Act of War: Direct Action

Act of War
Act of War: Direct Action	2005
Act of War: High Treason	2006

Warnings

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

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM.
GamersGate

GOG.com		Includes Act of War: High Treason.
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Singleplayer (US, EU) and multiplayer demo versions are available

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
High Treason	Available as both an expansion (retail, GOG.com) and a standalone game (Steam).^[1]

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 4 (1.06) is available on Patches-Scrolls or here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\AOW\Save\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Press the `Alt`+`↵ Enter` key combination to toggle between windowed and full-screen mode. Otherwise, this feature doesn't appear in the Options dialog box.
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)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Use Act of War Resolution Patch^{[citation needed]}
Act of War Resolution Patch (Disc version) Act of War Resolution Patch (Steam version) Act of War Resolution Patch (GOG.com version)

Hex edit game .exe (GOG.com version)^{[citation needed]}
Open `<path-to-game>\ACTOFWAR.EXE` with a hex editor such as HxD. Find the bytes `83 C4 F4` close to Offset `0x5AE3F0` and replace them with `B0 01 C3`. Save changes.

Hex edit game .exe (Steam version)^{[citation needed]}
Open `<path-to-game>\ACTOFWAR.EXE` with a hex editor such as HxD. Change `83 C4 F4 89 54 24 04` with `B0 01 C3 89 54 24 04` Save changes.

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects have separate sliders
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and GOG.com only.
German				Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam release.
Italian				Retail and GOG.com only.
Spanish				Retail and GOG.com only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	12222
UDP	12222

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

The game won't launch / Invisible cursor

This problem is supposedly fixed in the Steam version.

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Use Proper Windows 7 Fix for Act of War

Works for Windows 10 too.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/2710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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

↑ Fringe Gamer: Act of War: High Treason Game Design Review - last accessed on 2016-07-28
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/2710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-3] 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).

[1] Fringe Gamer: Act of War: High Treason Game Design Review - last accessed on 2016-07-28

[4] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Eugen Systems
Publishers
2005-2018	Atari
2018-present	THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows	March 15, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Contemporary, Sci-fi
Series	Act of War