Close Quarters Conflict

Close Quarters Conflict

Developers
	Direct Action Games
Publishers
Poland	City Interactive
	Groove Games
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	March 20, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Close Quarters Conflict is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.

It was retrofitted by City Interactive as America's Secret Operations: Close Conflict (in Poland).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.
Amazon.com		Simple disc check.

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/System/*.ini

CQC.ini contains general settings.

User.ini contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.

Save game data location

System	Location

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		85° by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle 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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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
While in game, open the console with ~. Enter setres XXXXxYYYY (for example setres 1920x1080).

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open CQC.ini. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section. Set FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to the desired resolution. Notes HUD is stretched. Some menu elements become cropped.

Use the Widescreen Fix
Notes Weapon and camera FOV are both fixed during gameplay and in-engine cutscenes. Menu elements are no longer cropped. HUD and menus are stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Set default FOV in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Type fov x, where x is the desired FOV.

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Define FoV in following lines: DesiredFOV=85.000000 DefaultFOV=85.000000 Notes To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121. Game could start to randomly reset those values. If so, edit those values in <path-to-game>\System\DefUser.ini too. Weapon FOV stays the same.

Windowed

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open CQC.ini. Find the section [WinDrv.WindowsClient]. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportX= and set its value to the desired window width. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportY= and set its value to the desired window height. Set StartupFullscreen= to False to start the game in windowed mode.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Use SRWE
Start the game in a window. Download and run SRWE. Attach the game process. Enable Remove borders. Enable Fake fullscreen.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open CQC.ini. Change the line LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to any value desired (between 1 and 16).

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open CQC.ini. Change the line UseVSync=False to UseVSync=True.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Enabled by default, see Mouse acceleration to disable it.
Mouse sensitivity		Max of 10. For higher, see Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Set UseJoystick=True in CQC.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient].
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Edit in User.ini.
Controller sensitivity		Edit in User.ini.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Edit in User.ini.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Change the line MouseAccelThreshold= to 0. Notes [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity.

Mouse sensitivity

[Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity in the game settings.

Set custom sensitivity in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Enter setsensitivity x (for example setsensitivity 5).

Edit ini file
Open User.ini. Change the line MouseSensitivity= to the desired value.

Jerky/Uneven mouse movement

Edit ini file

Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Go to the following lines and change 2.0 to 0.1: MouseX=Count bXAxis | Axis aMouseX Speed=2.0 MouseY=Count bYAxis | Axis aMouseY Speed=2.0 Change the line MouseSmoothingMode= to 1 and MouseSamplingTime= to: 0.008 for 125Hz polling rate 0.002 for 500Hz polling rate 0.001 for 1000Hz polling rate Change the line MouseSensitivity= to 50 in User.ini (more or less, if needed to adjust). Open CQC.ini. Go to the [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section and change ReduceMouseLag= to False. Notes Opening the control settings in-game to adjust mouse sensitivity will reset the value to 10 or below, making aiming way too slow.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open CQC.ini. Set Use3DSound=True and UseDefaultDriver=False, and save.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		16
Online play		16	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Install dgVoodoo2

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8.dll from here. Place it in <path-to-game>/System.

Use the DirectX 9 Renderer
Open CQC.ini. Under the [Engine.Engine] section, uncomment the line ;RenderDevice=D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice by removing the semicolon, and insert a semicolon at the start of the line RenderDevice=D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Maximum selectable refresh rate is 60 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set the monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 or 144 Hz monitor.

Set fullscreen refresh rate
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open CQC.ini. Find the line DesiredRefreshRate=60. Change the value to set the monitor's refresh rate. For example, 120 or 144. Notes Modifying any video options will undo the custom refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)