Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII

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Blazing Angels
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII	2006
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII	2007

Key points

A good port with better visuals over the console versions and support for higher resolutions.

None of the video options can be changed via the in-game menu, but just from the launcher.

Features many similarities with its sequel both engine and performance-wise

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM^{[Note 1]}
Steam (unavailable)

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Latest version is Patch 1.02. Install Patch 1.01 first.

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15220/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15220/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		HUD stretched
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Set through launcher.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 8x, probably MSAA. Set through launcher.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Subtitles are very blurry no matter the resolution.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16	Versus, Co-op
Online play		16	Versus, Co-op The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/15220/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.