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ÜberSoldier
ÜberSoldier	2005
ÜberSoldier II	2007

ÜberSoldier is a singleplayer first-person FPS game in the ÜberSoldier series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.7.12.50 DRM^{[Note 1]}
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched from executable.
Steam		Unavailable in Germany.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

German retail version is censored.^[3]

A free English demo is available from GamePressure.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Rename video files
Go to the `<path-to-game>\Run\VIDEO`. Rename or delete both `burut.mpg` and `cdv.mpg`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Run\config.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2905090/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Run\SAVES\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2905090/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry.
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Named as Synchronisation in options.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Force windowed mode^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Run.
Open config.ini
Set r_fullscreen to 0

Notes

Mouse cursor is offset in menus.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian

Issues fixed

Crashes on systems with AMD CPUs

Replace 3DNow-specific DLLs with basic SSE versions

Forces the game to use SSE/MMX code paths instead of the deprecated 3D Now! instruction paths.

Copy files from <path-to-game>\Run\platforms\SSE2 to <path-to-game>\Run\platforms\3DNow_SSE overriding existing ones.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] 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%\VirtualStore on 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 (2905090) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[3] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-5] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-6] 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 (2905090) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (2905090) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-1] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-2] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[4] ttps://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=3470

[Note 1]

[3]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Burut Creative Team}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Russobit-M|Russia}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Russobit-M|Retail (Russia)}}
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Cdv Software Entertainment}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Cdv Software Entertainment|Retail (Europe)}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Strategy First|Digital}}
 |engines      =
 {{Infobox game/row/engine|X-tend}}
@@ Line 15: / Line 16: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|ubersoldier|rating}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | FPS }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
@@ Line 27: / Line 28: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | World War II }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | ÜberSoldier }}
-|steam appid  =
+|official site= https://web.archive.org/web/20061029065311/http://www.ubersoldier.net/ubersoldier.php?sprache=us
+|steam appid  = 2905090
 |gogcom id    =
 |hltb         = 10742
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = bersoldier
+|mobygames    = 22056
 |wikipedia    = ÜberSoldier
 |winehq       = 4844
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
 '''General information'''
-{{mm}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20061029065311/http://www.ubersoldier.net/ubersoldier.php?sprache=us Official website (archived)]
+{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/2905090/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|StarForce|3.7.12.50}} |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Epic Games Store | ubersoldier-83a15a | DRM-free | DRM-free when launched from executable. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 2905090 | Steam | Unavailable in Germany. |  | Windows }}
 }}
 {{ii}} German retail version is censored.<ref>https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=3470</ref>
-{{ii}} Link to [https://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=11044 demo] (English).
+{{ii}} A free English demo is available from [https://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=11044 GamePressure].
-{{--}} This game is not available digitally.
+==Essential improvements==
+===Skip intro videos===
+{{Fixbox|description=Rename video files||fix=
+# Go to the {{folder|{{p|game}}\Run\VIDEO}}.
+# Rename or delete both {{File|burut.mpg}} and {{File|cdv.mpg}}
+}}
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 57: / Line 75: @@
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Run\SAVES\}}
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
+{{Save game cloud syncing
+|discord                   =
+|discord notes             =
+|epic games launcher       = false
+|epic games launcher notes =
+|gog galaxy                =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
+|origin                    =
+|origin notes              =
+|steam cloud               = false
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 84: / Line 120: @@
 |antialiasing               = true
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling                  = false
 |upscaling tech             =
 |upscaling notes            =
@@ Line 93: / Line 129: @@
 |120 fps                    = true
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
 |color blind                = unknown
@@ Line 101: / Line 137: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
 {{Fixbox|description=Force windowed mode|ref={{cn|date=November 2016}}|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Run\</code>
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\Run}}.
 # Open {{file|config.ini}}
 # Set r_fullscreen to 0
@@ Line 208: / Line 244: @@
   |notes     =
 }}
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Crashes on systems with AMD CPUs===
+{{Fixbox|description=Replace 3DNow-specific DLLs with basic SSE versions||fix=
+{{ii}} Forces the game to use SSE/MMX code paths instead of the deprecated 3D Now! instruction paths.
+# Copy files from {{folder|{{p|game}}\Run\platforms\SSE2}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}\Run\platforms\3DNow_SSE}} overriding existing ones.
 }}

Developers

	Burut Creative Team
Publishers
Retail (Russia)	Russobit-M
Retail (Europe)	Cdv Software Entertainment
Digital	Strategy First
Engines
	X-tend
Release dates
Windows	November 18, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	57
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Themes	World War II
Series	ÜberSoldier