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Total Annihilation

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Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation cover
Developers
Cavedog Entertainment
Publishers
GT Interactive
Wargaming.net
Release dates
Windows September 30, 1997
Mac OS (Classic) 1997
macOS (OS X) April 23, 2013[1]
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Total Annihilation guide on StrategyWiki
Total Annihilation on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation 1997
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms 1999

Key points

Modding tools are available
Small but dedicated community

General information

Total Annihilation Wiki - A wiki for everything Total Annihilation.
Total Annihilation Universe - A huge fan site for the entire Total Annihilation series.
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
Mac OS
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
 Total Annihilation: Commander Pack
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Total Annihilation: Commander Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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 Total Annihilation: Commander Pack
Windows
Total Annihilation: Commander Pack includes both The Core Contingency and Battle Tactics expansions.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Core Contingency
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Battle Tactics
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Patches

official patches

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\
  2. Delete or rename 1.ZRB and 2.zrb.

Official downloads

All of the official content for the game (patches, units, utilities, etc.) can be found here.

Unofficial patch

Unofficial patches made by TA community TA Patch Resources v1.0 and TA Patch v3.9.02 Beta.[2] This patch has been know to cause a crash at startup, notes on the cause and how to fix it can be found here.

Game data

In-game interface settings.
In-game interface settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cavedog Entertainment\Total Annihilation\
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298030/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME\[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298030/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolution[citation needed]
  1. Add the parameters -screenwidth XXXX -screenhight XXXX

Windowed

Windowed without Unofficial patch[citation needed]
  1. Add -d to the end of the shortcut target
This will mute all sound effects, regardless of Sound settings.
Windowed with Unofficial patch[citation needed]
  1. Download and install TA Patch Resources v1.0
  2. Download and install TA Patch v3.9.02 Beta
Use Total Annihilation.exe instead of TotalA.exe

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game music settings.
In-game music settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
servers were down
Hosting/Discovering game lobbys on a LAN network[3]
  1. Download ipxwrapper-0.5.0 from http://www.solemnwarning.net/ipxwrapper/
  2. Unzip the ipxwrapper files into the total annihilation folder (example: "C:\CAVEDOG\TOTALA")
  3. If you have a 32 bit OS, run the file "directplay-win32.reg" as administrator.
    or
    If you have a 64 bit OS, run the file "directplay-win64.reg" as administrator.
  4. Pick "IPX Connection for DirectPlay" and leave the search address blank.

Notes

This fix may not be necessary for versions of Windows older than XP

Other information

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology
Multiplayer DirectPlay

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 100 MHz Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 48 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.1 GB
Video card (GPU) VGA 256 colour or better

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/298030/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (298030) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. ↑ 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).

References