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007: Quantum of Solace

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007: Quantum of Solace
007: Quantum of Solace cover
Developers
Treyarch
Windows Beenox
Publishers
Activision
Engines
IW 3.0
Release dates
Windows October 31, 2008
Reception
Metacritic 70
IGDB 62
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Europe
Series James Bond 007
007: Quantum of Solace on HowLongToBeat
007: Quantum of Solace on IGDB
007: Quantum of Solace guide on StrategyWiki
007: Quantum of Solace on MobyGames
007: Quantum of Solace on Wikipedia
James Bond 007
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill 1985
James Bond 007: Goldfinger 1986
007: Licence to Kill 1989
James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair 1990
The Spy Who Loved Me 1990
James Bond 007: Nightfire 2002
007: Quantum of Solace 2008
GoldenEye: Source (unofficial mod) 2009
James Bond 007: Blood Stone 2010
007 Legends 2012

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

007: Quantum of Solace is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS and shooter game in the James Bond 007 series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Discord

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
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SafeDisc v4.9 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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CD key
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
The game is no longer available digitally, most likely due to Activision losing rights to James Bond licence.[4]
Both the Camille Map Pack DLC, and Collector's Edition was not released for PC.
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 2]

Essential improvements

Patches

The 1.1 Patch updates the game to the latest version. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run QoS_Update.exe).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Activision\Quantum of Solace\players\<user-id>\config.cfg
%PROGRAMDATA%\Activision\Quantum of Solace\[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10080/pfx/[Note 4]
Config file is encrypted and contains save data.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Activision\Quantum of Solace\players\<user-id>\config.cfg
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\XLive\Content\01100001007F57F2\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10080/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings
Graphics Settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Image is stretched.
Ultra-widescreen
Image is stretched.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Default FOV is 65° (horizontal). Use this FOV and FPS unlocker to modify it.
Windowed
Use this FOV and FPS unlocker. After launching the game, press Alt+Tab for the changes to apply.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
Capped at 30 FPS, use the FOV and FPS unlocker to modify the cap in singleplayer. High framerate may occasionally cause some issues. See developer notes.
Use the multi-player FPS unlocker to modify the cap in multiplayer.
120+ FPS
Use this FOV and FPS unlocker to modify the cap in singleplayer. High framerate may occasionally cause some issues. See developer notes.
Use the multi-player FPS unlocker to modify the cap in multiplayer.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Controls Remap
Controls Remap
Controls Remap
Controls Remap

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
No acceleration present.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio Settings
Audio Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Retail only.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Wii version only.
LAN play
12 Versus
Online play
12 Requires an online "Games for Windows – LIVE" account.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile. See user notes here.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video

Enabling SSAO for Nvidia graphics cards

Using Ambient Occlusion flag 0x00000004[citation needed]
  1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Under Profiles type Quantum of Solace.
  3. Under Ambient Occlusion compatibility insert the flag 0x00000004.
  4. Under Ambient Occlusion usage select Enabled.
  5. Under Ambient Occlusion setting select the quality of preference.
  6. Click Apply changes.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 3200+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB (XP)
1 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8.2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, supports local profiles.
  3. 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).
  4. 4.0 4.1 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>/10080/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (10080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References