General information
- Standalone expansion for Supreme Commander; does not require the original to play.
- Supreme Commander Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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Retail |
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SecuROM v7 DRM - removed in official update 1.5.3596 hotfix |
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GOG.com |
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Included in Supreme Commander: Gold Edition. Version 3599 included instead of 3603, multiplayer only available via LAN. |
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Steam |
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Amazon.com (unavailable) |
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- Retail copies of Supreme Commander activate on Steam and give a free copy of Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.[1]
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.5.3603 beta is the latest official patch.
Patching the GOG version
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- Install or copy the game files to
C:\Program Files\THQ\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance\ .
- Rename
<path-to-game>\bin\SupremeCommander.exe to <path-to-game>\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe .
- Copy the patcher to the
<path-to-game>\bin\ folder and run it.
- The initial process will fail. Uncheck the Safe Mode checkbox and press Start.
- It will still claim it failed, but it will actually overwrite
ForgedAlliance.exe .
- Rename
<path-to-game>\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe back to <path-to-game>\bin\SupremeCommander.exe .
- The main menu now should have the 3603 version number in the top right corner.
- The only relevant differences between the patched GOG and the Steam version will be
SupremeCommander.exe and a couple of LUA files in the <path-to-game>\gamedata\lua.scd archive. The difference in the LUA files are related to the Steam-based multiplayer and general lobby rules.
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Mods
Forged Alliance Forever
Forged Alliance Forever is a third party modification. This includes balance tweaks and a new multiplayer interface to replace the no longer supported GPGnet. FAF is compatible with Steam and GOG.com versions of the game, but not retail copies.[2]
LOUD PROJECT
The LOUD PROJECT is a complete replacement for most of the core files from Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. As a result, it addresses most of the performance issues that have plagued the game from it's release. The package includes a subset of many of the most popular mods for Forged Alliance, adapted for use with LOUD, and an entire collection of maps updated for optimal performance with the project.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
In-game control settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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Sliders for master, effects, music and voice-over volumes. |
Surround sound |
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5.1 only[3] |
Subtitles |
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Via the interface options. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
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
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Shader Model support |
2 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
Sofdec |
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Multiplayer |
GPGNet |
Use the Forged Alliance Forever mod to replace the deprecated service. |
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP2 |
Vista |
Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz
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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:
References