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Revision as of 02:00, 28 June 2021
Developers | |
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Volition | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Engines | |
FreeSpace engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 19, 1998 |
macOS (OS X) | January 24, 2013[1] |
Descent | |
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Descent | 1995 |
Descent II | 1996 |
Descent 3 | 1999 |
Descent (cancelled) renamed to S.T.F.U (Ships That Fight Underground) | TBA |
Key points
- Released as Conflict: FreeSpace – The Great War in some countries.
- You can play the game with improved visuals by buying FreeSpace 2 and using it with FreeSpace Open. That way you don't have to buy Descent: FreeSpace, instead you buy the 2nd game and install the FreeSpace 1 mods for it.
General information
- Freespace Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Source Code released[citation needed]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Silent Threat |
Essential improvements
Patches
- 1.06 is the latest retail version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
FSOpen
To play the game in higher resolutions, changing the FOV, enable Vsync, anti-aliasing and controller support, use the Freespace 1 Mod on the Open-Source FSOpen.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Players\Single[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Launch problems
If you're not using Freespace Open and you can't use your keyboard to skip the intro movie, that means that your desktop resolution is too high. Set your desktop resolution to something like 1920x1080 and launch the game again. 4k is too high.
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 12 | Co-op, Versus Disable Parallax Online in multiplayer options. |
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Online play | 12 | Co-op, Versus Parallax Online no longer functions. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
---|---|
TCP | 7808 |
UDP | 7808 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
- These ports are for FSOpen.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Glide | 1.2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 48 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 210 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5.0 compatible |
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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (273600) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.