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Wolfenstein

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Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein cover
Developers
Raven Software
id Software
Multiplayer Endrant Studios
Blur Studios
Pi Studios
Publishers
Activision
Engines
id Tech 4
Release dates
Windows August 18, 2009
Wolfenstein on Wikipedia
Castle Wolfenstein 1981
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein 1984
Wolfenstein 3D 1992
Spear of Destiny 1992
Return to Castle Wolfenstein 2001
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory 2003
Wolfenstein 2009
Wolfram (unofficial game) 2012
Wolfenstein: The New Order 2014
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 2015
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 2017
Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2019
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot 2019
RealRTCW (unofficial mod) 2020

This page is for the 2009 game. For the 1992 game, see Wolfenstein 3D.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM v7.39.0006 DRM.
Windows
The game is no longer available digitally. While Bethesda owns the rights[1] and games based on id Software properties (such as Quake 4) are still on sale, despite Raven Software being owned by Activision, it's still unavailable for unknown reasons.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 (cumulative) is the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\SP\base\videos.
  2. Delete or rename bumper1.bik, bumper2.bik, bumper3.bik and id_logo.bik.

Enable quick save

Enable quick save[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open wolf.cfg.
  3. Add the following line.
    • bind F5 "spawn save_game_entity name quicksave; trigger quicksave; remove quicksave"
  4. Save the file and set it as read-only.

Notes

Press F5 in-game to save.
Do not quick save during boss fights as it might potentially interfere with the sequences, making it unable to progress.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\id Software\WolfSP\base\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\id Software\WolfSP\base\savegames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10170/pfx/[Note 1]
The game creates a permanent archived autosave every time the game transitions to a new map. The game can archive approximately 40 or so concurrent autosaves in total, after which the oldest autosave will automatically be overwritten to create a new one.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Use Wolfenstein FOV Fix[3]
  1. Download Wolfenstein FOV Fix.
  2. Extract the contents to the installation folder.
  3. Open SP\base\fov.pk4 with a file archiver like 7-Zip.
  4. Open the def folder, extract player.def and open it with a text editor.
  5. Find "FOV" "90" (idle view) and "FOV" "80" (sprinting view) and change the values as needed.
  6. Save the file and add it back to the def folder to replace the original.
  7. Double-click on sp.bat to run the game.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Set resolution and borderless mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open wolf.cfg.
  3. Change seta r_fullscreen "1" to seta r_fullscreen "0"
  4. Change the seta r_customHeight and seta r_customWidth values to your desktop resolution.
  5. Run the game and use Borderless Gaming.

High frame rate

Edit wolf.cfg
  1. Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\id Software\WolfSP\base\wolf.cfg
  2. Add the line seta com_userCommandHz "144" (replace 144 with desired frame rate).

Notes

May have unintended gameplay effects, such as wrong or unsynchronized NPC movement timing and positioning, may cause the last boss fight to be unfinish-able.

Disable head bob

Edit configuration files[4]
  1. Download Wolfenstein FOV Fix.
  2. Extract the contents to the installation folder.
  3. Open SP\base\fov.pk4 with a file archiver like 7-Zip.
  4. Open the def folder, extract player.def and open it with a text editor.
  5. Set "CameraBobRotationSpring" "80" value to "0".
  6. Set "CameraBobRotationPower" "1" value to "0".
  7. Optionally, set "CameraBobLocationSpring" "100" to "0" to have the screen completely fixed when sprinting.
  8. Save the file and add it back to the def folder to replace the original.
  9. Double-click on sp.bat to run the game.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Disable mouse acceleration[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open wolf.cfg.
  3. Add the line: seta m_filter "0".
  4. Save the file.

Mouse sensitivity

Improve mouse sensitivity[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open wolf.cfg.
  3. Set seta m_yaw and seta m_pitch to equal values.
  4. Save the file.

Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Launch the game with +set sys_lang "english" parameter.
French
Launch the game with +set sys_lang "french" parameter.
German
Launch the game with +set sys_lang "german" parameter.
Italian
Launch the game with +set sys_lang "italian" parameter.
Polish
Launch the game with +set sys_lang "polish" parameter.
Spanish
Launch the game with +set sys_lang "spanish" parameter.
Russian
Launch the game with +set sys_lang "russian" parameter. Full russian version only on 1C copy.
Languages are set based on system language. To override the language you have to pass it as command-line parameter.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9 Single-player only.[6][7]
OpenGL 2.1 Multiplayer only.[6]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Unlock pre-order DLC

Without DLC the Flammenwerfer pre-order weapon will be available later in the campaign.[8]
Edit configuration files[8][9]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open wolf.cfg.
  3. Change line seta g_unlockedFlameDLC "0" to seta g_unlockedFlameDLC "1".
  4. Save the file.

Enable Screenshot

Enable Screenshot[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open wolf.cfg.
  3. Add the following line.
    • bind F12 "screenshot 1280 800 32"
  4. Save the file and set it as read-only.

Notes

Press F12 in-game to take a screenshot.
The first 2 numbers are your resolution & the last number(32)is color range.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8.8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT
ATI Radeon X800
256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL compatible
DirectX 9.0c compatible

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>/10170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (10170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References