Gun Metal
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For the unrelated first-person shooter, see Gunmetal.
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| Developers | |
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| Rage Software | |
| Windows | Yeti Studios |
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| NA | Strategy First |
| EU | Zoo Digital Publishing |
| Digital | Funbox Media |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 23, 2003 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Shooter |
| Vehicles | Flight, Robot |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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Gun Metal is a singleplayer third-person shooter game.
General information
Availability
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\data\persist.dat[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/267920/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\data\SavedGames\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/267920/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings.
Advanced settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Stretched from 4:3. Aspect Ratio option adds letterboxing. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Stretched from 4:3. Aspect Ratio option adds letterboxing. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Aspect Ratio option sets slightly higher FOV via letterboxing. | ||
| Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Probably 4x. Can be forced to 16x in the GPU control panel. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Gameplay is capped at ~30 FPS, even if FPS counters show higher numbers.[2] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Windowed
| Use DxWnd[citation needed] |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Strong mouse acceleration. Can't be disabled. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, Effects, Speech. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| German | Retail only; download for digital release. | |||
| Italian | Retail only. | |||
| Spanish | Retail only; download. |
Issues fixed
"Unsupported graphics card" error on launch
Run Gunmetal.exe in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3.[3]
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For Linux (Wine), download latest version of WineD3D, extract the archive, copy d3d9.dll and wined3d.dll to the game executable directory, add Native DLL overrides for the two DLLs you copied and run the game.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Windows Media Foundation |
System requirements
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 900 MHz | 1.4 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 750 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 256 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 3 | ||
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/267920/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (267920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ GamersGate - last accessed on 2025-07-12
- ↑ Horrible frame rate :: Gun Metal General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ "Unsupported graphics card" :: Gun Metal General Discussions - last accessed on 2025-12-30