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Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron	2002
Hearts of Iron II	2005
Hearts of Iron III	2009
Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game	2010
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game	2011
Hearts of Iron IV	2016

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy and wargame game in the Hearts of Iron series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		^[1]
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[2]

Essential improvements

Running on modern systems

Install DirectPlay

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/73170/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/73170/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set through the launcher or by enabling 16-bit color mode in compatibility settings and then setting display mode to 1 from settings.cfg.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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		Only through the in-game options menu. SFX/Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX-compatible 4 MB of VRAM

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 (73170) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2022-09-14
↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022

[Proton_path_note-3] 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 (73170) 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 (73170) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2022-09-14

[2] Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022

[1]

[2]

[Note 1]

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+}}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Running on modern systems===
+{{Fixbox|description=Install [[DirectPlay]]|ref=|fix=
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+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
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-==Video settings==
+==Video==
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-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
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 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = unknown
+|widescreen resolution      = true
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 |fov                        = n/a
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-|windowed                   = hackable
+|windowed                   = true
-|windowed notes             = Set 16-bit color mode in compatibility settings. And set display mode to 1 from settings.cfg.
+|windowed notes             = Set through the launcher or by enabling 16-bit color mode in compatibility settings and then setting display mode to 1 from settings.cfg.
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-|60 fps                     = unknown
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 |120 fps                    = unknown
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 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
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 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
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 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
-|separate volume          = false
+|separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = Only through the in-game options menu. SFX/Music
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   |notes     =
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 {{L10n/switch
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 |shader model versions  =
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-|64-bit executable notes=
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+|windows exe notes      =
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Developers

	Martin Ivanov
Publishers
	Paradox Interactive
Engines
	Europa
Release dates
Windows	April 8, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Menu-based, Point and select
Genres	Strategy, Wargame
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	World War I, World War II, Cold War, Interwar, Historical
Series	Hearts of Iron