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1914: The Great War

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1914: The Great War
1914: The Great War cover
Developers
TriNodE Entertainment Systems
Publishers
Germany JoWood Productions
Russia Russobit-M
Release dates
Windows August 9, 2002
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres Strategy
Art styles Realistic
Themes Europe, Historical, World War I
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Warnings

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

1914: The Great War is a singleplayer bird's-eye view strategy game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM DRM
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\settings.cfg[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savegame[Note 1]

Video

Video Settings.
Video Settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
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)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Change #3D_maxrefresh_hz in the configuration.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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 Settings.
Audio Settings.
Game Settings.
Game Settings.

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
German

Issues fixed

Game does not launch on modern systems

Instructions[1]
The game's executable tries to open a launcher menu, which is displayed in an old-fashioned window. This is incompatible with modern Windows.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data and open up Startercfg.ini
  2. Below name = Default change path = data\MainMenu.exe to path = data\main.exe
  3. Launch the game normally via WW1.exe

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)


Notes

  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).

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2025-05-02