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Revision as of 08:40, 14 April 2014

FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light cover
Developers
Subset Games
Release dates
Windows September 14, 2012
macOS (OS X) September 14, 2012
Linux September 14, 2012
FTL: Faster Than Light on Wikipedia

Key points

The game is limited to the resolution of 1280x720 and exhibits issues on both lower and higher resolutions.

General information

Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
FTLWiki - PCGamingWiki's FTL subwiki
r/ftlgame - subreddit.

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212680/pfx/[Note 1]
The file settings.ini contains all settings.
Save games are fully cross-platform.[1]
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212680/pfx/[Note 1]
The file prof.sav contains over-all game progress.
The file continue.sav is only generated when pressing 'Save & Quit'.

Quicksaving

It is possible to 'quicksave' by saving and quitting, and then making manual backup copies of the continue.sav file, and restoring them when one dies.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Allows for either letter-boxing to 16:9 or stretching.
The game is designed for the resolution of 1280x720 and is not meant to work in lower resolutions. A later released patch has added experimental support for scaling the game to fit smaller resolutions.[2] This however requires a recent enough graphics card with support for the relevant features.
Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Framerate is too high

Instructions

Performance issues

Instructions

Ubuntu logs off at game startup

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Windows 8 is not officially supported.[3]
Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.[3]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.0 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References