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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
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− | {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|StarForce|3}} | | Windows }} | + | {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|StarForce|3}}. | | Windows }} |
{{Availability/row| Amazon.com | B00J4W918M | Steam | | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| Amazon.com | B00J4W918M | Steam | | | Windows }} | ||
{{Availability/row| GamersGate | desert-thunder | Steam | | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| GamersGate | desert-thunder | Steam | | | Windows }} |
Latest revision as of 16:49, 22 March 2024
Developers | |
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Brainbox Games | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Groove Games |
Hip Games | |
Funbox Media | |
Russia | Russobit-M |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 19, 2003 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter, TPS, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Tank |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, Middle East |
Desert Thunder is a singleplayer third-person action, shooter, TPS and vehicle combat game.
General information
- Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from November 19, 2005.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>/System/*.ini[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/283330/pfx/[Note 3] |
-
DT.ini
contains general settings. -
User.ini
contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/283330/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | You can toggle between fullscreen and windowed mode with Alt+↵ Enter. See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
- Custom resolutions can be set manually. Note that image is Vert-, and FOV should be increased to compensate for the first two options.
Set custom resolution in-game[5] |
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Edit ini file[6] |
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Notes
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Use the Widescreen Fix[7] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
Set default FOV in-game[8] |
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Edit ini file[9] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Edit ini file[10] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Edit ini file[11] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit ini file[12] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Enabled by default. To disable it, see Mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | See Mouse sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Enabled by default. To disable, set bInvertMouse= in <path-to-game>/System/User.ini to True. |
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Controller | ||
Controller support | Set UseJoystick=True in <path-to-game>/System/DT.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient] . |
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Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Edit in <path-to-game>/System/User.ini . |
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Controller sensitivity | Edit in <path-to-game>/System/User.ini . |
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Controller Y-axis inversion | Edit in <path-to-game>/System/User.ini . |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
Edit ini file[13] |
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Notes
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Mouse sensitivity
- [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity in the game settings.
Set custom sensitivity in-game[14] |
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Edit ini file[15] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL. See Surround sound. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3. | |
Royalty free audio |
Surround sound
- By default the game ouput to stereo on modern versions of Windows. This will force the game to use the system OpenAL device as ouput and restore surround sound.
- Forcing the game to use system OpenAL device may lead to audio dropouts, missing and substituted audio samples.
Restore surround sound[16] |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Game's Vsync doesn't work on Windows 8/8.1/10/11
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper |
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Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper[17] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Maximum selectable refresh rate is 60 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set your monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 or 144 Hz monitor.
Set fullscreen refresh rate[18] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, XP, ME |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 750 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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 (283330) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-24
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-15
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-24
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-24
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-24
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-24
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-07