Dark Reign: The Future of War
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Developers | |
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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 |
Dark Reign | |
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Dark Reign: The Future of War | 1997 |
Dark Reign 2 | 2000 |
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 | ||||
GOG.com | Includes 'The Rise of the Shadowhand' expansion. Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper as of 21 June 2022. |
- 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. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.4.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 640x480 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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 | ||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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).