O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
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Developers | |
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Strategy First | |
Publishers | |
Retail (North America), digital | Strategy First |
Retail (Europe) | Mindscape |
Retail (Russia) | 1C Company |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 8, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Genres | Strategy |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Warnings
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base is a singleplayer third-person strategy game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check in English release. ProtectDISC Software DRM in German release. |
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Amazon.com | ||||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
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/281390/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\orbdata\players[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281390/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Cannot be moved. No border. | ||
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) | Capped at 30 FPS. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 30 FPS. |
Widescreen resolution
Modifying the orb.ini file[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | Limited acceleration on cursor, strong acceleration for camera, ignoring small movements. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Spanish | Retail version, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 4 | |||
Online play | 4 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
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 | 3783, 6500, 6667, 20000, 28900, 29900, 29901 |
UDP | 6515, 13139, 20000, 27900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 96 MB (98/ME) 128 MB (2000 SP2/XP) |
128 MB (98/ME) 256 MB (2000 SP2/XP) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | 650 MB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia TNT2-class 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 32 MB of VRAM |
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 (281390) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.