Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

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Wing Commander	1990
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi	1991
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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

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CDs or DVD.
GOG.com		DVD version with compatibility fixes plus DOS version.
EA app		Included with EA Play.

Version differences

The GOG.com version includes both the DVD version and the original DOS version (available under bonus content).^[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\WC4.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game>\WC4.CFG^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\*.WSG
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.WSG^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

WSG_NDX.WSG is a save index and must be present to load saves.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
EA app

Video settings

Control Parameters (via Main Terminal).

In-flight settings (Alt+O).

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Issues fixed

Movies too quiet (GOG.com)

The GOG.com version's movies are much quieter than gameplay due to the AC3Filter configuration used.

Delete/rename AC3Filter folder^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename the `AC3Filter` folder. The default system decoder will now be used. If movies are still too quiet install AC3Filter and increase the Gain slider.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	IBM 486DX4 75 MHz	Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	30 MB
Video card (GPU)	VESA-compliant SVGA (640x480)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	IBM 486DX4 75 MHz	Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	30 MB
Video card (GPU)	VESA-compliant SVGA (640x480)

For DVD releases of the game, a Pentium MMX 166 MHz processor is recommended.
The higher quality DVD-Video release of the game only works with specific Creative MPEG-2 cards outside of the GOG.com release.

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	System 7.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 601
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	46 MB
Video card (GPU)	256-color compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

↑ Changelog, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[1] Changelog, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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[Note 1]

Developers

	Origin Systems
Mac OS (Classic)	Lion Entertainment, Inc.
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS	February 12, 1996
Windows	February 12, 1996
Mac OS (Classic)	February 12, 1996
Windows (DOSBox)	April 3, 2012