Army Men: Sarge's War

Army Men
Army Men	1998
Army Men II	1999
Army Men: Toys in Space	1999
Army Men: Air Attack	1999
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes	1999
Army Men: Air Tactics	1999
Army Men: World War	2000
Army Men: RTS	2002
Army Men: Sarge's War	2004

Army Men: Sarge's War is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person TPS game in the Army Men series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\sage.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked at 800x600.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be forced using dgVoodoo or graphics card's driver.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be forced using dgVoodoo or graphics card's driver.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Issues may occur if exceeding 60 frames per seconds.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

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
Full controller support
Controller remapping		The game recognises all axis available on the controller but can only use first four of it, due to settings resets after leaving the settings menu. Analogue triggers also can't be mapped to actions.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Tutorial and in-game prompts only refers to series of action corresponding based on mapped buttons

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

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
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Flickering game window/won't enter fullscreen properly

Use dgVoodoo2^[1]
Download dgVoodoo 2. Extract `dgVoodooCpl.exe` and the contents of the `MS\x86` folder into `<path-to-game>`. Run `dgVoodooCpl.exe`, select the DirectX, tab, uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark. and Application controlled fullscreen/windowed state. Apply settings.

Problem installing the CD/DVD version

The installation process fails with the message "The wizard was interrupted before Area 51(R) could be completely installed".

Start the installation manually using the command console

Open the first CD or DVD in a new window to view its contents.
Inside the window while holding ⇧ Shift press the right mouse button and select "Open command window here" or "Open PowerShell Here".
In the command console type msiexec /i "Army Men Sarge's War.msi" /qb and press ↵ Enter.

Notes

Default installation folder is C:\Program Files\Global Star Games\Army Men Sarge's War for 32 bit systems and C:\Program Files (x86)\Global Star Games\Army Men Sarge's War for 64 bit systems.

High Fps Issues

Limit framerate to 60 FPS

Set the monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon 450 MHz or Intel Celeron / AMD Duron 733 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon XP
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible	32 MB of VRAM
Other	8x CD drive or 1x DVD drive	16x CD drive or 2x DVD drive

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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Verified by User:Fudgesiclesxd on 2022-01-17
Brought to attention by Cefernia on Discord. I've also test the game both on older Windows hardware and my current Debian system

[gamedir-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).

[2] Verified by User:Fudgesiclesxd on 2022-01-17
Brought to attention by Cefernia on Discord. I've also test the game both on older Windows hardware and my current Debian system

[Note 1]

[1]

Developers

	3DO
Windows	Tactical Development
Publishers
	Global Star Software
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	RenderWare
Release dates
Windows	July 20, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	37
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	TPS
Series	Army Men