General information
- Official manual
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Version differences
- The Ultimate Edition includes the base game, Forbidden Worlds, Outlaw Sectors, Stellar Phenomena, Minor Factions and the digital soundtrack. Also included is Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
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Forbidden Worlds |
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Outlaw Sectors |
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Stellar Phenomena |
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Minor Factions |
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Essential improvements
Skip startup game intro
Move, delete or rename the intro video
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Localizations\[language]\Movie .
- Move, delete or rename the following file:
OpeningCinematic.bik .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Z-axis movement
To move in 3D-space, assign a button to the z-axis and then hold that button as well as the movement key (default D). This allows you to set 3-dimensional movement points.[2]
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Can be toggled in sound options. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Czech |
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Fan-made; download |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D, Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Mouse cursor not restricted
- The game does not restrict the mouse cursor, meaning that on multi-monitor configurations instead of moving the camera, the mouse will go onto the other screen, effectively crippling the ability to effectively move the camera in that direction.
Lock cursor with Special K[citation needed]
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- Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
- Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
- Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior".
- Set "Cursor Boundaries" to "Keep Inside Window" and close the Control Panel.
- Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.
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Lock cursor with Cursor Lock (Steam)[citation needed]
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- Download Cursor Lock
- Open Cursor Lock Setup.
- Select "Open Program" and then find the path to the Steam executable (usually
%PROGRAMFILES%\Steam\Steam.exe )
- Select "Open Program Args" and put in
-applaunch 204880 .
- Select "Lock Program" and then find the path to the game's main executable in the installation folder.
- Click the "Create Shortcut" button to create a permanent shortcut to the game with Cursor Lock.
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Lock cursor (temporary fix)[citation needed]
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- Open video settings and deselect use full screen and press apply
- When asked to accept changes, press no
- Game will go back to full screen. The cursor will now be captured to that window. Alt-tabbing will not break this fix, but it has to be repeated after restarting the game.
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Stuttering or frame lag ingame and on the main menu
- A Nvidia driver update broke the default cursor.[citation needed]
Enable System Cursor
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- Go to Options → Video and check "Use System Cursor".[3]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista SP2 |
7 SP1, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
| Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X1650 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8 series ATI Radeon HD 3000 series 1 GB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References