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Revision as of 18:49, 13 May 2019
Developers | |
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Subset Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 14, 2012 |
macOS (OS X) | September 14, 2012 |
Linux | September 14, 2012 |
Key points
- Basic modding support.
- Resolution is hardcoded at 720p.
General information
- Official forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- FTLWiki - PCGamingWiki's FTL subwiki
- r/ftlgame - subreddit.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Developer website | Humble widget. | |||
Discord | Included with Incorrect store feature name. See here for available options.. | |||
GOG.com | 5 songs from the soundtrack, a mini-artbook, some wallpapers & avatars. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play. | |||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\settings.ini[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/fasterthanlight/settings.ini |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight/settings.ini |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\FasterThanLight\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/fasterthanlight/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
- Save games are fully cross-platform.[1]
- The file
prof.sav
contains over-all game progress. - The file
continue.sav
is only generated when pressing 'Save & Quit' or 'Main menu'.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Discord | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | Sync is not cross-platform.[2] |
Video settings
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Edit settings.ini[citation needed] |
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fullscreen=0 lastFullScreen=0 manual=1 screen_x=your x value screen resolution screen_y=your y value screen resolution windowed=0 stretched=1 4. Use one of the available borderless fullscreen solutions. This was tested using the AutoHotkey method. NOTE: Your x and y value resolution can be determined by finding your resolution, for example: 1920x1080, 1920=x value, 1080=y value |
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
The developers of FTL have a page with common fixes for the game, navigate to their support page to learn more.
Performance issues
Set the Dynamic Backgrounds option in the general settings to Disabled[3] |
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Notes
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Mouse Lag on Nvidia Graphics
Disable vsync and change maximum pre-rendered frames to "1" in nvidia control panel[4] |
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Notes
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Ubuntu logs off at game startup
Delete libstdc++.so.6[5] |
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Delete |
Pixelated Graphics (Windows)
- Problem associated with older laptop graphics cards.
Run as Administrator[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Update graphics card drivers[citation needed] |
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Game is permanently zoomed in and cannot be played
Fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
OpenGL | 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 175 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
- Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.[6]
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 175 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 175 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Helpful Profile File Location Info! - FTLgame.com
- ↑ Verified by User:Soeb on 2016-04-29
- ↑ Primer comments on FTL release today: everything you need to know - /r/games
- ↑ Mouse Cursor Lagging subsetgames forum
- ↑ Starting the game logs me out of my computer - Steam Community discussions
- ↑ Official FAQ