Difference between revisions of "Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance"

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Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander	2007
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance	2007
Supreme Commander 2	2010

General information

Supreme Commander Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v7 DRM - removed via an official update
Amazon.com
GOG.com		Included in Supreme Commander: Gold Edition. Version 3599 included instead of 3603, multiplayer only available via LAN.
Steam

Retail copies of Supreme Commander activate on Steam and give a free copy of Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.^[1]

Essential improvements

Mods

Forged Alliance Forever

Forged Alliance Forever is a third party modification that has provided continued update and support for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. This includes balance tweaks and a new multiplayer interface to replace the no longer supported GPGnet.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\Game.prefs
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9420/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\SAVEGAME
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9420/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail and Steam only
French				Retail and Steam only
German				Retail and Steam only
Italian				Retail and Steam only
Polish				Retail and Steam only
Russian				Retail and Steam only
Spanish				Retail and Steam only
Traditional Chinese				Retail and Steam only

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus, Co-op Use the Forged Alliance Forever mod to increases the max player limit to 12. Co-op requires the Forged Alliance Forever mod.
Online play		8	Versus, Co-op Retail: GPGnet (powered by Quazal); discontinued Steam: Steamworks GOG: disabled Use the Forged Alliance Forever mod. The mod also increases the max player limit to 12. Co-op requires the Forged Alliance Forever mod.

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	6112 (inbound, outbound)
UDP	6112 (inbound, outbound), 9103, 30350-30351

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

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Sofdec
Multiplayer	GPGNet	Use the Forged Alliance Forever mod to replace the deprecated service.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 9600 Nvidia GeForce 6200 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 6800 256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (9420) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ GPGNet Services Update 2 (GPGnet has been shutdown) - last accessed on 2020-12-06

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (9420) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (9420) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] GPGNet Services Update 2 (GPGnet has been shutdown) - last accessed on 2020-12-06

[1]

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-  |notes     = [https://www.gog.com/game/supreme_commander_gold_edition GoG] states a clear "X" to Audio, needs proof!
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Developers

	Gas Powered Games
Publishers
Retail	THQ
Digital, original	Nordic Games
Digital, current	Square Enix
Engines
	Moho
Release dates
Windows	November 6, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	81
IGDB	75