Original War
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| Developers | |
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| Original | Altar Games |
| Current | 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
Availability
- The OS X version is no longer available.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest patch for the game can be found on the game's fan support site.
Skip intro videos
Use Skip command line argument[3][4]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-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) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/235320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| 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.[5] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Requires version 1.12.2 or later.[6][7] | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Requires version 1.12.8 or later.[8][9] | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Frame generation | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Requires version 1.10 or later.[10] | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Gameplay is capped to 80 FPS.[5] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
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 | |
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| 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 |
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| DirectDraw | 7 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1, 3.0 | Requires game version 2.0.0.0 or later.[11] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | 32-bit executables may need the LAA flag applied to work properly on modern machines. | ||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | 4X Movie |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 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 |
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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>/235320/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (235320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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
- ↑ Parameters - Original War Support Wiki - last accessed on 10 October 2014
- ↑ Verified by User:Owanbuoy on Mar. 20, 2025
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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)"