Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- Official forums
- Freedom Reborn forums
- Alex's Freedom Fortress - A fansite for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest patch is Patch v1.3. The Steam version is already patched.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
In-game control settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
|
Non-functional for FMV (despite option) |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Localizations
Issues fixed
Left Click orders - Mouse Cursor does not change from fist (attack cursor)
- Fixed in the GOG.com version.
Some users are unable to use left clicks to order heroes around, with the game thinking that the user wants to use the attack cursor. A fix for versions of the game affected by this bug can be found by downloading the file linked here:
Steam Community - Ultimate fix for the cursor problems
Without the patch, the cause and fix aren't consistent among users, with suggestions to use Windowed mode, Enable compatibility mode for Windows 95, use command line parameters -winxp -32bit
[citation needed]. Otherwise, the workaround is to use the right-click command menu.[citation needed]
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
UDP |
5050, 6073, 11111 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
|
OpenGL |
1 |
OS X only. |
Shader Model support |
1.4 |
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Executable | PPC |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | |
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macOS (OS X) | | |
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Middleware
|
Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
Miles Sound System |
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Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98 |
ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 300 MHz AMD K6-2
| Intel Pentium III 600 MHz AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
31 MB |
680 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
| 32 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) |
|
Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.1.5 |
Processor (CPU) |
PowerPC G4 |
System memory (RAM) |
192 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
600 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
3D accelerator |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 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>/8880/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8880) 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