Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War
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Developers | |
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Volition | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Engines | |
CTG[1][2] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 5, 1998[3] |
macOS (OS X) | January 23, 2013[4] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | FreeSpace |
FreeSpace | |
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Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War | 1998 |
FreeSpace 2 | 1999 |
Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS, shooter and vehicle combat game in the FreeSpace series.
The game was released as Conflict: FreeSpace – The Great War in Europe.
General information
Availability
- A demo is available.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Silent Threat |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest version is v1.06. Digital distributions are up-to-date.
Playing via Freespace 2 SCP
If the player also owns FreeSpace 2, its FS2Open source-port includes an updated, graphically improved version of the first game's campaign.
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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Hardcoded to 640x480. Widescreen is possible with Freespace Open (via FreeSpace 2) or dgvoodoo. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Launch problems
If the keyboard can not skip the intro, that means that the desktop resolution is too high. Set the desktop resolution to something like 1920x1080 and launch the game again. 4K is too high.[citation needed]
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Options - Control Config - pitch axis - enable invert | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Cutscenes not subtitled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.0,[5] EAX (only available with a patch) | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail only; download for digital versions |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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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 |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | unknown |
UDP | unknown |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game crashes after intro
Use dgvoodoo |
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Mission bugs
Several missions have a chance of capital ships not hitting their waypoints correctly. For a fix install these files.[6]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | |
Glide | 1.2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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.
References
- ↑ Volition on X - last accessed on 2023-10-16
- "It's our own in-house engine that we call CTG after our Core Technology Group."
- ↑ Volition on X - last accessed on 2023-10-16
- "It's been updated and changed over the years, but certain aspects of the engine like slew mode have been the same since the Freespace days."
- ↑ New Releases (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-10-29
- "New releases for Friday include Talonsoft's The Operational Art of War, Interplay's Descent: FreeSpace, and Microsoft's Baseball 98."
- ↑ January Mac Game Update: 10 New Additions - GOG.com (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-06-06
- ↑ A3D Support for Descent: Freespace - Gamespot.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/freespace_series/freespace_1_mission_bug_in_paving_the_way/post12