Original War
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| Developers | |
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| Altar Games | |
| Original War Support[1] | |
| Publishers | |
| Virgin Interactive | |
| Bohemia Interactive | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 15, 2001 |
| macOS (OS X) | November 15, 2013[2] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 61 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Continuous turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Multiple select |
| Genres | RTS |
| Art styles | Cartoon, Pre-rendered graphics |
| Themes | Cold War, Sci-fi, Prehistoric |
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Original War is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RTS game.
General information
- Original War Support - The officially sanctioned fan site for the game
- Original War Support Wiki
- Original War Support Discord
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- The OS X version is no longer available.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest patch for the game can be found on the Original War Support site.
Mods
Sand of Siberia
- Modification adds four campaigns (America (refreshed), Soviet (refreshed), Arab and Alliances), several skirmish maps and cooperative maps. It's goal is to maximize the potential of the game itself, by using the notes left by the Original War authors.
- Supports Polish and English languages.
Absolute Dominion
- Modification offers two Russian and Arab campaigns, which puts the player in front of difficult decisions, which have consequences in the world of the game, new vehicles, opportunity to participate in missions which are only mentioned in the original campaign, random events, new maps and video.
- Supports Polish, English and Czech languages.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/235320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\UserProfiles[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/235320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game options menu.
Launcher options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Requires version 1.12.9.1 or later. Gameplay is pixel-based; in-game video and main menus are stretched unless using an OpenGL renderer and Single Resolution is disabled in the game's launcher.[3] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Requires version 1.12.2 or later.[4][5] | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Requires version 1.12.8 or later.[6][7] | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Requires version 1.10 or later.[8] | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Gameplay is capped to 80 FPS.[3] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
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 |
| Controller types |
|---|
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | 12 | |||
| Online play | 12 | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 113 |
| UDP | 27963 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DirectDraw | 7 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1, 3.0 | Requires game version 2.0.0.0 or later.[9] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | XP, 7, 8 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
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%\VirtualStoreon 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>/235320/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (235320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Original War Support - About - last accessed on 2019-11-12
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-11-12
- Tested using version 2.0.6.143 (Steam)
- ↑ Original War Support - Patches - last accessed on 2019-11-12
- "Added: New parameter 'WINDOWEX'"
- ↑ Original War Support - Parameters - last accessed on 2019-11-12
- "WindowEx - Makes OW load into a window with a border rather than full screen"
- ↑ Original War Support - Patches - last accessed on 2019-11-12
- "Added: WINDOWFULL parameter"
- ↑ Original War Support - Parameters - last accessed on 2019-11-12
- "WindowFull - Makes OW load into a window that covers the full screen"
- ↑ Original War Support - Patches - last accessed on 2019-11-12
- "Added: Option to enable/disable VSync (only effects fullscreen, is disabled by default)"
- ↑ Original War Support - Patches - last accessed on 2019-11-12
- "Added: OpenGL Renderer (98% Complete)"