Star Citizen
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This article documents a product currently under development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
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| Cloud Imperium Games | |
| Behaviour Interactive | |
| IllFonic[1] | |
| Publishers | |
| Cloud Imperium Games | |
| Engines | |
| Amazon Lumberyard | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Early access |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Shooter, Immersive sim, MMO, Vehicle combat |
| Vehicles | Space flight |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
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Star Citizen is an upcoming multiplayer first-person and third-person action, shooter, immersive sim, MMO and vehicle combat game.
General information
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
Uses a separate launcher. | |
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\LIVE\USER[Note 1] |
- PTU Settings are stored in
<path-to-game>\PTU\USER
Video settings[edit]
Graphical settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Main menu HUD is stretched. There is also a bug with the FOV resulting in the minimum FOV being 140. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Field of view (FOV)[edit]
| Ultrawide FOV fix[2] |
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In Ultrawide resolutions the FOV slider in-game has a minimum value of 140. This causes a bad case of the 'fish eye' effect and causes several important HUD elements to not display properly, if at all.
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Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | UI key bindings can be changed | |
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | Sensitivity level and curves can be customized | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion | Axis actions can be inverted individually |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers | Support for Joysticks/HOTAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Mouse, keyboard, gamepad and other controllers can be combined |
Default Bindings[edit]
Keyboard - On-Foot
Keyboard - Flight
Controller - On-Foot
Controller - Flight
Joystick/HOTAS
Audio settings[edit]
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Sound effects, Music, Speech, Ship Computer Speech, Simulation Announcer | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 50 | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 8000 - 8020 |
| UDP | 64090 - 64110 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support[edit]
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | 2D Game is currently not on official list, but listed on vorpx local profile factory list. |
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| Devices | Native | Notes | |
| TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, roll, X, Y, Z. | ||
| Tobii Eye Tracking | |||
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 64-bit | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Quad Core Intel Core i5-1700 | Quad Core Intel Core i7-4770K |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | 16+ GB DDR4 |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 GB | 60 GB SSD |
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD7970 Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | AMD Radeon R9 390 Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4 GB of VRAM |
- These are estimated system requirements and may change for the final release of the game.
- Minimum System Requirements for Star Citizen, as of June 28, 2020
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Cloud Imperium bringing more Star Citizen development internal - last accessed on 2016-8-20
- ↑ The current minimum FOV for a 21:9 monitor. (140) :: r/starcitizen Subreddit - last accessed on 2020-08-02