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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Setup guide for GOG version
Availability
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Version differences
- The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.
Game data
Save game data location
-
WSG_NDX.WSG
is a save index, not a save file.
- In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
Video
In-flight settings (Alt+O).
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music and Sound. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Enabled by default. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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German UI and subtitles are available in all versions. German audio is only included in the GOG version and German retail versions. To enable German audio in the GOG version, it has to be set at installation or via GOG Galaxy -> Installation verwalten → Konfigurieren → Sprache. |
Japanese |
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Spanish |
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Issues fixed
Joystick not recognized
Remove other controllers[3]
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In Windows' Settings or Control Panel, remove any other controllers and set the joystick as the preferred device.
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Calibrate it
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Calibrate the joystick by going to the options menu ("2" when launching the game, or use a terminal in-game, or Alt+O during flights).
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Joystick calibration issues
Can no longer roll
Deactivate alternative flight mode[4]
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If you find you can no longer bank / roll, that's because the alternate flight mode was activated - sometimes happens automatically during planetary sections or when flying certain ships. Deactivate alt. flt. mode ("Flugmodus" in German) in the options menu (ALT+O while flying).
- Don't do this while flying the Longbow bomber, our you'll no longer be able to control it at all. Wait with turning the alternate flight mode off until you're no longer flying the bomber.
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Right side cut off with SVGA graphics
Use OpenGL instead of DDraw renderer
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Use the following settings:
- Keep aspect ratio (aspect = true)
- fullresolution = desktop
- Graphic mode: OpenGL
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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System requirements
DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7.0 compatible
| DirectX 9.0 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
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 the cloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References