Red Faction
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Developers | |
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Volition | |
Publishers | |
Original | THQ |
Current | Nordic Games |
Mac OS, OS X | Graphsim Entertainment |
Engines | |
Geo-Mod 1.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 17, 2001 |
Mac OS (Classic) | November 28, 2001[1] |
macOS (OS X) | January 4, 2002[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 78 |
IGDB | 70 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Red Faction |
Red Faction | |
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Red Faction | 2001 |
Red Faction II | 2003 |
Red Faction: Guerrilla | 2009 |
Red Faction: Armageddon | 2011 |
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered | 2018 |
Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Key points
- Suffers from severe bugs and compatibility issues, especially on modern hardware and versions of Windows, in both single player and multiplayer.
- The Dash Faction v1.7.0 unofficial patch fixes most known bugs and virtually all known compatibility issues, plus adds many new features and enhancements. This patch is open source, actively supported, and the de facto standard within the game's community.
General information
- Red Faction Community Discord - Active community Discord for the Red Faction games and universe, and the hub where virtually all activity within the community is organized
- Red Faction Wiki - A wiki for the Red Faction series games and universe
- Red Faction Wiki (Wikia) - A Wikia-hosted wiki for the Red Faction universe
- Faction Files Community Forums & File Host
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | 2 CDs, disc 2 is used for check. OS X installer is also available alongside with an upgrade patch.[3] Use Dash Faction to disable the disc check. | |||
Retail | Steam key provided as part of the Red Faction Complete box set. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
(unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Dash Faction
- Dash Faction is an unofficial open source patch for Red Faction. You can view the differences between the official version, Pure Faction, and Dash Faction here.
- Find an in-depth installation guide with screenshots on the Red Faction Wiki
- If your game version is 1.00 or 1.10, the Dash installer will automatically apply the latest retail patch (1.20).
- If your edition is not NA or you are using the Steam/GoG version, the Dash installer will prompt you to automatically apply the required patches. Full explanation of how this works is available on the Red Faction Wiki Installation Guide.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Volition\Red Faction <path-to-game>\players.cfg[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>/players.cfg |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/players_osx.cfg |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>/savegame/ |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/savegame/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | Syncs save games and settings. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Max supported resolution is 1280x1024. Use Dash Faction for high/widescreen resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Dash Faction. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use Dash Faction. Additionally, since DF 1.5.0, an option has been available to use a properly-scaled HUD for high resolutions. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Default FOV is 90° for 4:3. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use Dash Faction for up to 8x MSAA. Nvidia users can enhance to SGSSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 120 FPS (not configurable), but exceeding 60 FPS introduces crippling bugs. Use Dash Faction to allow for frame rates above 60 without crippling issues, and for configurable frame rate cap (up to 240 FPS). | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
- Dash Faction by default automatically scales FOV for other aspect ratios based on the standard of 90° at 4:3.
Custom FOV with Dash Faction[4] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Install Dash Faction to set via numeric values (in console via ms # command). Base game allows you to edit mouse sensitivity only via slider. |
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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 | Install Dash Faction to control level ambient sound volume separate from other sound effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Subtitles for PA announcements and character speech are not presented, despite existing in data files. Only direct radio is displayed. Subtitles show on high resolutions only with Dash Faction. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | Works only with a small number of specific sound cards. Install Dash Faction for proper EAX support on all systems. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam version. | |||
Russian | Distributed via bootleg distributions, primarily within Russia. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | See dedicated_server.txt in the installation folder or use Dedicated Server Config. |
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Direct IP | Use Add Server button in server browser. Install Dash Faction to allow usage of rf://IP:PORT protocol handler. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7755 |
UDP | 7755 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status can be hacked for this game: Dash Faction installation is required.
Issues fixed
Game does not launch
- Many potential causes exist for this issue - so many that compiling a full list wouldn't be feasible. The fix provided below resolves all known causes.
Install Dash Faction[5] |
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At least 8 MB of video memory is required error
- Encountered when launching Red Faction without standard Dash Faction patch on a computer with > 2GiB available video memory.
Install Dash Faction[5] |
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Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error
Install Dash Faction[5] |
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Notes
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Stuttering/Glitching/Crashing
- Caused by Red Faction's native incompatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Install Dash Faction[citation needed] |
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Sub explodes when it hits water
- A bug that occurs at high frame rates (ie. > 60), which causes the submarine to explode when being dropped by the crane, immediately after destroying the Geothermal Power Plant.
Install Dash Faction[5] |
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Unresponsive, and always on top
- A bug that occurs if you click on another window after launching Red Faction but before the game screen appears.
Install Dash Faction to prevent this issue from occurring. If bug has already occurred, follow below instructions to end game task, then install Dash Faction to prevent reoccurance.[5] |
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End game task[citation needed] |
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Other common issues
- See the community-maintained Red Faction FAQ for additional common issues and fixes.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | Stock game is Direct3D 8, Direct3D 9 is supported (and default) in standard Dash Faction patch as of version 1.6.0. |
OpenGL | 1.2.1 | Mac OS and OS X only. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.0x |
Mods
- Faction Files community file hosting site containing a huge number of mods. A small selection of these mods are listed below
- Please note that many mods will expect you to have the Dash Faction patch installed, and may not function correctly without it.
Single Player Campaigns
Kava: a Red Faction Prequel
- Full-length expansion campaign. Prequel to the main game storyline.
Red Faction N-Gage Remake
- Recreation of the entire Red Faction N-Gage campaign.
Bearskinner
- Custom campaign inspired by a German fairy tale.
Red Faction Fighter
- Prequel mini campaign to the main game storyline.
PS2 Demo
- Port of the mini campaign in the Red Faction PS2 demo. Contains levels cut from the final release of the game.
Total Conversion Mods
Red Faction Classic
- Mod that aims to make Red Faction PC play and look as close to the original PS2 version as possible (plus minor improvements).
All Geo
- Mod that removes limitations on where Geo-Mod can be used, allowing for full destruction of all levels.
Iron Sun Mod: Complete Edition
- Arcade realism-focused multiplayer mod inspired by Counter-Strike.
Snow'd Out 2: Out Cold Edition
- Wintery snowball fight multiplayer mod.
AQuest Speedrun Edition
- Epic fantasy/RPG-style single player mod.
Enhancements
AI Upscale Textures
- 4x AI upscaled pack (ESRGAN and 4x_NMKD-Superscale-SP_170000_G.pth) for base game textures.
Goober's RF Retexturing Project Pack 01
- Project to recreate Red Faction textures from scratch, resulting in higher quality assets than the AI Upscale Textures. Currently in it's infancy so only contains some wall decals.
- Can be combined with AI Upscale Textures by opening it's .vpp file with Descent Manager Toolkit, highlighting the contained .tga files and pressing "Extract" to export them, then opening AI Upscale Textures' .vpp and pressing "Add" and selecting the previous exported .tga files followed by pressing save (floppy symbol).
Deblurred Textures
- Lower end alternative to above packs.
60 FPS Cinematics
- 60 FPS versions of in-game cinematics (e.g. the campaign intro video).
HD Music Mod
- High quality 44KHz versions of most music tracks played throughout the game.
HD Music Mod Update
- Addon for HD Music Mod that contains high quality 44KHz of the rest of the music tracks in the game. (Use this alongside the HD Music Mod)
Map Packs
PS2 Map Ports
- Map pack containing authentic ports of all multiplayer maps from the PS2 version of Red Faction.
N-Gage Map Ports
- Map pack containing faithful recreations of all multiplayer maps from the N-Gage version of Red Faction.
Red Faction Unite Map Packs
- All editions of the Red Faction Unite community level design project.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98SE, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz AMD K6-2 400 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD K6-2 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.02 GB | 1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible |
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | 300 MHz PowerPC G3 300 MHz PowerPC G4 |
400 MHz PowerPC G3 400 MHz PowerPC G4 |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.02 | 1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Rage Pro/128 ATI Radeon 7000 series Nvidia GeForce2 series 6 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible | ATI Rage Pro/128 ATI Radeon 7000 series Nvidia GeForce2 series 16 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible |
Other | 8x CD-ROM drive or DVD drive |
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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/20530/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (20530) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Inside Mac Games - Red Faction Shipping Today
- ↑ Inside Mac Games - Red Faction 1.2 Released
- ↑ Inside Mac Games Forum - Rosetta & Games - last accessed on 2017-07-04
- ↑ Dash Faction Changelog
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Instructions provided by digital_ruler and goober of Faction Files.