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Revision as of 16:01, 22 November 2022
Developers | |
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14 Degrees East | |
Binary Asylum | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 7, 2000 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 52 |
IGDB | 50 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Star Trek |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Out of production for over a decade. |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Unofficial patch and bonus missions
- There is an unofficial patch that contains various bug fixes for the game, as well as an archive with a set of bonus missions.
- The unofficial patch can be downloaded from this webpage or directly through this link.
- The bonus missions can be downloaded from this webpage or directly through this link.
- The bonus missions include a modified
game.ini
file that unlocks all missions; set the resolution again by following the Widescreen resolution instructions. - Once in a mission, tapping F2 will zoom the camera out to the maximum view distance.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\game.ini[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\game.ini[Note 1] |
- No real save games are present in the game; only the maximum unlocked missions are recorded.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Game has a maximum hackable aspect ratio of the resolution 1366x768. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Game has maximum hackable resolutions below 4k. | ||
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 30 FPS cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Set resolution in game configuration file.[1] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound Effects, Music, and Voice. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play | The official service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Running the game on modern Windows operating systems
Add a registry entry. (64-bit OS.)[2] |
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Add a registry entry. (32-bit OS.)[2] |
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The game crashes when starting a scenario
Possible issue with file systems or other drive settings.[citation needed] |
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Runtime error when starting game
Use a ddraw wrapper from an old version of WineD3D for Windows.[1] |
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Notes
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Unable to install game on 64-bit Windows due to 16-bit installer being unsupported
Manually extract the game data.[3] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Game installer is 16-bit. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video, Smacker Video Technology | |
Multiplayer | MPlayer.com |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 300 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=47322Verified by User:nccvoyager on 2019-10-12
- Thanks to Andytizer giving me the link for this forum thread, I was able to get this set of instructions working.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=47322Verified by User:nccvoyager on 2019-10-12
- ↑ Verified by User:nccvoyager on 2019-10-12