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Revision as of 14:08, 23 July 2021

Wing Commander: Prophecy
Wing Commander: Prophecy cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
VISION
Release dates
Windows December 11, 1997
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Wing Commander: Prophecy on MobyGames
Wing Commander: Prophecy on Wikipedia
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⤏ Go to series page
Wing Commander 1990
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi 1991
Wing Commander: Academy 1993
Wing Commander: Privateer 1993
Super Wing Commander 1994
Wing Commander: Armada 1994
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger 1994
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom 1996
Privateer 2: The Darkening 1996
Wing Commander: Prophecy 1997
Wing Commander: Secret Ops 1998

Key points

For Windows 8 and later use the OpenGL Patch or fullscreen border fix.
Game can be updated for higher-resolution support and DVD-quality FMV without interlacing (see Install enhancements).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Includes Wing Commander: Secret Ops.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The official 3dfx Voodoo1/2-patch is available at soggi.org.

Install enhancements

These enhancements allow higher resolutions and enhanced FMV cutscenes without interlacing.
Install enhancements[1]
  1. Download the Enhancement Pack.
  2. Extract into the installation folder; do not overwrite prophecy.exe if you are using the GOG.com version.
  3. Install the OpenGL Patch.
  4. Set your resolution when prompted.
  5. Optional: install the DVD Movie Upgrade Patch for DVD-quality cutscenes.
If missions crash run launcher.exe in the installation folder and set anisotrophy and FSAA to 0.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Audio & Video Options.
Audio & Video Options.
Special Effects Options.
Special Effects Options.
Gameplay Options.
Gameplay Options.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Invert mouse Y-axis
Before editing, make a backup of the prophecy.exe file in case the modifications go wrong.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Open prophecy.exe using a hex editor.
  3. Go to offset 0x271D7. At this address, replace the two bytes 03 C8 by 29 C1.
  4. Mouse controls will now be inverted.
Mouse will also be inverted in menus.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Spanish
Not included in GOG version.
Italian
French
Has to be manually activated in GOG version, see here.

Issues fixed

Window border visible in fullscreen mode

Use the OpenGL Patch or the Wing Commander: Prophecy and Secret Ops fullscreen border fix.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.0 compatible 		DirectX 6.0-compatible or Direct3D 3Dfx card with Glide version 2.43 or later installed
4 MB of VRAM

Notes

  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).

References