Space Colony
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Developers | |
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Firefly Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Publishers | |
Retail | Gathering of Developers |
Digital | Firefly Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 29, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | June 14, 2004 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Official website
- Official forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- SpaceColonyFans.net - fansite with gameplay information, walkthroughs and tips
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM. The HD patch removes the DRM | |||
GamersGate | Space Colony: Steam Edition | |||
Space Colony: Steam Edition | ||||
GOG.com | Space Colony HD | |||
Green Man Gaming | Space Colony: Steam Edition | |||
Humble Store | Space Colony: Steam Edition | |||
Steam | Space Colony: Steam Edition | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
Version differences
- Space Colony HD is an enhanced version of the game which adds widescreen support and bug fixes.
- Space Colony: Steam Edition is based upon Space Colony HD and includes direct Steam Workshop support and has an additional mini-campaign "Obar" in the Galaxy mode.
Essential improvements
HD patch
- This official patch will upgrade a retail copy of Space Colony to Space Colony HD. It can also be downloaded from the Files section
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Space Colony\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Space Colony\users |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use D3DWindower. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Frame rate was capped at 30 FPS (fixed on March 2016 update). | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | The game does not use 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 |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, FX and speech. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 | |
DirectDraw | 8.1 | [citation needed] |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 800 MHz | 1.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 850 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/297920/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (297920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.