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Frontlines: Fuel of War

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Frontlines: Fuel of War
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Developers
Kaos Studios
Publishers
Former THQ
Current THQ Nordic
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows February 25, 2008
Reception
Metacritic 73
IGDB 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Frontlines: Fuel of War on IGDB
Frontlines: Fuel of War on MobyGames
Frontlines: Fuel of War on Wikipedia

Key points

Requires the Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software.
Multiplayer master server is offline.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Official forums PC section

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM. 2 x DVD-ROMs.
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Frontlines - Fuel of War\GCGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9460/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Frontlines - Fuel of War\GCGame\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9460/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Frontlines - Fuel of War\GCGame\Config\GCinput.ini
  2. Under [Engine.Console] look for ConsoleKey=None and replace with ConsoleKey=Tilde.
  3. Add the line -devmode to the game's shortcut.
  4. In the game, press ~ to bring up the console and type fov x.

Windowed

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Frontlines - Fuel of War\GCGame\Config\GCEngine.ini
  2. Change StartupFullscreen=True to StartupFullscreen=False to launch a game in a Windowed mode.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Frontlines - Fuel of War\GCGame\Config\GCEngine.ini
  2. Change UseVsync=False to UseVsync=True to enable Vsync.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Set borderless windowed[1]
  1. Install and run GeDoSaTo.
  2. Edit settings and find the following line in GeDoSaTo.ini.
    forceBorderlessFullscreen false
  3. Edit the value from "false" to "true" to force this mode.
  4. Add "FFOW" to the user whitelist.
  5. Run the game in its normal fullscreen mode as opposed to windowed.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Enabled by default. Option in GCinput.ini, bEnableMouseSmoothing=false.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Shared with controller.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Although a slider to adjust controller sensitivity exists, it appears to be broken.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Shared with mouse.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Enabled by default. No option to disable it.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Available secretly in Steam version, requires config tweak to run
Czech
Available secretly in Steam version, requires config tweak to run
French
German
Available secretly in Steam version, requires config tweak to run
Italian
Japanese
Available secretly in Steam version, requires config tweak to run
Polish
Available secretly in Steam version, requires config tweak to run
Russian
Available secretly in Steam version, requires config tweak to run
Spanish

Manual Change of language

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Frontlines - Fuel of War\GCGame\Config\GCEngine.ini
  2. Under [Engine.Engine] look for Language=INT and replace with trigram corresponding to your language (POL for Polish, RUS for Russian etc.)
  3. You can see all available language folders in <path-to-game>\GCGame\Localization

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64
Online play
64 Possible to connect over IP via console.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Dedicated Server software is available.
Direct IP
Open the console and enter open followed by the IP and port.

VR support

Devices State Notes
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

Crash on startup - OpenAL

The game includes an outdated version of openal32.dll which may crash the game.
Use updated OpenAL[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\binaries\
  2. Rename openal32.dll to a backup name.
  3. Install OpenAL 2.1.0.0.

Game doesn't launch

This game needs an older PhysX version no longer included in the latest PhysX System Software.
Install Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software[citation needed]
  1. Install the Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software.
  2. Relaunch the game.

Alternative use the PhysX Fix by LuKeStorm

Game loads needed PhysX components directly from the game folder without installation.
Fixes all issues caused by a missing installation of (legacy) PhysX.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX Requires the Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software.
Anti-cheat PunkBuster [citation needed]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 4800+ 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 768 MB
1 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT
ATI Radeon X800
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2 support


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>/9460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Zach Fett on 2022-08-26
  2. Surround sound? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)