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Wings of Prey

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Wings of Prey
Wings of Prey cover
Developers
Gaijin Entertainment
Release dates
Windows December 25, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Direct control
Genres Simulation, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Flight
Themes World War II
Series IL-2 Sturmovik
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Wings of Prey is a singleplayer and multiplayer simulation and vehicle combat game in the IL-2 Sturmovik series.

General information

Official Forums
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
StarForce DRM.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Special Edition
Windows
Steam
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Uses YuPlay launcher, account was required for multiplayer.
Windows
Developer website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Special Edition
Windows

Version differences

The Platinum/Special Edition is includes the base game with the Wings of Luftwaffe DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Wings of Luftwaffe
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Wings of Prey\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Wings of Prey\Saves
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
No LAN support.[1]
Online play
Official servers have been shut down.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
2D
Game is listed in the vorpx local factory profile list, but not yet confirmed to be 3D.
Devices
TrackIR
Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible


Notes

  1. 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>/45300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (45300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. LAN?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023