Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates
Developers | |
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Taldren | |
14 Degrees East | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 15, 2001 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Star Trek: Starfleet Command |
Warnings
Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates is the 2001 standalone expansion pack for the 2000 space combat game Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War. It does not require the original game to play. It includes a fully-fledged and playable version of the Orion race which was present as a non-controllable enemy race in prior titles, but is split to 8 different cartels, each with its own ship configurations but sharing the same hull designs. It also includes an overhauled campaign which now includes the Orion activity layer as an addition to the standard races' territory possessions.
As of Windows 10, the game crashes in the early game after a few commands are entered, which can be resolved with a single configuration file change.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Official patches
- Patch 2.552 is the latest official patch.
Official bonus missions
- A set of official bonus missions has been released, available here.
Game freezes when trying to start a match on Windows 10 and newer
Edit the configuration file[1] |
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Skip intro video
Use different executable |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\sfc.ini[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | General, music, speech. Accessible only within a match from the bottom control tab | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | The in-game settings menu tab allows for setting how long subtitles stay on screen before clearing. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Separate US and UK releases. | |||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | Versus, Co-op |
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Online play | Versus, Co-op The official GameSpy server has been shut down; use the SFC Launcher. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium III 500 MHz (without acceleration), Pentium II 350 MHz (with acceleration) | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 550 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ GOG.com forums - Potential Windows 10 flickering fix - last accessed on May 2023