Moonbase Commander
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Developers | |
---|---|
Humongous Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Infogrames |
Digital | Rebellion Developments |
Engines | |
SCUMM | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 13, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Strategy |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Warnings
Moonbase Commander is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy game.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Simple disc check. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
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.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254880/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254880/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 4 | |||
Online play | 4 | The official GameSpy multiplayer service has been shut down; use the Moonbase Console. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s)[2] |
---|---|
TCP | 2300, 47624 |
UDP | 2350 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/254880/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:ThatOneReaper on October 13, 2016
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions - Click here to learn how to play this over the internet (not just LAN) - last accessed on October 13, 2016