Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

Sins of a Solar Empire
Sins of a Solar Empire	2008
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion	2012

General information

Official website

Official manual

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
GamersGate
GOG.com		Ultimate Edition.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Gold Edition also available.
Steam		Ultimate Edition also available.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Forbidden Worlds
Original Soundtrack
Outlaw Sectors
Stellar Phenomena
Minor Factions

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204880/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204880/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Approx. 100 MB available.

Video settings[edit]

Video Options.

Effects Options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		^[1]
4K Ultra HD		UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K. However, with patch 1.90, interface scaling option was added to the game.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Windowed Borderless Gaming.^[2]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8 samples.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Key Bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Everything is rebindable.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Can be toggled in sound options.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		10
Online play		10

Issues fixed[edit]

Mouse cursor not restricted[edit]

The game does not restrict the mouse cursor, meaning that on multi-monitor configurations instead of moving the camera, the mouse will go onto the other screen, effectively crippling the ability to effectively move the camera in that direction.

Lock cursor with Special K^{[citation needed]}

Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior".
Set "Cursor Boundaries" to "Keep Inside Window" and close the Control Panel.
Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

Lock cursor with Cursor Lock (Steam)^{[citation needed]}

Download Cursor Lock
Open Cursor Lock Setup.
Select "Open Program" and then find the path to the Steam executable (usually %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Steam\Steam.exe)
Select "Open Program Args" and put in -applaunch 204880.
Select "Lock Program" and then find the path to the game's main executable in the installation folder.
Click the "Create Shortcut" button to create a permanent shortcut to the game with Cursor Lock.

Lock cursor (temporary fix)^{[citation needed]}

Open video settings and deselect use full screen and press apply
When you are asked to accept changes press no
Game will go back to full screen. The cursor will now be captured to that window. Alt tabbing will not break this fix, but if you restart you will need to do this each time

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2	7 SP1, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz	Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X1650 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 8 series Radeon HD 3000 series 1 GB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/204880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (204880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Steam Community :: Group :: /r/ultrawidemasterrace Group
↑ Tested by MrBlazzar.

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/204880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (204880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Steam Community :: Group :: /r/ultrawidemasterrace Group

[3] Tested by MrBlazzar.

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Ironclad Games
Publishers
	Stardock Corporation
Engines
	Iron Engine
Release dates
Windows	June 12, 2012