Cold War
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| Developers | |
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| Mindware Studios | |
| macOS (OS X) | RuneSoft |
| Publishers | |
| Windows (retail) | DreamCatcher Interactive |
| Windows (digital) | THQ Nordic |
| OS X | RuneSoft |
| Linux | Linux Game Publishing |
| Engines | |
| Meng | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 27, 2005 |
| macOS (OS X) | July 31, 2006 |
| Linux | August 4, 2006 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 64 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Stealth |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Cold War, Europe |
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Cold War is a singleplayer third-person stealth game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
StarForce 3.6.10.03 DRM[Note 1]. | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
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- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).
Demo
- The Windows Demo #1 and demo #2 are available at ModDB. Linux demo #2 is available at ModDB and Internet Archive.
- Contains two missions: "Thanks, Mr. Geiger" and "The Halls of Hell".
- The Linux demo is DRM-free.
- The Windows demos have StarForce 3.6.10.03 DRM[Note 2].
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cold War\Config.txt |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260650/pfx/[Note 3] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cold War\Saves\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260650/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. Launch the game at least once to create Config.txt in the Documents Cold War folder and copy it to the Cold War root folder. |
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| Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See the WSGF entry. Menus, text, HUD and UI don't scale and become small. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| 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) | On by default, can be switched off through the GPU control panel. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 100 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, speech, effect | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | Retail only. link #1 | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Russian | Russian voice acting is not listed in the Steam store | |||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| OpenGL |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Linux | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | Kernel 2.2, Glibc 2.1, XFree86 4.3 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 1.4 GHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 450 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1.1 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |||
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000 | XP, 7, 8 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 1.7 GHz | 2.0 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 384 MB | 1 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 256 MB of VRAM |
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| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |||
- Nvidia GeForce 4 MX is not supported.
Notes
- ↑ Version 3.6.10.3 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.[1][2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ Version 3.6.10.3 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.[1][2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (260650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.