Star Wars: Republic Commando

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Developers
	LucasArts
Publishers
	LucasArts
	Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	March 4, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	81

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Multiplayer is still playable with GameRanger^{[citation needed]} or by modifying the Windows hosts file in System32.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM.
GamersGate
GOG.com
Humble Store
Origin		Included with EA Play.
Steam

A demo is available.

A preconfigured Wine wrapper for Linux is available.

The soundtrack was available on the official website until the site was taken down. Mirrors are available on the unofficial fan site and Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

1.0 update adds an additional Multiplayer map, Hangar.

Republic Commando Fix

A community mod patch that provides extra graphical fixes and other features for modern systems.

Fixes some graphical issues, particularly bump mapping issues with modern graphics cards that previously caused a crash.

Adds widescreen/4K support, with an customizable FOV slider.

Adds an optional FPS limit to deal with issues like the high mouse sensitivity in menus or the helmet shake.

Defaults game to English for workaround see Game is in the wrong language.

Additionally the mod comes with:

• Restored multiplayer features by providing an alternative master server address.
• A custom game executable (CT.exe).
• The Unreal Code Compiler executable (UCC.exe), due to not having one within the game.

Installation
Download and extract all files. Copy all files to <path-to-game>\GameData\System. Notes Starting via CT.exe will automatically enable the fixes (if the Mod.dll is present).

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\Movies\ Delete or rename LECIntro.avi and NVIDIAIntro.avi

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\System\system.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6000/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6000/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use Republic Commando Fix
Multi-monitor			Non-standard resolutions can be set with an .ini edit. Image is Vert- and FOV will need to be increased to compensate. See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			Non-standard resolutions can be set with an .ini edit. Image is Vert- and FOV will need to be increased to compensate. See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD			Use Republic Commando Fix
Field of view (FOV)		85° horizontal with Vert- behavior. Use the Use Republic Commando Fix to add an FOV option to the menu, or see the WSGF entry to modify manually.
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter or use the -windowed command line argument.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Start the game with the -windowed parameter and use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x FSAA with Vsync enabled. Up to 8x SGSSAA can be forced with Nvidia Inspector.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Abnormal gameplay issues have been reported at extremely high fps. The Republic Commando Fix adds a menu option and console command to cap the fps to a custom value.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
Edit <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\System.ini. Go to [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section. Change ; LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to LevelOfAnisotropy=16. Save the file.

Input

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The arrow keys and enhanced keys (Insert/Home/PageUp/Delete/End/PageDown) are considered numpad keys.
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		Use Republic Commando Fix to prevent high sensitivity in menus.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See Controller support.
Full controller support		Controller doesn't allow to navigate menus.
Controller remapping		Possible by editing <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini. Requires knowledge of Unreal config structure.
Controller sensitivity		See Controller sensitivity and axis inversion.
Controller Y-axis inversion		See Controller sensitivity and axis inversion.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Mouse acceleration

Edit config file[citation needed]

Edit <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini. Go to [Engine.PlayerInput] section. To disable mouse smoothing set MouseSmoothingMode to 0. To change the strength of mouse smoothing, change MouseSmoothingStrength using a value between 0.0 (weakest smoothing) and 1.0 (strongest). To change mouse acceleration, change MouseAccelThreshold using a value between 0 (no acceleration) and 100 (full acceleration).

Controller support

Enabling Gamepad[citation needed]

This fix requires a profile to already be created by the game. Download this file and extract it. Open User (joystick).ini and copy all of its content. Open <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini remove its content and paste the content copied from User (joystick).ini in there. Save the changes. Open <path-to-game>\GameData\System\System.ini. Change UseJoystick=False to UseJoystick=True. Save the changes. Copy the Dinput.dll, Dinput8.dll, XInput1_3.dll and XInputPlus.ini from XInput Plus Files folder (that you have extracted) and paste them in <path-to-game>\GameData\System.

Controller sensitivity and axis inversion

Edit User.ini[citation needed]

This guide is written for the Controller support fix and it may not work with custom bindings. Edit <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini. Find a line JoyR=Axis aBaseX. Adjust the Speed value for your X-axis sensitivity. To invert the axis add type in a negative value (e.g. Speed=-690). Find a line JoyU=Axis aLookUp. Adjust the Speed value for your Y-axis sensitivity. To invert the axis add type in a negative value.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		May require setting UseDefaultDriver=False in <path-to-game>\System\System.ini. Assigns music to surround channels, which may cause issues with virtual surround setups.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3. Set UseDefaultDriver=False in <path-to-game>\System\System.ini. For OpenAL Soft HRTF, follow this guide (requires UseDefaultDriver=False) or use DSOAL.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish				fan translation, download
Russian				Fan translation by «ENPY Studio»
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

The max player limit for a dedicated server is 16. For non-dedicated, the limit is 8

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	3658, 3659, 6500, 27900
UDP	3658, 3659, 6500, 27900

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game crashes or odd artifacts appear

Bump Mapping Crash
This is a common problem, especially on ATI/AMD cards. Setting Bump mapping to Low should solve the problem. You can also start the game with a DirectX-8-to-9 emulator or install a fan made graphics fix to resolve the crashes. Notes Intel HD Graphics are unaffected by this bug and can display the bumpmapped graphics natively.

Error with Steam

If you get an error message saying, "Failed to detect Steam", "Problem starting up Steam", or something similar, try restarting Steam. If that does not work, try one of the following solutions

Enable Windows Compatibility Mode[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\System\ Right-click SWRepublicCommando.exe and go to the Compatibility tab of Properties. Tick the Run this program as an Administrator box, as well as the box for XP compatibility at the top, and apply the changes.

Copy Steam.dll to Game Installation Directory[citation needed]
Go to <Steam-folder> Copy steam.dll Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\System and paste the steam.dll file in the game's System folder containing SWRepublicCommando.exe

Delete Steam ClientRegistry.blob File[citation needed]
Try deleting ClientRegistry.blob in the <Steam-folder>\Steam folder.

Stretched HUD fix

Use a fixed HUDTextures.utx[citation needed]
This will correct the HUD for 16:9 resolutions. Download the Widescreen HUD Fix v1.3. Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\Textures\ Replace the original HUDTextures.utx with the fixed one. Notes Can only be used if BumpMap is set to Low.

3D & EAX Never Sets with Creative/X-fi

Use PAX custom Creative drivers[citation needed]

In Vista and Win7 (possibly later OS's as well) if the game refuses to set 3D Audio and EAX even with "UseDefaultDriver=False" and a checked OpenAL setup then install the custom "PAX" drivers for X-fi and other Creative audio cards. Download [1] and/or [2]. Install. Make sure "UseDefaultDriver=False" is set in system.ini and latest OpenAL is installed. Now 3D Audio as well as EAX 3 and 32 channels should stay set in the options menu after game restart.

Game is in the wrong language

Modify system.ini to change the language.[citation needed]
Go to %Path_To_Game%/Game Data/System Open System.ini with a text editor Find the line Language=xyz Change xyz to det for German, est for Spanish, frt for French, int for English, ita for Italian, pol for Polish, and rus for Russian.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
Shader Model support	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Karma
Audio	OpenAL	Wraps to DirectSound3D
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Mods

Arc Trooper Mod

Modified textures and animations to represent the experience of an elite Arc Trooper, as well as 6 new maps interweaved into the main campaign.

B1 Droid Movies Textures Addon

Modifies the B1 Battle Droid textures from their default grey to a tan that better represents their appearances in the movies and other media.

BOTS Republic Commando DM Ren

Adds bots to multiplayer.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, ME	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 Intel 915G 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support