Star Wars: Squadrons
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Developers | |
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Motive Studios | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Frostbite 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 2, 2020 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
OpenCritic | 80 |
IGDB | 80 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Star Wars |
Star Wars: Squadrons is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action and vehicle combat game in the Star Wars series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play Pro. | |||
Steam |
- All versions require an EA account and use Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.
Version differences
- Epic Games Store versions purchased before October 2, 2021 include the Vanguard Squadron X-wing Glider for Fortnite.[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\STAR WARS Squadrons Steam\settings |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222730/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\STAR WARS Squadrons Steam\settings |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222730/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay.[2] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | [3] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA High/Low option, as well as a TAA sharpening slider. Cannot be disabled. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rates above 60 FPS have a noticeable stuttering on high refresh rate monitors, see Stuttering at above 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Color blind mode | Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Follows the Enhanced pointer precision option of Windows | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Can be toggled using the Allow Mouse Functionality option | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Four presets: Custom (user-specified bindings), Default, Aviator, Southpaw | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | Xbox prompts are used | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) V2 tested. Wireless adapter gets detected as a flight stick.[4] |
Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts | HOTAS-styled |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Individual Master, Music, SFX, Dialogue and Voice Chat volume sliders | |
Surround sound | Options include "Enhanced Stereo", "Surround 5.1 & 7.1", "Auto" and "Binaural (Headphones)" | |
Subtitles | Subtitles can have their size increased and their background darked | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Can be toggled from audio menu |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Disable Easy Anti-Cheat
Launch the game using the starwarssquadrons executable[5]
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VR support
Headsets | State | Notes | |
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SteamVR | |||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
Windows Mixed Reality | Requires Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR. |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Issues fixed
Stuttering at above 60 FPS
- The game has a noticeable stutter at higher frame rates than 60 FPS on refresh rates above 60 Hz. Cap the frame rate to 60 FPS or lower the refresh rate to 60 Hz to solve the issue.[6]
Cap the frame rate to 60 FPS[6] |
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Lower the refresh rate to 60 Hz[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-7600 AMD Ryzen 3 1300X |
Intel Core i7-7700 AMD Ryzen 3 3200G |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 GB | 30 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7850 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 DirectX 11 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
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>/1222730/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1222730) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ X-wing Glider FAQ - last accessed on 2020-09-18
- ↑ Star Wars: Squadrons Ultrawide Review - 16:9/21:9/32:9 Comparison & Gameplay! - last accessed on 2020-10-03
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2020-10-04
- Why I can't tell at what level AF is set to, based on the hangar, some level of AF is at least present.
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2020-10-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2020-10-02
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Verified by User:Aemony on 2020-10-02
- This issue occurs regardless of graphical settings or frame rates.