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Starsector

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Starsector
Starsector cover
Developers
Fractal Softworks
Engines
LWJGL[1]
Release dates
Windows Early access
macOS (OS X) Early access
Linux Early access
Starsector on Wikipedia
Formerly known as "Starfarer."

General information

Official forums
Developer endorsed wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
CD key
Unlimited uses
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\starsector-core\data\config
%USERPROFILE%\Starsector\starsector-core\data\config
[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Configuration file is settings.json.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Starsector\saves\<user-id>
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable in settings.json
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 fps regardless of monitor refresh rate
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Turn off Vsync and change frame rate cap in settings.json
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode
Can be enabled in settings.json; unknown if functional

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, music
Surround sound
Subtitles
No spoken text
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
CPU should be "nothing fancy."[2]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
CPU should be "nothing fancy."[2]
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
CPU should be "nothing fancy."[2]


Notes

  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

  1. Lwjgl Tutorial | Examples Java Code Geeks - 2020
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Preorder page - last accessed on 2019-10-8
    "Processor: Hard to say exactly, but nothing fancy."