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] |
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.
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 |
Key points
- The Pure Faction unofficial patch fixes various bugs and compatibility issues with modern versions of Windows.
General information
- Red Faction Wiki - A wiki for the Red Faction universe
- Red Faction Wiki (Wikia) - A Wikia-hosted wiki for the Red Faction universe
- Faction Files Community Forums
- 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 | OS X installer is also available alongside with an upgrade patch.[3] | |||
GamersGate | Can be bought together with Red Faction II at a discounted price. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | Sold together with other games from series. | |||
Steam | Includes a number of fixes for modern operating systems. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename thqlogo.bik[citation needed] |
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Pure Faction
- Pure Faction is an unofficial patch for Red Faction. It adds support for modern hardware and operating systems, bug fixes, and many other features.
Installation instructions[4] |
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Notes
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Launching through Steam with overlay[5] |
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Mods
- Faction Files mod site.
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 settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
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. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7755 |
UDP | 7755 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
At least 8 MB of video memory is required error
Install Pure Faction[4] |
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Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error
Install Pure Faction[4] |
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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 Pure Faction[citation needed] |
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Sub explodes when it hits water
- A bug that occurs at high frame rates, which causes the submarine to explode upon contact with the sub bay water.
Cap FPS at 30[4] |
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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.
- Pure Faction crashes instead of staying always on top.
End game task[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | Shipped with version 4.08.00.0400 installer. |
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) |
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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Instructions provided by digital_ruler and goober of Faction Files.
- ↑ Steam Overlay for Red Faction (1) Guide - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)