Frequently Asked Questions

What are the minimum requirements for playing War Front – Turning Point?
To be able to play War Front you need Windows XP Home or Professional, as well as a PC, with at a least a 2 GHz processor, 512 MB memory, and a hard drive with at least 4, 5 GB of empty space, a Direct X 9.0c compatible graphics and sound card (Which may be on board).

The Auto- Updater gives me an error message after the installation.
Please make sure, that you have an active Internet connection and your firewall has been properly configured or disabled to allow the updater to connect.

I installed War Front and started the game, now it’s asking me too insert a CD-Key?
War Front requires after the installation verification through a CD-Key, you will find the Key on the back side of your game manual.

War Front stutters, the graphics animation is choppy.
Please make sure that your computer complies with the games minimum requirements. For an untroubled and more enjoyable playing experience, we advise you to guide yourself on the recommended requirements posted on the package, this will allow the game to fully display its graphical and sound potential.

Here’s a list with further helpful issues to optimize your performance:

On your windows Desktop:

  • Please deactivate as many active background tasks as possible (Including your virus scanner, which you should reactivate after playing.)

  • The easiest way is to deactivate running background tasks is as follows “start button” -> “Run” -> Enter: “msconfig” -> Please remove or deactivate the running tasks by adding or removing checkmarks. -> A restart of your system will be required before the changes take place. (There are multiple sites on the internet with help and advice on how to perform these kinds of tasks.)

  • Please make sure that you are using the newest Drivers on your PC, specially the ones for your graphics and sound card. Here is a list of websites to the most common hardware manufacturers where you will find the newest driver updates.

www.ati.com

www.creative.com

www.matrox.com

www.nvidia.com

www.via.com.tw

  • Please check the performance and quality settings of your Graphic card under the following options, Anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering should be set to „application control“.

In game:
Please access the options button within the main menu of the game and experiment with the details and display settings, until you find the perfect balance between graphical effects and playability.

Please experiment with these other settings to improve your overall performance:

  • Decrease Texture details.

  • Reduce Effect Quality

  • Turn off Shadows

  • Reduce or switch off lighting effects.

 

Why can’t I join a LAN – Multiplayer – Game?
There are several possible issues:

  • Please make sure that your firewall is configured or deactivated to allow the warfront.exe to send and receive Data packages.

  • Please make sure that your local area network doesn’t use an IP address, with a number (0) included within the last 3 digit areas.(Wrong Example: 192.168.0.2).

I use a router. Which ports do I need to open to be able to play War Front on the Internet?
Although many routers are already preconfigured with the most necessary open ports, you might be required with some routers, to manually configure your router and open the necessary GameSpy –ports. Here is an overview of all the necessary ports.

GameSpy(For all games)

Port Range

Description 

Protocol

Fro

To

GameSpy Custom UDP Pings

TCP & UDP

13139

13139

GameSpy Master Server UDP Heartbeat

TCP & UDP

27900

27900

GameSpy Master Server List Request

TCP & UDP

28900

28900

GameSpy Connection Manager & Search

TCP & UDP

29900

29900

GameSpy GP Search Manager

TCP & UDP

29901

29901

GameSpy Query Port

TCP & UDP

6500

6500

GameSpy Dplay UDP

TCP & UDP

6515

6515

GameSpy Voice Chat (Optional)

TCP & UDP

3783

3783

GameSpy IRC Chat (Optional)

TCP & UDP

6667

6667

 

An additional possibility to open the necessary ports is to configure your router and set your PC into the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone), assuming that your router supports this option. (Please beware that by placing your PC in a DMZ, you will be bypassing all the elementary ground rules of security that protect your PC from internet malware.)

Why do I always get kicked out of a Multiplayer-game, when another player logs into the online server?
It is possible that your serial number/CD-Key/Online-key is being used by another player. Always make sure that nobody has access to your serial number/CD-Key/Online-key other than yourself. Even our customer support will never ask you for your number/CD-Key/Online-key.

Why does my War Front picture flicker or blink making the game unplayable?
Probably you used the keyboard shortcut ALT-TAB to return to the desktop of your operating system. Although this function works with Warfront, it is not supported by the game and can eventually lead to graphic mistakes like flickering and blinking of the picture and even cause the game to crash.

When starting War Front I receive a DirectX error message. How can I start the game?
Please make sure, that you have the newest version of DirectX installed on your system. You will find the latest DirectX version on your game disc, or you may download it from the internet. Should the game still fail to start please make sure your computer is updated and has the newest drivers installed on it, specially the ones for your graphics and sound card. Here is a list of websites to the most common hardware manufacturers where you will find the newest driver updates.

https://www.ati.com/

https://www.creative.com/

https://www.matrox.com/

https://www.nvidia.com/

https://www.via.com.tw/

I own a G15 keyboard from Logitech, but my LCD display does not show anything while playing War Front.
Please make sure, that you already have the newest drivers for your keyboard installed. While starting War Front, a Logo of the game will be displayed on your LCD screen and will show during the game data of your current collected resources and the army limit. Current drivers and updates for Logitech products may be found under:
https://www.logitech.com/

I have finished installing War Front and would like to start the game, but even with the inserted Original disc, I still get the error message to please insert the original War Front DVD.
Please download the newest copy protection from the Tages Website: www.tagesprotection.com

After the installation you do not need to restart your system and should not have any trouble afterwards starting War Front.

 

 

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