
| Orion Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 25, 2005 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Themes | Cold War |
| Series | Stalin Subway |
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| Stalin Subway | |
|---|---|
| The Stalin Subway | 2005 |
| The Stalin Subway: Red Veil | 2006 |
Warnings
Key points
- Released as Metro-2 ("Метро-2") in Russia.
General information
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVES\config.cfg[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311140/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVES\[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311140/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Configuration tool.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use resolution patch. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore proper sound functionality on Windows Vista and later. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Czech | Retail only. link #1 | |||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[5] see GameSpy for workarounds. | ||
Issues fixed
Broken shadows
| Install 1.2 fix[citation needed] |
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White screen when trying to launch the game
| Start a game using DxWnd[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8, 8.1, 9 | |
| Shader Model support | 1.1, 1.4, 2.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, XP, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 3.2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (311140) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.