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Revision as of 12:52, 28 February 2021

Star Wars: Force Commander
Star Wars: Force Commander cover
Developers
LucasArts
Ronin Entertainment
Publishers
LucasArts
Release dates
Windows March 21, 2000
Star Wars: Force Commander on MobyGames
Star Wars: Force Commander on Wikipedia
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Key points

Installer is 16-bit only and will not work with 64-bit systems. Use the alternatve installer
Game run fine on Windows 10 64-bit with dgVoodoo 2 and compatibility fixes.

General information

Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
Force Commander at LucasForums Network

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 is the latest patch available for the game, it adds stability and bug fixes for the multiplayer.
Save files from previous versions of the game are not compatible with the patch

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Resource\Options\FoCom.opt[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Resource\Players\FoCom<user-id>.sfe[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\Resource\GameFiles\save<user-id>.sav[Note 1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Only in the game, not in video

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4
Online play
4

Connection types

Install on Windows 10 64-bit

Installing a game using a 16-bit emulator

The game installer is a 16-bit program meaning it will not run natively on a 64-bit machine.

  1. Go to winevdm and Download the last stable version, extract and install with it install.reg
  2. Start otvdmw.exe and look for the game installer path on the disc.
  3. Proceed with the normal installation of the game.
  4. Right-click on the Desktop shortcut of the game and edit Target adding quotes at the beginning and end of the path (Es. "C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Force Commander\Force.exe").
  5. Download Windows ADK and install only "Compatibility Administrator".
  6. In Custom Database right-click on New_database(1) [Untitled_1] -> Create New -> Application Fix.
  7. Add the name of EXE (focom) and the path (Es. "C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Force Commander\Force.exe")
  8. Next, Next, In Compatibility fixes set: RunAsAdmin and SingleProcAffinity.
  9. Next and End.
  10. File -> Save, in Database Name set "Force Commander" and save the file ForceCommander.sdb in the location of the executable.
  11. Right-click on the Database named "Force Commander" and Install.
  12. Download dgVoodoo and copy from the folder MS\x86 in focom.exe location: D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll.
  13. Set on dgVoodoo Control Panel in General -> Scaling mode: Stretched, keep Aspetc Ratio, in DirectX -> Resolution: 1280x1024 and set Fast video memory access

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Installer is 16-bit

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 650 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7.0a compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).

References