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Revision as of 16:12, 29 October 2022
For the Mac OS remake, see Super Wing Commander.
Developers | |
---|---|
Origin Systems | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Origin Systems |
Digital | Electronic Arts |
Release dates | |
DOS | September 27, 1990 |
Windows | October 15, 1996 |
Windows (DOSBox) | August 25, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | October 18, 2012[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Wing Commander |
Key points
General information
- Wing Commander Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Use DOSBox (see Run in DOSBox). DRM requires consulting manuals. | |||
GOG.com | Includes both expansions and Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4] | |||
Origin |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Version differences
- Retail versions of The Secret Missions 2 need the manual to answer copy protection questions.
- The GOG.com version of The Secret Missions 2 has protection bypassed; enter any number and press ↵ Enter.
- The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.
- The game was remade for Mac OS as Super Wing Commander.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
The Secret Missions | ||
The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade |
Essential improvements
Run in DOSBox
To run correctly in DOSBox, set cycles=3000
and buttonwrap=false
. Leave all other settings at their defaults.[5]
Speed issues during combat in DOSBox
Combat is known to have issues with the game speed in regular DOSBox. Where you may need to use the DOSBox keyboard shortcuts to speed-up or slow-down the game to keep it playable.
For the DOSBox-X fork, you can use the vmemdelay=6000
setting in the DOSBox-X config file to adjust video memory speed such that the game is playable without having to constantly adjust the games speed. With this you also don't have to limit the cycles, and can leave it at default.
NOTE: this solution is not perfect, the game will slow down during cutscenes, or when viewing your ship externally using F5 which can be annoying.
Patches
- Install Patch (DOS)
- Joystick Patch (DOS)
- Reduced Asteroid Damage Patch (DOS, unofficial)
- DirectDraw Hack and WC1 Compatibility Patch (Windows, unofficial)
Secret Missions 1 and 2 (The Kilrathi Saga)
- Secret Missions 1 and 2 adds the missions from the expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run
SM12Inst.exe
. - The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer doesn't see the installation, see Secret Missions won't install.
Secret Missions 1.5
Secret Missions 1.5 is the name given to the Super Wing Commander version of the Secret Mission addon. It's actually quite different from the original. A fan port can be downloaded for DOS here and Windows here.
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WLD |
Windows | <path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WLD[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
---|---|---|
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | FM Towns version only. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
EXE has stopped working (The Kilrathi Saga)
Set Windows 95 compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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|
Secret Missions won't install
Install Secret Missions manually[citation needed] |
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|
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 286 | 12 MHz or higher |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/wing_commander_series/does_wing_commander_1_have_any_voiceovers
- ↑ http://www.sega-16.com/2010/04/wing-commander/
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 107: Wing Commander