Vietnam: Black Ops

Vietnam
Vietnam: Black Ops	2000
Vietnam 2: Special Assignment	2001

Vietnam: Black Ops is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Vietnam series.

General information

Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from June 7, 2002.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.

Latest patch is version 1.0a available here.

This game is rendered in 16 bit color depth, dgVoodoo 2 forces 32 bit color depth which significantly improves the rendering quality.

Instructions^[1]
Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and unpack it (confirmed working with version 2.54). Copy all the files from the `MS/x86/` folder. Paste the files into `<path-to-game>`.

Increasing HUD and text size^[1]
Run `dgVoodooCpl.exe` and in DirectX tab select your desired resolution. In the game video settings menu (or the config file), set a resolution that is lower than the one set in dgVoodoo 2. The lower the resolution selected in game, the bigger the HUD and text will be rendered on screen.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}

Display options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Set a custom resolution in `<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg` and use the FOV fix. Menus and mission briefing screens remain at 640x480.
Multi-monitor		Set a custom resolution in `<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg` and use the FOV fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Set a custom resolution in `<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg` and use the FOV fix.
4K Ultra HD		Set 4K resolution in `<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg` and use the FOV fix.
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)		Highest quality AF is enabled by default, no option to disable.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default, no option to disable.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Resolution selection in the options menu is glitched and some resolutions are displayed incorrectly.

Instructions^[1]
Open `<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg` with a text editor. Change values of `"screenwidth"` and `"screenheight"`.

Keyboard, mouse and joystick options menu.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Sound options menu.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ ^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).

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Antrad on December 22, 2017
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
According to System Informer, the game loads d3dim.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 6 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice3").
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
According to System Informer, the game loads ddraw.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to DirectDraw 6 (e.g: "DirectDrawSurface4::SetColorKey" and "DirectDraw4::SetDisplayMode").
↑ Information taken from game Readme file.