Moonbase Commander
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| Developers | |
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| Humongous Entertainment | |
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| Infogrames | |
| Rebellion Developments | |
| Engines | |
| SCUMM | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 13, 2002 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 77 |
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Warnings
Key points
- Runs well on low end PCs
- Very limited in-game options
General information
- Moonbase Commander Center (dead link) - A hub for Moonbase Commander news and files. Has not been updated for a while.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.1 is the latest patch available for the game and provides bug fixes.
All digital versions come with the patch pre-installed.
Moonbase Console
Moonbase Commander used to run off of GameSpy Arcade for Internet/LAN Play, but since the service has shut down, the game has been notoriously hard to configure to work through the LAN and Internet modes. The Moonbase Console rectifies many issues, including an easier matchmaking option for LAN/Internet games, as well as being able to make 100% custom maps not normally in the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254880/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254880/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Locked in to 640x480 resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Press ⇧ Shift+F5 to alternate between fullscreen and windowed. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 30 FPS.[1] | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds. | ||
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s)[3] |
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| TCP | 2300, 47624 |
| UDP | 2350 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98 | Me, 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 8.1 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon 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 (254880) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:ThatOneReaper on October 13, 2016
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions - Click here to learn how to play this over the internet (not just LAN) - last accessed on October 13, 2016