Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
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Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Lion Entertainment Inc. |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
DOS | February 12, 1996 |
Windows | February 12, 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | February 12, 1996 |
Windows (DOSBox) | April 3, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Wing Commander |
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is a singleplayer first-person action, shooter and vehicle combat game in the Wing Commander series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | CDs or DVD. | |||
GOG.com | DVD version with compatibility fixes plus DOS version. | |||
Origin |
Version differences
- The GOG.com version includes both the DVD version and the original DOS version (available under bonus content).[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\WC4.CFG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\WC4.CFG[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\*.WSG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\*.WSG[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
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WSG_NDX.WSG
is a save index and must be present to load saves.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Videos are in widescreen, but the rest of the game isn't. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped to 24 fps during flights. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | See Mouse Y-axis inversion. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Invert mouse Y-axis |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only; set in in-flight settings (Alt+O). | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Disabled by default. DVD version has no subtitles for movies.[2] | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Only on retail CD version | |||
German | Only some retail versions. German DOS version included in GOG.com release (under Extras). To enable in GOG Windows version, see below. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail: Wing Commander IV: O Preço da Liberdade.[3] | |||
Spanish |
Enable German in GOG Windows version[4][5][6] |
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Issues fixed
Unable to encode MPEG-2 video on DVD version
- This problem is due to the game being coded specifically for MPEG-2 decoder cards of the era, which are no longer necessary for most post-1999 hardware.
- Not needed on GOG.com release.
Install DXMCI |
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Movies too quiet (GOG.com)
- The GOG.com version's movies are much quieter than gameplay due to the AC3Filter configuration used.
Delete/rename AC3Filter folder[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA, SVGA, SVGA (VESA) |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | IBM 486DX4 75 MHz | Intel Pentium 75 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VESA-compliant SVGA (640x480) |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | IBM 486DX4 75 MHz | Intel Pentium 75 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VESA-compliant SVGA (640x480) |
- For DVD releases of the game, a Pentium MMX 166 MHz processor is recommended.
The higher quality DVD-Video release of the game only works with specific Creative MPEG-2 cards outside of the GOG.com release.
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | System 7.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 601 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 46 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256-color compatible |
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Changelog, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ WC4 - No subtitles?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ TecToy Wiki (SEGA-Brasil)
- ↑ German 1 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ German 2 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ German 3 - last accessed on May 2023