Key points
- Multiplayer is cross-platform across Windows, iOS and Android.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%APPDATA%\Great Big War Game\screenmode.txt |
Microsoft Store |
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Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/216670/pfx/[Note 1] |
- When the game is set to Fullscreen mode,
screenmode.txt
is deleted.
Save game data location
Video
- Very limited video settings with toggle-only options such as blood and gore, unit animation quality, weather effects and fullscreen/windowed.
- Requires Windowed mode for custom resolutions
- Custom resolutions should not be set to resolutions smaller than 1024x768
By default, the game renders at 1024x768, but by editing the two numbers screenmode.txt
the resolution can be manually changed. The first number is the width, the second number is the height. While the menu and UI elements don't change in size, gameplay will be rendered at any resolution given by screenmode.txt
, meaning GBWG can be run in 4K and ultrawidescreen resolutions. Note that when in Fullscreen mode, screenmode.txt
is deleted and the resolution returns to default.
The main menu in 1920x800. Note the menu remains constant but the background fills out the rest of the screen.
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The main menu in 640x640. Note the menu is cut off because the window resolution is smaller than that of the menu's.
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Gameplay in 640x640. While still playable, UI elements now overlap.
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Input
- Game is controlled entirely with the mouse.
- Inherently touchscreen friendly.
- The Escape key is a hard-coded closing of the game.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, FX and Dialogue sliders. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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All campaign dialogue is subtitled with no way to disable them. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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All campaign dialogue is subtitled. |
Network
Hot-seat local multiplayer is limited to 1v1-only skirmishes. Match settings can be changed such as map, starting gold and gold gain per turn for each individual player.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Main multiplayer interface. From here players can continue matches waiting for their turn, find matches to join, host a new match or challenge users added to their friends list.
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Matchmaking finding joinable matches. Match information displayed also includes what platform the opponent is playing GBWG on.
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Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit | ARM |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
150 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/216670/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (216670) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References