Star Wars: Starfighter


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Key points

Does not include the Xbox version's multiplayer.

General information

Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
Gamesplanet
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Origin		Included with EA Play.
Steam		Updated with compatibility for modern systems.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Instructions^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>\Game\Streams\Video
Rename, move or delete these files:

slintro.bik
lecintro.bik

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SOFTWARE\lucasarts entertainment company llc\star wars starfighter\1.0\*^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32350/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game\Save Games^{[Note 3]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32350/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Launcher video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		https://www.wsgf.org/dr/star-wars-starfighter
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		https://www.wsgf.org/dr/star-wars-starfighter
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Launcher keyboard settings.

Launcher mouse settings.

Launcher general joystick settings.

Launcher joystick button/axis map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		See Mouse Y-axis inversion.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Mouse is required for launcher.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse Y-axis inversion[edit]

Edit AutoExec.com^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\Game\
Edit AutoExec.com.
Add the following lines:

RunScript User.con, NoExistOK
FlipMouseYAxis true, 1

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		^{[citation needed]}
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not in GOG.com version.
German				Not in GOG.com version.
Italian
Spanish

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
Shader Model support	1.4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz AMD K6-2 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB (95/98) 128 MB (ME, 2000, XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	680 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible

Notes

↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/32350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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

↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-02-20
↑ Mouse Inversion - Page 2 - Steam Users' Forums

[HKLM-2] When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/32350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-4] 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).

[2021-02-20-1] Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-02-20

[5] Mouse Inversion - Page 2 - Steam Users' Forums

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

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Developers

	LucasArts
Windows	Secret Level
Publishers
	LucasArts
	Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
	Europa
Release dates
Windows	January 20, 2002