O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base

Warnings

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

General information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281390/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\orbdata\players^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281390/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Cannot be moved. No border.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Capped at 30 FPS.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30 FPS.

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Modifying the orb.ini file^{[citation needed]}

Using widescreen resolution will result in GUI elements to render off screen thus inaccessible to player.

Go to the game installation folder
Open orb.ini.
Change the lines with screen_width and screen_height to the width and height the game should run in (ex. screen_width=1680 and screen_height=1050 will run the game in 1680x1050 resolution).
Save the file.
Launch the game.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Limited acceleration on cursor, strong acceleration for camera, ignoring small movements.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				Retail version, download.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4
Online play		4	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	3783, 6500, 6667, 20000, 28900, 29900, 29901
UDP	6515, 13139, 20000, 27900

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

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 600 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	96 MB (98/ME) 128 MB (2000 SP2/XP)	128 MB (98/ME) 256 MB (2000 SP2/XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia TNT2-class 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (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>/281390/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (281390) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/281390/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (281390) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

Developers

	Strategy First
Publishers
	Strategy First
	Mindscape
Release dates
Windows	November 8, 2002