General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- None of the versions provide everything and there is a price disparity between the same versions.
- Online gameplay requires an activation code.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| The Outcasts |
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| The Tribe |
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| The Order |
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| The Swarm |
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| The Nomads |
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| Galactic Conquest |
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| The Parasites |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GratuitousSpaceBattles\ |
| macOS (OS X) |
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| Linux |
$HOME/.positech/GSB |
Save game data location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GratuitousSpaceBattles\ |
| macOS (OS X) |
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| Linux |
$HOME/.positech/GSB |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
| System |
Native |
Notes |
| OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
| Steam Cloud |
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Video
Input
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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No speech. |
| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
DLC on Linux
The DLC for this game can only be bought via Steam or as a part of the collector's edition from the website. Because of this, the DLC is not officially sold on Linux, but it can be used with the Linux version after being bought on Steam.[1]
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Convert Steam DLC content[citation needed]
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- Buy DLC via Steam
- Install DLC via Steam, either under Windows or via Wine
- Copy the relevant folders
- Folder in the installation folder (e.g. "GSB/nomads GSB/campaign")
- "data/install/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/install/DLC_RELATED"
- "data/packages/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/packages/DLC_RELATED"
- Convert all .dds files to .png
Notes
- This can be done with the use of ImageMagick. To automate this process further the following command may be used (NO WARRANTY):
for x in `find . -name "*.dds"`; do convert $x `dirname $x`/`basename $x .dds`.png; done
- Some users have noted that some backgrounds appear white, when using the DLC, but this can be further fixed by converting the .bmp files[citation needed]
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"Failed to initialise 3D Engine" error
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Delete GratuitousSpaceBattles folder[2]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\
- Delete the
GratuitousSpaceBattles folder.
- relaunch the game.
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Other information
API
| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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| macOS (OS X) | |
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| Linux | |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
62 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
128 MB of VRAM |
- Requires at least 1024x768
| macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.5 |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
62 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
128 MB of VRAM |
- Requires at least 1024x768
| Linux |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
Kernel 2.6 |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
62 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
128 MB of VRAM |
- Requires at least 1024x768
References
