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 |
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Standard and Gold Edition |
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GOG.com |
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Gold Edition |
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Steam |
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Gold Edition |
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- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
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]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\sfc.ini .
- Under the
[Mouse] entry, set the async value to 0 and hwblit to 1 .
- Save the file and run the game.
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Skip intro video
Use different executable
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- Run the game from
Starfleet.exe instead of sfc.exe (which launches movie\sfcintro.exe and Starfleet.exe in that order).
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- Virtually no graphics options. Z-Buffer support, Renderer, and Resolution must be changed with external config.exe.
Input
Audio
In-game settings menu tab (Federation UI skin)
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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General, music, speech. Accessible only within a match from the bottom control tab |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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The in-game settings menu tab allows for setting how long subtitles stay on screen before clearing. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Only a several seconds short sample of the original Star Trek theme is present in the intro's beginning. All other music is original. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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German |
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Only in retail and GOG versions. |
Japanese |
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Japanese retail version. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6, 7 |
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Software renderer |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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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 |
270 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible
| DirectX 7 compatible |
Notes
References