BallisticNG

BallisticNG

Developers
	Neognosis
Engines
	Unity 2018
Linux	Unity 2018
Release dates
Windows	December 14, 2018
macOS (OS X)	December 14, 2018
Linux	December 14, 2018

Key points

Includes modding tools for creating and adding user-made tracks and ships.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Official wiki (Gamepedia)

Official wikia (Fandom, outdated)

Official Discord Server

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Can be played without Steam, but Steamworks-related features will be disabled.

Game's soundtrack can be streamed here and here for songs added in version 1.0

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UserData\settings.ini
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UserData\Profiles
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Gameplay options

Display options

Effects options

Retro options

Input settings

Rumble option.

Keybinding options.

Audio settings

Audio options.

Can read external audio files for custom music and sounds (WAV, MP3, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis supported)

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Adding custom music and sounds

1. Go to the configuration file location.
2. Open UserData\Custom Music for custom music and UserData\MySounds for custom sounds.
3. Add any desired tracks.

Notes

Windows shortcuts cannot be used; you must place true copies of the music files into the folder.

WAV, MP3, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis audio files are supported.

Each custom soundpack should be placed into a sub-folder with a descriptive name to allow them to be selected in the custom soundpacks menu.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Splitscreen, dual monitor output supported.
LAN play		8	Currently in an alpha state, issues to be expected.
Online play		8	Currently in an alpha state, issues to be expected.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	25565
UDP	25565

This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11	DX9 only supported on 1.0 and below; the game will only use DX9 if DX11 is not supported on the GPU.
OpenGL	3.2, 4.5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Since 1.0 the game is only available for 64-bit systems. 0.9.4 was the last version available for 32-bit systems and is not available on Steam after 1.0 has released. 0.9.4 could be backed up manually to preserve the 32-bit copy of the game.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Issues fixed

Workshop items not showing

Install to default location[citation needed]
Make sure the game is installed to the default Steam location (Steamapps/Common). This is caused by an unknown issue, likely a bug in the version of Steamworks the game uses.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible	DirectX 11 compatible

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 3.2+ compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.