Moonbase Commander

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

Moonbase Commander Center (dead link) - A hub for Moonbase Commander news and files. Has not been updated for a while.

Availability

Patch 1.1 is the latest patch available for the game and provides bug fixes.

All digital versions come with the patch pre-installed.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254880/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254880/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked in to 640x480 resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Press `⇧ Shift`+`F5` to alternate between fullscreen and windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30 FPS.^[1]

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		The official GameSpy multiplayer service has been shut down; use the Moonbase Console.

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)^[2]
TCP	2300, 47624
UDP	2350

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/254880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.