Operation: Matriarchy
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Developers | |
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Madia Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Buka Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 20, 2005 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Echelon |
Echelon | |
---|---|
Echelon (2001) | 2001 |
Echelon: Wind Warriors | 2002 |
Operation: Matriarchy | 2005 |
Key points
- Game appears to be missing many basic sound effects, as well as having no music.[1]
General information
- Also known as Велиан - original Russian release (literally "Velian").
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | English release | |||
Retail | TAGES 5.5 DRM for French release, StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] for Russian release. | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | [6] | |||
Steam |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video file[7] |
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Unofficial Music, Sound & Re-Localization Patch
- This fan patch reworks most of the in-game sounds, as well as improves English translation and adds 22 pieces of music. It can be downloaded here (source).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\cfg\config.cfg[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/435420/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/435420/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Non-4:3 aspect ratio resolutions may or may not cause the top and bottom of the screen to be cut off, removing the radar and health bar. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
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. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Bulgarian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 1.1, 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP @ 1.5 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP @ 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce4 Ti ATI Radeon 9500 DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon 9700 |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[2][3][4][5] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/435420/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (435420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Still broken? :: Operation: Matriarchy General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110317062047/http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-OM/operation-matriarchy
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2017-09-12