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Dark Reign: The Future of War

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Dark Reign: The Future of War
Dark Reign: The Future of War cover
Developers
Auran
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Tactics
Release dates
Windows September 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi
Series Dark Reign
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Dark Reign: The Future of War is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view RTS game in the Dark Reign series.

The game received The Rise of the Shadowhand expansion in March 1998.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes 'The Rise of the Shadowhand' expansion. Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper as of 21 June 2022.
Windows
A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Rise of the Shadowhand Features two new sides, Xenite and Shadowhand along with a new campaign, new maps and terrains.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 1.4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\TACTICS.CFG[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

In-game options.
In-game options.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound effects, music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Retail only.
German
Retail only; download for digital release.
Brazilian Portuguese
Retail only - Atlam Toys.
Latin American Spanish
Retail only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
4 The official multiplayer server has been shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Self-hosting

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Smacker Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 110 MB
Video card (GPU) 1 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3 compatible
Sound (audio device) Creative SoundBlaster or 100%-compatible equivalent
Other 28.8 Kbps modem for multiplayer
Not compatible with Windows 3.1


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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