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Vietcong

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Vietcong
Vietcong cover
Developers
Pterodon
Illusion Softworks
Publishers
Gathering of Developers
Engines
Ptero Engine II
Release dates
Windows March 26, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 74
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Cold War, Asia
Series Vietcong
Vietcong on HowLongToBeat
Vietcong on IGDB
Vietcong on MobyGames
Vietcong on Wikipedia
Vietcong
Vietcong 2003
Vietcong 2 2005

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Vietcong is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Vietcong series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Fist Alpha
Windows
Red Dawn Free
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.3
Patch 1.41
Patch 1.60
Patches are incremental and need to be installed in order.
Patch 1.6 is required to use VCStarter.

Launcher

VCStarter launcher settings.
VCStarter launcher settings.
VCStarter 1.5.1
VCStarter 1.65.1
VCStarter 1.7 Beta (requires 1.65.1)
Allows playing the game properly on modern operating systems.
Some functions cause visual glitches.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Cfg\[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1]

Video

Launcher settings
Launcher settings
In-game graphics settings
In-game graphics settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use VCStarter to fix aspect ratio. May cause visual glitches in-game & cut-scenes.
Multi-monitor
Use VCStarter to fix aspect ratio. May cause visual glitches in-game & cut-scenes.
Ultra-widescreen
Use VCStarter to fix aspect ratio. May cause visual glitches in-game & cut-scenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Uncheck "Fullscreen" in the launcher and use SRWE.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Force in graphics card control panel or use VCStarter with "Improve texture filtering".
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Forcing in graphics card control panel may cause blackscreen in menu. Use VCStarter for MSAA Saved positions will not include an image..
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Only Triple Buffering is available in the game's launcher. Force actual Vsync in graphics card control panel.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Too high a frame rate above 90+ results in player movement and AI stuttering.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

In-game controls settings
In-game controls settings

Audio

In-game audio settings
In-game audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 2.0
Royalty free audio
Combination of original and licensed music.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Spanish

Network

In-game general settings
In-game general settings

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64 Co-op, Versus
Online play
64 Co-op, Versus
The official GameSpy service has been shut down; see Online play.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 5425
UDP 5425
This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Online play

After applying this fix, the game uses a new master server so the in-game server list can be populated.
This will break online fixes for other GameSpy games that rely on the same master address.
Run script to update hosts file automatically[1]
Edit hosts file manually[1]
  1. Go to %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc.
  2. Open hosts with a text editor running as administrator.
  3. Add the line 46.28.109.117 master.gamespy.com and save the file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1 VCStarter uses D3D9.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

Mods

Wolf's Weapon Sound

Makes the weapons sound more realistic and adds realistic bullet cracks.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
AMD Athlon 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.8 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible


Notes

  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).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 FAQ - last accessed on 2018-05-15