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Red Faction

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Red Faction
Red Faction cover
Developers
Volition
Publishers
Original THQ
Current Nordic Games
Engines
Geo-Mod 1.0|Geo-Mod|Geo-Mod 1.0
Release dates
Windows September 17, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) 2002
macOS (OS X) 2002
Red Faction guide on StrategyWiki
Red Faction on Wikipedia

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.
Red Faction
Red Faction 2001
Red Faction II 2003
Red Faction: Guerrilla 2009
Red Faction: Armageddon 2011
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered 2018

Key points

The Pure Faction unofficial patch fixes various bugs and compatibility issues with modern versions of Windows.

General information

Red Faction Wiki - A wiki for the Red Faction universe
Red Faction Wiki (Wikia) - A Wikia-hosted wiki for the Red Faction universe
Faction Files Community Forums
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Mac OS
GamersGate
Error: DRM 'GamersGate' not recognised
Can be bought together with Red Faction II at a discounted price.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Sold together with other games from series.
Windows
Steam
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Includes a number of fixes for modern operating systems.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Pure Faction

Pure Faction is an unofficial patch for Red Faction. It adds support for modern hardware and operating systems, bug fixes, and many other features.
Instructions
Instructions

Mods

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Syncs save games and settings.

Video settings

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

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Audio settings

Launcher audio settings.
Launcher audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Spanish

Network

Launcher network settings.
Launcher network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
See dedicated_server.txt in the installation folder or use Dedicated Server Config.
Direct IP
Use Add Server button in server browser.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 7755
UDP 7755
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

At least 8 MB of video memory is required error

Instructions

Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error

Instructions
If it's not fixed, run the game in Windowed or Stretched display modes.

Stuttering/Glitching/Crashing

Caused by Red Faction's native incompatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Instructions

Sub explodes when it hits water

A bug that occurs at high frame rates, which causes the submarine to explode upon contact with the sub bay water.
Instructions

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.
Pure Faction crashes instead of staying always on top.
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98se, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 400 MHz or greater
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/20530/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20530) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References