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# If a prompt appears about the "Detected Red Faction version is not directly supported by Dash Faction", click '''OK'''. | # If a prompt appears about the "Detected Red Faction version is not directly supported by Dash Faction", click '''OK'''. | ||
# Click '''Next''' a few times. At the '''Select Additional Tasks''' window, change default settings if desired. | # Click '''Next''' a few times. At the '''Select Additional Tasks''' window, change default settings if desired. | ||
+ | #* Steam users need to enable '''Replace the Red Faction launcher with the Dash Faction launcher''' as otherwise launching the game through the Steam client will continue to launch the base version of the game. | ||
# Click '''Install'''. | # Click '''Install'''. | ||
# Click '''Finish'''. | # Click '''Finish'''. | ||
# Launcher will open now, go to the '''Options''' menu to adjust settings where desired. | # Launcher will open now, go to the '''Options''' menu to adjust settings where desired. | ||
# Launch the game from now on by first opening <code>DashFactionLauncher.exe</code> and then by clicking on '''Launch Game''' in the Dash Faction launcher. | # Launch the game from now on by first opening <code>DashFactionLauncher.exe</code> and then by clicking on '''Launch Game''' in the Dash Faction launcher. | ||
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Revision as of 17:50, 4 October 2022
Developers | |
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Volition | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Graphsim Entertainment |
macOS (OS X) | Graphsim Entertainment |
Publishers | |
2001-2013 | THQ |
2013-2020 | THQ Nordic |
2020-present | Deep Silver |
Mac OS | Graphsim Entertainment |
OS X | Graphsim Entertainment |
Engines | |
Geo-Mod 1.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 17, 2001 |
Mac OS (Classic) | November 28, 2001[1] |
macOS (OS X) | January 4, 2002[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 78 |
IGDB | 70 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS |
Vehicles | Automobile, Flight, Naval/watercraft |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Red Faction |
Red Faction | |
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Red Faction | 2001 |
Red Faction II | 2003 |
Red Faction: Guerrilla | 2009 |
Red Faction: Armageddon | 2011 |
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered | 2018 |
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 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS game in the Red Faction series.
The game suffers from severe bugs and compatibility issues in both singleplayer and multiplayer, especially on modern systems. The Dash Faction community modernization patch is therefor highly recommended as it fixes virtually all known compatibility issues and introduces a lot of improvements and enhancements to the game.
General information
- Red Faction Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | 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. | |||
Retail | Steam key provided as part of the Red Faction Complete box set. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
(unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
Version differences
- Latest official patch for the retail version is 1.20. The Steam and GOG versions received a newer official patch 1.21, which fixed some compatibility and security issues, while also introducing a performance bug and possible crash when picking up items.[4][5]
Essential improvements
Dash Faction
Dash Faction is an open source patch/launcher for Red Faction that improves stability, performance, and compatibility with modern systems. Additionally, it includes bug and security vulnerability fixes, video and graphical quality improvements/enhancements, autosaves after each level transition, and multiple other enhancements/usability improvements.
- Dash Faction is only compatible with the Red Faction 1.20 North America version. If the game version is 1.00 or 1.10, the Dash installer will automatically apply the latest retail patch (1.20). For the Steam/GOG version, the Dash installer will automatically create a new game executable
RF_120na.exe
that is fully compatible with the launcher. - Use the
-game
command line argument toDashFactionLauncher.exe
to launch the game immediately without displaying the launcher window.
Use the automated setup:[6][7] |
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Install it manually:[8] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Volition\Red Faction <path-to-game>\players.cfg[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>/players.cfg |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/players_osx.cfg |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>/savegame/ |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/savegame/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Max supported resolution is 1280x1024. Use Dash Faction for high/widescreen resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Dash Faction. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use Dash Faction. Additionally, since DF 1.5.0, an option has been available to use a properly-scaled HUD for high resolutions. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Default FOV is 90° for 4:3. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use Dash Faction. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use Dash Faction for up to 8x MSAA. Nvidia users can enhance to SGSSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Exceeding 60 FPS introduces crippling bugs. Use Dash Faction to allow for frame rates above 60 without crippling issues, and for configurable frame rate cap (up to 240 FPS). | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
- 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[9] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Install Dash Faction to set via numeric values (in console via ms # command). Base game allows you to edit mouse sensitivity only via slider. |
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Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Install Dash Faction to control level ambient sound volume separate from other sound effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with Dash Faction and DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | 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 | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 2.0. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
German | Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam version. | |||
Russian | Distributed via bootleg distributions, primarily within Russia. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Persian | Fan translation of in-game signage, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | See dedicated_server.txt in the installation folder. Using Dash Faction is strongly recommended due to crippling bugs and critical security vulnerabilities present in servers using the base unpatched game. |
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Direct IP | Use Add Server button in server browser. Install Dash Faction to allow usage of rf://IP:PORT protocol handler. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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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. Some causes were fixed by patch 1.21 (GOG/Steam version), while others remain.[10] The fix provided below resolves all known causes.
Install Dash Faction[11] |
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At least 8 MB of video memory is required error
- Encountered when launching the retail version on a computer with > 2GiB available video memory. Was fixed in patch 1.21 (Steam/GOG version.)[12]
Install Dash Faction[11] |
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Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error
Install Dash Faction[11] |
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Stuttering/glitching/crashing
Install Dash Faction[11] |
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Submarine explodes when it hits water
- A bug that occurs at frame rates above 60, which causes the submarine to explode when being dropped by the crane, immediately after destroying the Geothermal Power Plant.
Install Dash Faction[11] |
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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[11] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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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 | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.0x |
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 likely will not function correctly without it.
Single Player Campaigns
Kava: a Red Faction Prequel
- Full-length expansion campaign. Prequel to the main game storyline.
Red Faction N-Gage Remake
- Recreation of the entire Red Faction N-Gage campaign.
Bearskinner
- Custom campaign inspired by a German fairy tale.
Red Faction Fighter
- Prequel mini campaign to the main game storyline.
PS2 Demo
- Port of the mini campaign in the Red Faction PS2 demo. Contains levels cut from the final release of the game.
Total Conversion Mods
Red Faction Classic
- Mod that aims to make Red Faction PC play and look as close to the original PS2 version as possible (plus minor improvements).
All Geo
- Mod that removes limitations on where Geo-Mod can be used, allowing for full destruction of all levels.
Iron Sun Mod: Complete Edition
- Arcade realism-focused multiplayer mod inspired by Counter-Strike.
Snow'd Out 2: Out Cold Edition
- Wintery snowball fight multiplayer mod.
AQuest Speedrun Edition
- Epic fantasy/RPG-style single player mod.
Enhancements
Goober's RF Retexturing Project Pack 01
- 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.
60 FPS Cinematics
- 60 FPS versions of in-game cinematics (e.g. the campaign intro video).
HD Music Mod
- High quality 44KHz versions of most music tracks played throughout the game.
HD Music Mod Update
- 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
PS2 Map Ports
- Map pack containing authentic ports of all multiplayer maps from the PS2 version of Red Faction.
N-Gage Map Ports
- Map pack containing faithful recreations of all multiplayer maps from the N-Gage version of Red Faction, included in the N-Gage Remake campaign.
Red Faction Unite Map Packs
- All editions of the Red Faction Unite community level design project.
RF Game Night Map Packs
- Multiplayer map packs for biweekly Red Faction Game Night events.
System requirements
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 | 8x CD-ROM drive or DVD drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20530/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (20530) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Inside Mac Games - Red Faction Shipping Today
- ↑ Inside Mac Games - Red Faction 1.2 Released
- ↑ Inside Mac Games Forum - Rosetta & Games - last accessed on 2017-07-04
- ↑ RF.exe (Official version 1.21) by Volition - Faction Files - last accessed on 2022-10-04
- ↑ RF Client Comparison - Red Faction Wiki - last accessed on 2022-10-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-10-02
- ↑ Red Faction Wiki - Dash Faction Installation Guide - last accessed on 2022-10-03
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-10-02
- ↑ Dash Faction Changelog
- ↑ RF.exe (Official version 1.21) by Volition - Faction Files - last accessed on 2022-10-04
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Dash Faction - Github - last accessed on 2022-10-04
- ↑ RF.exe (Official version 1.21) by Volition - Faction Files - last accessed on 2022-10-04