Red Faction: Armageddon

Red Faction: Armageddon

Developers
	Volition
Publishers
2011-2013	THQ
2013-2020	THQ Nordic
2020-present	Deep Silver
Engines
	Geo-Mod 2.5
Release dates
Windows	June 7, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	75
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Red Faction

Red Faction
Red Faction	2001
Red Faction II	2003
Red Faction: Guerrilla	2009
Red Faction: Armageddon	2011
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered	2018

Red Faction: Armageddon is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and shooter game in the Red Faction series.

General information

Red Faction Help - community help site for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail		Red Faction Complete.
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam		Steam CEG DRM was removed in the August 2016 patches. DRM-free after switching to the publicbeta branch, creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam ID number 55110 in <path-to-game>, and then launching directly from the executables with the -packfiles parameter.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)
(unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Path to War	Included in Red Faction Complete.
Recon Pack	Included in Path to War DLC.
Commando Pack	Included in Path to War DLC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\build\pc\cache\. Delete or rename any .bik file starting with legal_ or logo_.

Skip game launcher

Swap executables
Go to <path-to-game> Rename rf4_launcher.exe to something else (e.g. rf4_launcher_disabled.exe) Rename RedFactionArmageddon.exe (for DirectX 9) or RedFactionArmageddon_DX11.exe (for DirectX 11) to rf4_launcher.exe Run the game with the -packfiles parameter.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\55110\remote\player_options.rfao_pc HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Volition\Red Faction: Armageddon\Video Settings
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/55110/pfx/

Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\55110\remote\
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\51153456908161049\Storage\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/55110/pfx/

23 manual save slots + 1 autosave slot available.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen			See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Multi-monitor

Multi-monitor resolutions can be set in the registry. Use together with the Field of view (FOV) fix to improve the visible area.

Stretched HUD and crosshair.

Set resolution in registry
Open Registry Editor Navigate to the configuration key location Set your resolution in the ResolutionWidth and ResolutionHeight DWORDs.

Ultra-widescreen

Have to use a "Hex Editor" on the RedFactionArmageddon_DX11.exe[citation needed]
Go to game install location, then open RedFactionArmageddon_DX11.exe with a "Hex editor" Repalce 39 8E E3 3F with desired "Formatted Value" from this list You may need to change a setting in-game for the resolution to apply. E.g change texture detail to "low" hit apply, then change back to "high" and hit apply.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Apply the Red Faction: Armageddon FOV Fix
Notes Playing online with this fix may trigger a VAC ban[citation needed] This fix will only work while controlling your character in non-vehicle and non-exo suit mode.

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can only switch between pre-defined layouts.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Occasionally changes button prompts

Audio

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
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Using a hex editor, open appmanifest_55110.acf in the steamapps folder of the drive the game is installed to, and change "english" in the "language" lines to "Japanese" (if the Spike logo appears in the game's startup sequence, the process was successful).
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Translation by 'Tribo Gamer', download
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4	Co-op
Online play		4	Co-op

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7755
UDP	7755

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

Issues fixed

Video settings won't stick

On later versions of Windows, video settings might reset back to defaults after closing and relaunching the game.

Change compatibility settings
Go to the installation folder. Set the file rf4_launcher.exe to compatibility mode with Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

Game crashing on "New Game" (Steam version)

Broken by a recent Steam update.

Nordic Games (current owners of Red Faction) have released a beta patch fixing the issue.

Opt into the public beta branch
Right-click Red Faction: Armageddon in your Steam Library and select Properties. On the Betas tab, select the publicbeta branch, and allow the patch to download.

Game stuck on system initializing screen

On modern AMD CPUs such as the 7000 series the game won't load past the System Initializing screen.

Disable One CCD
If your CPU has two CCD's (such as 7950x3D) disable one in your BIOS. Alternatively you can download Ryzen Master and enable game mode then restart your system.

The campaign won't start and boots back to the main menu or crashes

This issue is caused by having a CPU with 16 cores.

Set process affinity in Windows
The amount of CPU cores the game is using may be limited in Windows. Note that this must be manually re-applied every time the game is started. Start the game. Open Task Manager, find the game in the list, right click -> Go to details. Right click the game in the details tab -> Set affinity. Untick CPU cores so the game has no more than 16 cores available. Press OK.

Using Process Lasso to limit the number of CPU cores the game uses, provides a solution.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11
Shader Model support	3, 4, 5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.99d
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.0 GHz	Intel Core i5 AMD Phenom II X4
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 3000 series Nvidia GeForce 8800 series 320 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	ATI Radeon HD 5000 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 400 series 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 4.0 support