Star Control: Origins
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
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| Stardock Entertainment | |
| Engines | |
| Nitrous | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 20, 2018 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 75 |
| OpenCritic | 80 |
| IGDB | 70 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Star Control |
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| Star Control | |
|---|---|
| Star Control | 1990 |
| Star Control II | 1992 |
| Star Control 3 | 1996 |
| The Ur-Quan Masters | 2002 |
| Star Control: Origins | 2018 |
General information
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Developer website | |
Galactic Edition also available. | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
Galactic Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
Galactic Edition also available. | |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Rising Expansion | Also known as Earth Rising Season Pass |
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| Reinforcements | Free content. | |
| Multiverse | Free content. | |
| Original Soundtrack | |
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Star Control\settings.ini |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/271260/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Star Control\Saves |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/271260/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video[edit]
Video and audio settings.
Gameplay settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Hor+ scaling for gameplay, Vert- scaling for dialogues. HUD spans the screen. Some scenes are pillarboxed 16:9.[1] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Referred to as "SuperWide" in-game.[1] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | 2x-8x MSAA | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Framerate limited to 144 FPS while game windows is active and 30 FPS when in the background. See #Change frame rate cap to change these. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Change frame rate cap[edit]
| Modify the config file[2] |
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Input[edit]
Control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | Fully supported in most menus in gameplay. Without a keyboard and mouse, the default name for the captain and ship cannot be changed, and the search bar in the sector map can't be used. Forward thrust is bound to the joystick by default, making turning difficult. |
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| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | Triggers are referred to using Sony labels (L/R 1/2), despite using Xbox prompts. | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | SFX, Music, UI, Speech | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No option to disable. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish |
Issues fixed[edit]
Constant freezes during gameplay[edit]
| Download Process Lasso[3] |
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Set priority class of the game process to high |
Or alternatively:
| Download Battle Encoder Shirase[4] |
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Versus |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 2 | Versus |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8, 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Quad-core Intel or AMD processor | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | 2 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit system is required.
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>/271260/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (271260) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-06-30
- Tested at fullscreen resolutions 1920x1080 and 5760x1080, as well as a 2560xyyyy window.
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-06-18
- ↑ {{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/271260/discussions/1/1733213724896236461/
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/271260/discussions/1/1733213724896236461/?ctp=2#c1638675549025826379