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|widescreen resolution notes= Works with nglide (GOG-version already comes with it). Use nglide_config.exe in the game directory to set the resolution. To configure the game with nglide in other versions, follow the guide on [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/tachyon-fringe/en WSGF] (section "Glide renderer").
 
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Revision as of 21:35, 4 April 2021

Tachyon: The Fringe
Tachyon: The Fringe cover
Developers
NovaLogic
Engines
Voxel Space 32
Release dates
Windows March 30, 2000
Tachyon: The Fringe on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Developer website
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Official Patches

Patches are available.
As of 2020-12-28 the NovaLogic site is down. The patch can be downloaded from the web archive
Steam and GOG versions are already patched.

Windows 10 CD install guide and high resolution fix

Guide on Steam
If after choosing a high resolution you may/will get a glitch where your ship spins wildly out of control as soon as you enter space. Alt-tab to the Desktop and then back into the game to fix this. You do have to do this again every time you launch the game.

Skip intro videos

Disable 3dfx logo (GOG.com)[3]
  1. Run the nGlide configurator in the installation folder.
  2. Change the 3dfx logo splash screen setting.
  3. Click Apply, then Exit.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Tachyon.cfg[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32760/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\player00.sav[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32760/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
50

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 3, 6, 7 Original release uses Direct3D 3, later releases use Direct3D 6 or 7.
Glide 2
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz (with 3D accelerator)
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz (without 3D accelerator)
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3.0 compatible
Other

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 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).
  3. 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References