Red Faction
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Developers | |
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Volition | |
Publishers | |
Original | THQ |
Current | Nordic Games |
Mac OS, 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 | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi |
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.
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 v1.6.1 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
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | OS X installer is also available alongside with an upgrade patch.[3] Use Dash Faction to disable the disc check. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Dash Faction
- Dash Faction is an unofficial open source patch for Red Faction. You can view the differences to Unpactched, 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.
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 | Syncs save games and settings. |
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 | Capped at 120 FPS (not configurable), but 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[4] |
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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 | ||
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 | Works only with a small number of specific sound cards. Install Dash Faction for proper EAX support on all systems. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Russian | Distributed via bootleg distributions, primarily within Russia. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, 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 or use Dedicated Server Config. |
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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
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.
Install Dash Faction[5] |
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Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error
Install Dash Faction[5] |
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Notes
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Stuttering/Glitching/Crashing
- Caused by Red Faction's native incompatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Install Dash Faction[citation needed] |
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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.
Install Dash Faction[5] |
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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. 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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Other common issues
- See the community-maintained Red Faction FAQ for additional common issues and fixes.
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) |
Mods
- Faction Files mod site.
AI Upscale Textures
- AI-enhanced texture Pack that upscaled textured done by De-AngryBoi, by utilizing the power of ESRGAN and the 4x_NMKD-Superscale-SP_170000_G.pth model. Compatible with Dash Faction.
60 FPS Cinematics
- Replaces the pre-rendered cutscenes, such as the intro video, with 60 FPS versions.
HD Music Mod
- Replaces in-game music with high quality 44KHz versions.
Classic Faction
- Total conversion that restores weapon and character properties (damage, health, etc.) from the PS2 version of the game.
PS2 Map Ports
- Map pack that contains authentic ports of all multiplayer maps from the PS2 version of the game to the PC version.
N-Gage Map Ports
- Map pack that contains faithful recreations of all multiplayer maps from the N-Gage version of the game to the PC version.
PS2 Demo
- Mini campaign that adds cut PS2 demo levels not found in the final version.
Red Faction Fighter
- Prequel mini campaign to the main game storyline.
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
- ↑ Dash Faction Changelog
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Instructions provided by digital_ruler and goober of Faction Files.