Difference between revisions of "Tachyon: The Fringe"

Revision as of 01:14, 16 June 2019

General information

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A demo is available.

Patches are available.

Disable 3dfx logo (GOG.com)^[3]
Run the nGlide configurator in the installation folder. Change the 3dfx logo splash screen setting. Click Apply, then Exit.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Tachyon.cfg^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32760/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\player00.sav^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32760/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		50

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	3, 6, 7	Original release uses Direct3D 3, later releases use Direct3D 6 or 7.
Glide	2
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000, ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz (with 3D accelerator) Intel Pentium II 400 MHz (without 3D accelerator)	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz (with 3D accelerator)
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 3.0 compatible	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible
Other		3D accelerator card recommended.

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32760) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

@@ Line 68: / Line 68: @@
 ==Video settings==
 {{Video settings
-|wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/tachyon-fringe/en
+|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/tachyon-fringe/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = unsupported
 |multimonitor wsgf award    = unsupported
@@ Line 252: / Line 252: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = false
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|64-bit executable notes=
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows exe notes      =
+|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux 32-bit executable=
+|linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux executable notes =
 }}