The Outforce
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| Developers | |
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| O3 Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail (North America), digital | Strategy First |
| Retail (Europe) | Infinite Loop |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 25, 2000 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Strategy |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
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The Outforce is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| Steam | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
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- A free demo version is available from PCGamingWiki.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.01, available from Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Outforce\Scripts[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2633480/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Outforce\Save\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2633480/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | The UI does not scale. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | The UI does not scale. | ||
| 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) | Enabled by default | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | Retail, Steam and Zoom Platform only. | |||
| German | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
"The program can't start because d3drm.dll is missing" error
| Add d3drm.dll to the installation folder[citation needed] |
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Low frame rate and random crash on Windows 8 and newer
Download the DDraw FPS Fix and put it in <path-to-game>[2]
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible |
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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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2633480/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2633480) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ ZOOM Platform - Strategy First Coming In Hot! - last accessed on 2024-01-09
- ↑ Windows 8 strange things and 3d faster in window (retrieved)