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Revision as of 08:11, 3 September 2021
Developers | |
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Subset Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 14, 2012 |
macOS (OS X) | September 14, 2012 |
Linux | September 14, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 84 |
IGDB | 89 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Genres | Roguelike, Strategy, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Key points
- Basic modding support.
- Resolution is hardcoded at 720p.
General information
- Official forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- FTLWiki - PCGamingWiki's FTL subwiki
- r/ftlgame - subreddit.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Developer website | Humble widget. | |||
Epic Games Store | DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[1] | |||
GOG.com | 5 songs from the soundtrack, a mini-artbook, some wallpapers & avatars. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play Pro. | |||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\FasterThanLight\settings.ini |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/fasterthanlight/settings.ini |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight/settings.ini |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\FasterThanLight\ |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/fasterthanlight/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight/ |
- Save games are fully cross-platform.[2]
- The file
ae_prof.sav
contains over-all game progress. - The file
continue.sav
is only generated when pressing 'Save & Quit' or 'Main menu'.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | Sync is not cross-platform.[3] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Native resolution is 1280x720. | ||
Multi-monitor | Pillarboxed 16:9. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Pillarboxed 16:9. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use Lossless Scaling on 1440p and 2160p monitors for pixel-perfect. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Uses 2D artwork. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Optional framerate cap at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Color blind mode |
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Edit settings.ini[citation needed] |
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fullscreen=0 lastFullScreen=0 manual=1 screen_x=your x value screen resolution screen_y=your y value screen resolution windowed=0 stretched=1 4. Use one of the available borderless fullscreen solutions. This was tested using the AutoHotkey method. NOTE: Your x and y value resolution can be determined by finding your resolution, for example: 1920x1080, 1920=x value, 1080=y value |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music and sound. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
The developers of FTL have a page with common fixes for the game, navigate to their support page to learn more.
Performance issues
Set the Dynamic Backgrounds option in the general settings to Disabled[4] |
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Notes
|
Mouse Lag on Nvidia Graphics
Disable vsync and change maximum pre-rendered frames to "1" in nvidia control panel[5] |
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Notes
|
Ubuntu logs off at game startup
Delete libstdc++.so.6[6] |
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Delete |
Pixelated Graphics (Windows)
- Problem associated with older laptop graphics cards.
Run as Administrator[citation needed] |
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Notes
|
Update graphics card drivers[citation needed] |
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|
Game is permanently zoomed in and cannot be played
Fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
|
Audio is silent or doesn't follow system preferences when using PulseAudio on Arch Linux
Fix[7] |
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Open a terminal and enter the following command to install an ALSA configuration for PulseAudio: Notes
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Audio is silent or doesn't follow system preferences when using PipeWire on Arch Linux
Fix |
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Open a terminal and enter the following command to install an ALSA configuration for PipeWire: Notes
|
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
OpenGL | 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | BASS |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 175 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
- Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.[8]
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 175 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 175 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-12-27
- ↑ Helpful Profile File Location Info! - SubsetGames.com
- ↑ Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-04-29
- ↑ Primer comments on FTL release today: everything you need to know - /r/games
- ↑ Mouse Cursor Lagging subsetgames forum
- ↑ Starting the game logs me out of my computer - Steam Community discussions
- ↑ No Sound with PulseAudio on Arch
- ↑ Official FAQ