Wings of War

Wings of War

Developers
	Silver Wish Games
Publishers
	Gathering of Developers
Engines
	LS3D
Release dates
Windows	August 30, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	69
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Vehicle combat, TPS
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Historical, World War I

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Wings of War is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS, vehicle combat and TPS game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM

Demo

A free demo is available here.

Essential improvements

Patches

v1.2 Patch updates the game to the latest version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Savegame\

Video

Configuration tool.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Vert- and stretched HUD. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV fix.
Multi-monitor		Field of view increases too much by default, making the game unplayable. To fix it, use the FOV fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- and stretched HUD. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV fix.
4K Ultra HD		Vert- and stretched HUD. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV fix.
Field of view (FOV)		Use the FOV fix to set a custom FOV value.
Windowed
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 4x FSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Vsync and triple buffering are available. Use d3d8to9 on Windows 10.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

In-game settings.

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
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Effects and Speech sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation; download

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	19524-19525
UDP	19524-19525

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking and Camera Boost. Requires GameHub 4.0 for official support of Opentrack standard.
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz		1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB		256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7500 32 MB of VRAM		Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9700 64 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)			Sound card with EAX and/or Dolby 5.1