General information
- Official manual
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Version differences
- The Ultimate Edition includes the base game, Forbidden Worlds, Outlaw Sectors, Stellar Phenomena, Minor Factions and the digital soundtrack. Also included is Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| Forbidden Worlds |
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| Outlaw Sectors |
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| Stellar Phenomena |
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| Minor Factions |
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Essential improvements
Skip startup game intro
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Move, delete or rename the intro video
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Localizations\[language]\Movie.
- Move, delete or rename the following file:
OpeningCinematic.bik.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\ |
| Microsoft Store |
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| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204880/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\ |
| Microsoft Store |
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| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204880/pfx/[Note 1] |
Video
Input
Z-axis movement
To move in 3D-space, assign a button to the z-axis and then hold that button as well as the movement key (default D). This allows you to set 3-dimensional movement points.[2]
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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Can be toggled in sound options. |
| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Simplified Chinese |
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| Czech |
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Fan-made; download |
| French |
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| German |
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| Italian |
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| Japanese |
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| Polish |
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| Russian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
| 3D modes |
State |
Notes |
| vorpX |
| G3D, Z3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Mouse cursor not restricted
- 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.
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Lock cursor with Special K[citation needed]
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- 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.
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Lock cursor with Cursor Lock (Steam)[citation needed]
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- Download Cursor Lock
- Open Cursor Lock Setup.
- Select "Open Program" and then find the path to the Steam executable (usually
%PROGRAMFILES%\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.
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Lock cursor (temporary fix)[citation needed]
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- Open video settings and deselect use full screen and press apply
- When 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 it has to be repeated after restarting the game.
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Stuttering or frame lag ingame and on the main menu
- A Nvidia driver update broke the default cursor.[citation needed]
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Enable System Cursor
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- Go to Options → Video and check "Use System Cursor".[3]
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
9.0c |
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| Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Audio |
FMOD |
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| Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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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
ATI 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
