Men of Valor

Warnings

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Men of Valor is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM.

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/411330/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/411330/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
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 the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Modify window size and set to start as Windowed^{[citation needed]}
Open `<path-to-game>\VIETNAM\SYSTEM\MenofValor.ini`. Find a section `[WinDrv.WindowsClient]`. In that section find an entry `WindowedViewportX=` and set its value to your desired window width. In that section find an entry `WindowedViewportY=` and set its value to your desired window height. Set `StartupFullscreen=` to `False` to start the game in windowed mode.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Mouse smoothing

Edit User.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\System
Edit User.ini (make sure you have run the game at least once)

[Engine.PlayerInput]
bParabolicInput=False
bInvertMouse=False
MouseAccelThreshold=0
MouseSmoothingMode=0
MouseSmoothingStrength=0.000000
MouseSensitivity=1.000000
MouseSamplingTime=0.001000
DoubleClickTime=0.200000

Mouse sensitivity

Edit User.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\System`. Open `User.ini` (run the game at least once if it is not found). Search for `aMouseX` and change the values for both axis. Delete `PROFILE_Shepard` for changes to take effect. This will reset the options menu.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Ambience, Dialog & Sound Effects.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to disable it.
EAX support		DirectSound3D.^[1]
Royalty free audio

Universal Unreal Engine 2 OpenAL Soft replacement trick does not work due to proprietary SenAudio.dll driver. Use DSOAL instead.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Japanese retail version.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation; download.
Russian				Official localization by SoftClub. Digital re-release doesn't have the official dub found in original retail release.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Only on consoles.
LAN play	12	Versus
Online play	12	Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;^[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	SenAudio	Obscure driver with DirectSound3D support.
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.3 GHz AMD Athlon @ 1.3 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon @ 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	ATI Radeon 9600 Nvidia GeForce 5700 128 MB of VRAM

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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/411330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (411330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Men of Valor with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (CMSS-3D HRTF audio) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[gamedir-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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/411330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (411330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Men of Valor with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (CMSS-3D HRTF audio) - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[4] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	2015 Inc.
Publishers
Retail (North America)	Vivendi Universal Games
Retail (Europe)	Sierra Entertainment
Retail (Russia)	1C-SoftClub
Digital	Nordic Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	October 29, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Themes	Cold War, Asia