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.
Key points
- Suffers from severe bugs and compatibility issues, especially on modern hardware and versions of Windows, in both single player and multiplayer.
- The Dash Faction v1.7.0 unofficial patch fixes most known bugs and virtually all known compatibility issues, plus adds many new features and enhancements. This patch is open source, actively supported, and the de facto standard within the game's community.
General information
- Red Faction Community Discord - Active community Discord for the Red Faction games and universe, and the hub where virtually all activity within the community is organized
- Red Faction Wiki - A wiki for the Red Faction series games and universe
- Red Faction Wiki (Wikia) - A Wikia-hosted wiki for the Red Faction universe
- Faction Files Community Forums & File Host
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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Retail |
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2 CDs, disc 2 is used for check. OS X installer is also available alongside with an upgrade patch.[3] Use Dash Faction to disable the disc check. |
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Retail |
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Steam key provided as part of the Red Faction Complete box set. |
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GOG.com |
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Humble Store |
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Steam |
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GamersGate (unavailable) |
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Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
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Essential improvements
- Dash Faction is an unofficial open source patch for Red Faction. You can view the differences between the official version, Pure Faction, and Dash Faction here.
- Find an in-depth installation guide with screenshots on the Red Faction Wiki
- If your game version is 1.00 or 1.10, the Dash installer will automatically apply the latest retail patch (1.20).
- If your edition is not NA or you are using the Steam/GoG version, the Dash installer will prompt you to automatically apply the required patches. Full explanation of how this works is available on the Red Faction Wiki Installation Guide.
- Recommend installing additional fixes: Fixed Full Envirosuit Pickup Model, Extended Riot Stick Taser Sound, Use Key Patch for MedLabs Stealth Section, Missing Resources Error Fix, RED Bug Fix (last one is only needed for mod developers)
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- Dash Faction by default automatically scales FOV for other aspect ratios based on the standard of 90° at 4:3.
Custom FOV with Dash Faction[4]
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- Install Dash Faction.
- Open the console.
- Use the
fov <value> command to change world FOV.
- Use
fpgun_fov_scale <value> to change viewmodel FOV.
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Input
In-game control settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Install Dash Faction to control level ambient sound volume separate from other sound effects. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Subtitles for PA announcements and character speech are not presented, despite existing in data files. Only direct radio is displayed. Subtitles show on high resolutions only with Dash Faction. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Works only with a small number of specific sound cards. Install Dash Faction for proper EAX support on all systems. |
Localizations
Network
Launcher network settings.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
7755 |
UDP |
7755 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status can be hacked for this game: Dash Faction installation is required.
Issues fixed
Game does not launch
- Many potential causes exist for this issue - so many that compiling a full list wouldn't be feasible. The fix provided below resolves all known causes.
At least 8 MB of video memory is required error
- Encountered when launching Red Faction without standard Dash Faction patch on a computer with > 2GiB available video memory.
Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error
Install Dash Faction[5]
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Notes
- If it's not fixed, run the game in Windowed or Stretched display modes.
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Stuttering/Glitching/Crashing
- Caused by Red Faction's native incompatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Sub explodes when it hits water
- A bug that occurs at high frame rates (ie. > 60), which causes the submarine to explode when being dropped by the crane, immediately after destroying the Geothermal Power Plant.
Unresponsive, and always on top
- A bug that occurs if you click on another window after launching Red Faction but before the game screen appears.
Install Dash Faction to prevent this issue from occurring. If bug has already occurred, follow below instructions to end game task, then install Dash Faction to prevent reoccurance.[5]
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End game task[citation needed]
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- Press ⊞ Win+R, type in
cmd and press ↵ Enter.
- Blind-type
taskkill /f /im RF.exe
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Other common issues
- See the community-maintained Red Faction FAQ for additional common issues and fixes.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
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Direct3D |
8 |
Stock game is Direct3D 8, Direct3D 9 is supported (and default) in standard Dash Faction patch as of version 1.6.0. |
OpenGL |
1.2.1 |
Mac OS and OS X only. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Middleware
Mods
- Faction Files community file hosting site containing a huge number of mods. A small selection of these mods are listed below
- Please note that many mods will expect you to have the Dash Faction patch installed, and may not function correctly without it.
Single Player Campaigns
- Full-length expansion campaign. Prequel to the main game storyline.
- Recreation of the entire Red Faction N-Gage campaign.
- Custom campaign inspired by a German fairy tale.
- Prequel mini campaign to the main game storyline.
- Port of the mini campaign in the Red Faction PS2 demo. Contains levels cut from the final release of the game.
Total Conversion Mods
- Mod that aims to make Red Faction PC play and look as close to the original PS2 version as possible (plus minor improvements).
- Mod that removes limitations on where Geo-Mod can be used, allowing for full destruction of all levels.
- Arcade realism-focused multiplayer mod inspired by Counter-Strike.
- Wintery snowball fight multiplayer mod.
- Epic fantasy/RPG-style single player mod.
Enhancements
- 4x AI upscaled pack (ESRGAN and 4x_NMKD-Superscale-SP_170000_G.pth) for base game textures.
- Project to recreate Red Faction textures from scratch, resulting in higher quality assets than the AI Upscale Textures. Currently in it's infancy so only contains some wall decals.
- Can be combined with AI Upscale Textures by opening it's .vpp file with Descent Manager Toolkit, highlighting the contained .tga files and pressing "Extract" to export them, then opening AI Upscale Textures' .vpp and pressing "Add" and selecting the previous exported .tga files followed by pressing save (floppy symbol).
- Lower end alternative to above packs.
- 60 FPS versions of in-game cinematics (e.g. the campaign intro video).
- High quality 44KHz versions of most music tracks played throughout the game.
- Addon for HD Music Mod that contains high quality 44KHz of the rest of the music tracks in the game. (Use this alongside the HD Music Mod)
====Improved Health Pack and Armor
- High Poly versions of the health and envirosuit pickups.
Map Packs
- Map pack containing authentic ports of all multiplayer maps from the PS2 version of Red Faction.
- Map pack containing faithful recreations of all multiplayer maps from the N-Gage version of Red Faction, included in the N-Gage Remake campaign.
- All editions of the Red Faction Unite community level design project.
System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98SE, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz AMD K6-2 400 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD K6-2 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.02 GB |
1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible
| 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible |
Other |
4x CD-ROM drive | |
Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
8.6 |
9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) |
300 MHz PowerPC G3 300 MHz PowerPC G4 |
400 MHz PowerPC G3 400 MHz PowerPC G4 |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.02 |
1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Rage Pro/128 ATI Radeon 7000 series Nvidia GeForce2 series 6 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible
| ATI Rage Pro/128 ATI Radeon 7000 series Nvidia GeForce2 series 16 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible |
Other |
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Notes
References