War Front: Turning Point

How to Play

The game with NoDVD has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10, works fine. The game supports widescreen. You may experience some small troubles when you play the game on modern systems, check our Guide and Notes for details

Install & play guide:

• Mount the disc image. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools Lite
• The installer will check the files on the disc, this may take about 1-2 minutes, after which the installation window will open
• Install the game (if autorun doesn't work - run it in compatibility mode with old Windows, like Windows XP)
• Also it is recommended to install DirectX 9 from the disc (if you're using Windows 10 - enable DirectPlay, read this or this guide how to do it)
• Once you installed the game - install NoDVD (simply copy WarFront.exe from the archive and put it into WarFront - Turning Point/Run directory, agree to replace original file)
• Open WarFront - Turning Point/Run directory and find WarFront.exe. Right click on WarFront.exe - Properties - Compatibility - Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows XP" and "Run as administrator"
• Launch the game, enter serial key and play. If the game doesn't work - try to launch it in compatibility mode with older version of Windows (Windows 98, Win2000, etc.)

Notes:

• If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Autorun.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (98, 2000 or XP)
• NoDVD is required for the launch because the game is using old Tages DRM protection, which doesn't work correctly on modern systems. That fix "breaks" DRM protection and allows the game to work on modern systems
• We recommend to install the game not in default path C:/Program Files(x86)/10TACLE STUDIOS/War Front – Turning Point, but in some simple path, like C:/Games/War Front – Turning Point, otherwise, your antivirus may block the replacement of WarFront.exe
• If the game with NoDVD doesn't run and just closes with error: disable DEP for WarFront.exe. Right click on My Computer → Prorepties → Select Advanced system settings → Open Advenced tab → Performance settings → "Data Execution Prevention" tab → Click on "Turn on DEP for all programs except those that I select" → add WarFront.exe from WarFront - Turning Point/Run directory. Here's the guide with pictures how to enable/disable DEP for specific program. After you disabled DEP for WarFront.exe, the game should run with no errors
• It is recommended to install all versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for the correct work of the game
• Also it is recommended to install RAD Video Tools and K-Lite Codec Pack for the correct work of the game
• The game works on DirectX 9, so if you're using Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or 11 - you need to enable DirectPlay: Go to Control Panel, and select 'Programs'. Select 'Turn Windows features on and off', click on 'Legacy Components' and check the box 'DirectPlay'. Select OK, once the installation is done, restart your computer
• In-game intro videos cannot be skipped, so if you don't want to watch it every time when you run the game - go to War Front – Turning Point/Run/Gfx/Movies folder and remove or rename files 10tacle_logo, DigitalReality_logo, game_intro, GameSpy & Nvidia
• There's a bug when game crashes on 6th Mission of German campaign "Aggressive Diplomacy". The work around for that bug is to save the game right before the end of 5th Mission, then close the game, run it again, load that savegame, finish the 5th Mission, and now 6th Mission should load with no problem. Check this comment for more details
• Also, the game has troubles with auto saving, we recommend to save the game manually at the beginning of every mission and before you close the game
• The game was using GameSpy servers for the multiplayer, but since GameSpy is closed for years, the only way to play the multiplayer now is to emulate LAN game, with utilities like Hamachi or Tunngle
• For users of Windows 64-bit systems: if the game doesn't work after you launched it - open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del by default) and check for processes WarFront.exe and rundll32.exe. Close WarFront.exe but don't touch rundll32.exe (it's a Windows app for running old apps from 32-bit operational systems, most old games running through rundll32.exe). Now try to launch the game again, it must work. Don't forget to close rundll32.exe process in Task Manager after finishing playing
• Don't forget to check PCGamingWiki page if you have troubles