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Difference between revisions of "Star Trek: Starfleet Command"

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# Under the [Mouse] entry, set the 'async' value to 0 and 'hwblit' to 1.
 
# Under the [Mouse] entry, set the 'async' value to 0 and 'hwblit' to 1.
 
# Save the file and run the game.
 
# Save the file and run the game.
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# Run the game from <code>Starfleet.exe</code> instead of <code>sfc.exe</code> (which launches <code>movie\sfcintro.exe</code> and <code>Starfleet.exe</code> in that order).
 
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|key remap notes          = Entire settings menu with ten tabs dedicated to remapping.
 
|key remap notes          = Entire settings menu with ten tabs dedicated to remapping.
|acceleration option      = unknown
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|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
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|mouse sensitivity        = false
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==Audio==
 
==Audio==
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{{Audio
 
{{Audio
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|separate volume notes    = General, music, speech. Accessible only within a match from the bottom control tab
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|subtitles                = always on
 
|subtitles                = always on
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|subtitles notes          = The in-game settings menu tab allows for setting how long subtitles stay on screen before clearing.
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions          = false
 
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|closed captions notes    =  
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|lan play            = true
 
|lan play players    = 6
 
|lan play players    = 6
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|lan play notes      =  
 
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|online play          = true
 
|online play players  = 6
 
|online play players  = 6
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|online play modes    = Versus, Co-Op
 
|online play notes    = Uses MPlayer service.
 
|online play notes    = Uses MPlayer service.
 
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Revision as of 15:04, 15 January 2022

Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command cover
Developers
14 Degrees East
Quicksilver Software
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
Windows August 11, 1999
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person, Top-down view
Controls Direct control
Genres Vehicle combat
Vehicles Space flight
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command on HowLongToBeat
Star Trek: Starfleet Command on IGDB
Star Trek: Starfleet Command on MobyGames
Star Trek: Starfleet Command on Wikipedia
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Subseries of Star Trek
Star Trek: Starfleet Command 1999
Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War 2000
Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates 2001
Star Trek: Starfleet Command III 2002

Key points

Limited customization and options.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Standard and Gold Edition
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Gold Edition
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Gold Edition
Windows

Version differences

The Gold Edition (known as Captain's Edition in Germany) includes additional missions for multiple factions, and comes pre-patched to version 1.03. This version is used in GOG and Steam releases.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.03 is the latest patch for the standard edition of the game. It is included by default in the Gold Edition both in retail and digital releases.

Game freezes when trying to start a match on Windows 10

Edit the configuration file[1]
  1. Open sfc.ini in the game directory.
  2. Under the [Mouse] entry, set the 'async' value to 0 and 'hwblit' to 1.
  3. Save the file and run the game.

Skip intro video

Use different executable
  1. Run the game from Starfleet.exe instead of sfc.exe (which launches movie\sfcintro.exe and Starfleet.exe in that order).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\sfc.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/364820/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/364820/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Setup.exe settings.
Setup.exe settings.

Virtually no graphics options. Z-Buffer support, Renderer, and Resolution must be changed with external config.exe.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Entire settings menu with ten tabs dedicated to remapping.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game settings menu tab (Federation UI skin)
In-game settings menu tab (Federation UI skin)

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
General, music, speech. Accessible only within a match from the bottom control tab
Surround sound
Subtitles
The in-game settings menu tab allows for setting how long subtitles stay on screen before clearing.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Only in retail and GOG versions.
Japanese
Japanese retail version.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
6 Versus, Co-op
Online play
6 Versus, Co-op
Uses MPlayer service.

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6, 7
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer MPlayer.com

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT
Processor (CPU) Pentium 166 MHz (with 3D hardware acceleration) or Pentium 200 MHz (without 3D hardware acceleration)
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible


Notes

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References