Anomaly Warzone Earth

Anomaly
Anomaly Warzone Earth	2011
Anomaly Korea	2013
Anomaly 2	2013
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign	2013
Anomaly Defenders	2014

General information

Official Forum

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Mac App Store (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Anomaly Warzone Earth\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.Anomaly/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Anomaly Warzone Earth\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.Anomaly/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/91200/remote/

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

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Maximum resolution is limited by desktop resolution - if you want to play in 4K you must set 4K resolution on your desktop.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (not available on Windows). See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	On by default.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Force windowed^{[citation needed]}

Install Special K by following the Special K Official Guide. Manual local installation may work better. The game uses the DirectX 9 API.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\AnomalyWarzoneEarth.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change ForceWindowed=false to ForceWindowed=true under [Display.Output].
Change OverrideRes=0x0 to set the resolution (e.g. OverrideRes=1280x720).

Notes

The game will minimize to taskbar when pressing Alt+Tab ↹.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only for the Windows version.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Buttons only.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX and dialog
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language can be changed directly in game.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Anomaly: Warzone Earth.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate^{[citation needed]}

Install Special K by following the Special K Official Guide. Manual local installation may work better. The game uses the DirectX 9 API.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\AnomalyWarzoneEarth.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Under [Render.FrameRate], you'll see the line RefreshRate=-1. Change -1 to the refresh rate you want (e.g., RefreshRate=120).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.1	OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			^{[citation needed]}
Linux			^{[citation needed]}

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2800+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1800 DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2800+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1800

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	2.8 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600/3600

Intel graphics chipsets on Linux are not supported

References

Developers

	11 bit studios
Engines
	Liquid
Release dates
Windows	April 11, 2011
macOS (OS X)	April 11, 2011
Linux	January 31, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Anomaly