Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger

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Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Mac OS Lion Entertainment, Inc.
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS 1994
Mac OS 1995
Windows September 13, 2011[1]
OS X April 23, 2013[2]
Wing Commander
Wing Commander 1990
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi 1991
Wing Commander: Academy 1993
Wing Commander: Privateer 1993
Super Wing Commander 1994
Wing Commander: Armada 1994
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger 1994
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom 1996
Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga 1996
Privateer 2: The Darkening 1996
Wing Commander: Prophecy 1997
Wing Commander: Secret Ops 1998

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail Use DOSBox. DOSMac OS
GOG.com Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Origin

Game data[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\00000***.WSG
Windows <path-to-game>\00000***.WSG
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
WSG_NDX.WSG is a save index, not a save file.
In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Origin

Video settings[edit]

Main Terminal settings.
Main Terminal settings.
In-flight settings (Alt+O).
In-flight settings (Alt+O).
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution
640x480 only. "widescreen" FMVs: Set DOSBox to fullresolution=desktop. Via the in game settings leave Movies at the default of VGA (most important, Note: original video files are only in VGA, turning on SVGA only affects playback and will not result in a visual improvement on modern PCs) gameflow can stay set to SVGA. Full motion videos will now play in "widescreen". While there are some black borders on the sides of the video, they are reduced by considerable amount from the default settings.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+ Enter (when using DOSBox).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
24 FPS Cap.
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Space flight follows the cursor in mouse mode.
Controller
Controller support
Must be selected in in-flight settings (Alt+O).
Full controller support
Text entry requires the keyboard.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

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
French
German

Issues fixed[edit]

Joystick calibration issues[edit]

Use the Alternate Joystick Routines.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.0 compatible DirectX 9.0 compatible
OS X
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2GHz+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

References

  1. New release: Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger ● GOG.com
  2. Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions ● GOG.com
  3. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com