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Latest revision as of 19:40, 26 August 2023
Developers | |
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NovaLogic | |
Expansion | Ritual Entertainment |
Publishers | |
2003-2016 | NovaLogic |
2016-present | THQ Nordic |
Engines | |
Black Hawk Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 24, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | July 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
IGDB | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Africa, Contemporary |
Series | Delta Force |
Delta Force | |
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Delta Force | 1998 |
Delta Force 2 | 1999 |
Delta Force: Land Warrior | 2000 |
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger | 2002 |
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | 2004 |
Delta Force: Xtreme | 2005 |
Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | 2009 |
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Delta Force series.
Master servers were shut down. Playing multiplayer is now only possible using GOG.com version, GameRanger or Novaworld.cc.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 4 DRM. | |||
GOG.com | Platinum Pack (No included soundtrack CD files) | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
Version differences
- The Gold Pack includes the base game and the Team Sabre expansion pack.
- The Platinum Pack includes the base game, the Team Sabre expansion pack, their respective strategy guides by Prima, and the soundtrack CD.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Team Sabre |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Delta Force - Black Hawk Down - General Update updates the game to the latest version. Team Sabre already includes this patch.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\dfv.cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\dfvplr.sav[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Set the resolution with dgVoodoo2 | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use this CheatEngine table. | ||
Windowed | Launch the game with /w parameter. Resolution of 640x480 and Windowed mode can make the game unplayable.[1] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Setting might be disabled (force in the graphics card control panel). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Main menu capped at 65 FPS. |
Widescreen resolution
- The game natively supports only 4:3 resolutions. It's possible to get the game running in widescreen mode by editing bytes directly in exe file.
Modify and use UniWS[2] |
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THE INI IS BELOW [Apps] version=1.03 a0=Delta Force Black Hawk Down / Delta Force Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre [Delta Force Black Hawk Down / Delta Force Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre] details=Requires 1.5.0.5 version. checkfile=dfbhd.exe modfile=dfbhd.exe undofile=dfbhd.backup sig=EB42BF00040000BE00030000EB36BF sigwild=0000000000000 xoffset=3 yoffset=8 occur=1 Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Does not pause on focus lost | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | Released by FX Interactive | |||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | Released by Cenega | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Barely a few voice lines are not translated | |||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 50 | Versus, Co-op For co-op, use Anaconda's Server Manager. |
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Online play | 64 | Versus, Co-op The official multiplayer service was shut down; use the NovaHQ lobby (already applied to the GOG.com version). |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Run the game with the /serveonly parameter.[3] |
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Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Can not recover password/account details (bug: emails not being sent)
In 2008, Novalogic updated their website. This caused few minor glitches on DFBHD websites that in-game browser is using.
Use Novaworld Community Beta website[citation needed] |
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Issues unresolved
Anti-aliasing option is disabled
On some configurations, option for full screen anti-aliasing is disabled. There is no known fix for it. Only alternative is forcing different AA settings from graphics card control panel.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | |
Shader Model support | 1.1, 1.3 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | NovaWorld |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 733 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 860 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia TNT2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 5 series 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible |
- The Team Sabre expansion pack increases the HDD requirements to 1.4 GB
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 74xx PowerPC G4 |
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System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerator 32 MB of VRAM |
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Other | 2x DVD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (32670) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Stealthradon on 8 June 2014
- The world spins around the player at very high speeds
- ↑ Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-04-10
- ↑ Novahq.net Forum - View Single Post - bhd dedicated server - last accessed on May 2023