Act of War: Direct Action

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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Act of War
Act of War: Direct Action	2005
Act of War: High Treason	2006

Key points

Online multiplayer has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Includes Act of War: High Treason.
Steam

Singleplayer (US, EU) and multiplayer demo versions are available

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 4

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Widescreen resolution

Use Act of War Resolution Patch^{[citation needed]}
Act of War Resolution Patch (Disc version) Act of War Resolution Patch (Steam version) Act of War Resolution Patch (GOG.com version)

Hex edit game .exe (GOG.com version)^{[citation needed]}
Open `<path-to-game>\ACTOFWAR.EXE` with a hex editor such as HxD. Find the bytes `83 C4 F4` close to Offset `0x5AE3F0` and replace them with `B0 01 C3`. Save changes

Hex edit game .exe (Steam version)^{[citation needed]}
Open `<path-to-game>\ACTOFWAR.EXE` with a hex editor such as HxD. Change `83 C4 F4 89 54 24 04` with `B0 01 C3 89 54 24 04` Save changes

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		GameSpy master server has been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	12222
UDP	12222

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy	GameSpy master server has been shut down.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (2710) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (2710) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[4] The app ID (2710) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note 1]

Developers

	Eugen Systems
Publishers
	Atari
Release dates
Windows	March 15, 2005