Star Wars: Republic Commando

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Developers
	LucasArts
Publishers
	LucasArts
	Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	March 4, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Star Wars

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Star Wars: Republic Commando is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Star Wars series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		2 CD's or 1 DVD, Launcher uses SecuROM 5 DRM, The Game EXE is DRM-free. SafeDisc 3 DRM in Thai release.
GamersGate
GOG.com		Serial key for multiplayer shown in the game's library entry.
Humble Store
Origin		Included with EA Play Pro. Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu.
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A demo is available.

A preconfigured Wine wrapper for Linux is available.

The soundtrack was available on the official website until the site was taken down. Mirrors are available on the unofficial fan site and Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

1.0 update adds an additional Multiplayer map, Hangar.

All Digital versions and retail version in the "Fan Favorites 1" collection already have this patch installed.

Republic Commando Fix

A community mod patch that provides extra graphical fixes and other features for modern systems.

Fixes some graphical issues, particularly bump mapping issues with modern graphics cards that previously caused a crash.

Adds widescreen/4K support, with an customizable FOV slider.

Adds an optional FPS limit to deal with issues like the high mouse sensitivity in menus or the helmet shake.

Defaults game to English for workaround see Game is in the wrong language.

Additionally, the mod comes with:

• Restored multiplayer features by providing an alternative master server address.
• A custom game executable (CT.exe).
• The Unreal Code Compiler executable (UCC.exe), due to not having one within the game.

Installation
Download and extract all files. Copy all files to <path-to-game>\GameData\System. Set game framerate in game options to 30 or 60 in frames setting. Notes Starting via CT.exe will automatically enable the fixes (if the Mod.dll is present).

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\Movies Delete or rename LECIntro.avi and NVIDIAIntro.avi

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\System\system.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6000/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6000/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use Republic Commando Fix
Multi-monitor			Non-standard resolutions can be set with an .ini edit. Image is Vert- and FOV will need to be increased to compensate. See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			Non-standard resolutions can be set with an .ini edit. Image is Vert- and FOV will need to be increased to compensate. See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD			Use Republic Commando Fix
Field of view (FOV)		85° horizontal with Vert- behavior. Use Republic Commando Fix to add an FOV slider or see WSGF to modify manually.
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter or use the -windowed command line argument.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x FSAA with Vsync enabled. Up to 8x SGSSAA can be forced with Nvidia Inspector.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Abnormal gameplay issues have been reported at extremely high fps. See High FPS issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
Edit <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\System.ini. Go to [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section. Change ; LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to LevelOfAnisotropy=16. Save the file.

Input

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The arrow keys and enhanced keys (Insert/Home/PageUp/Delete/End/PageDown) are considered numpad keys.
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		Use Republic Commando Fix to prevent high sensitivity in menus.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See Controller support.
Full controller support		Controller doesn't allow to navigate menus.
Controller remapping		Possible by editing <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini. Requires knowledge of Unreal config structure.
Controller sensitivity		See Controller sensitivity and axis inversion.
Controller Y-axis inversion		See Controller sensitivity and axis inversion.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Mouse acceleration

Edit config file[citation needed]

Edit <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini. Go to [Engine.PlayerInput] section. To disable mouse smoothing set MouseSmoothingMode to 0. To change the strength of mouse smoothing, change MouseSmoothingStrength using a value between 0.0 (weakest smoothing) and 1.0 (strongest). To change mouse acceleration, change MouseAccelThreshold using a value between 0 (no acceleration) and 100 (full acceleration).

Controller support

Enabling Gamepad[citation needed]

This fix requires a profile to already be created by the game. Download this file and extract it. Open User (joystick).ini and copy all of its content. Open <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini remove its content and paste the content copied from User (joystick).ini in there. Save the changes. Open <path-to-game>\GameData\System\System.ini. Change UseJoystick=False to UseJoystick=True. Save the changes. Copy the Dinput.dll, Dinput8.dll, XInput1_3.dll and XInputPlus.ini from XInput Plus Files folder (that you have extracted) and paste them in <path-to-game>\GameData\System.

Controller sensitivity and axis inversion

Edit User.ini[citation needed]

This guide is written for the Controller support fix and it may not work with custom bindings. Edit <path-to-game>\GameData\Save\Profile_<user-id>\User.ini. Find a line JoyR=Axis aBaseX. Adjust the Speed value for your X-axis sensitivity. To invert the axis add type in a negative value (e.g. Speed=-690). Find a line JoyU=Axis aLookUp. Adjust the Speed value for your Y-axis sensitivity. To invert the axis add type in a negative value.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		May require setting UseDefaultDriver=False in <path-to-game>\System\System.ini. Assigns music to surround channels, which may cause issues with virtual surround setups.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3. Set UseDefaultDriver=False in <path-to-game>\System\System.ini. Download the latest version of OpenAL Soft. Take the 32-bit Windows dll from the downloaded archive, rename it to OpenAL32.dll and place it in the <path-to-game>\System directory. The reverb effects are not very noticeable by default. To fix this, create the file <path-to-game>\System\alsoft.ini with the following content: [reverb] boost = 8 Start the game, go to the sound settings, select EAX3.0 and restart the game.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				Does not appear to be in the gog release.
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download
Brazilian Portuguese				Translation.
Russian				Fan translation by «ENPY Studio»
Spanish
Japanese				Is not listed on the steam store page.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play			Use Nucleus Coop
LAN play		16
Online play		16	The official GameSpy service has been shut down; use OpenSpy.

The max player limit for a dedicated server is 16. For non-dedicated, the limit is 8

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	3658, 3659, 6500, 27900
UDP	3658, 3659, 6500, 27900

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Game crashes or displays odd artifacts

This is a common problem, especially on ATI/AMD cards.

Intel HD Graphics are unaffected by this bug and can display the bumpmapped graphics natively.

Use Republic Commando Fix

Set Bump mapping to Low

Use d3d8to9

Error with Steam

If you get an error message saying, "Failed to detect Steam", "Problem starting up Steam", or something similar, try restarting Steam. If that does not work, try one of the following solutions

Set SWRepublicCommando.exe to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3.[citation needed]

Copy Steam.dll to game executable's directore[citation needed]
Go to <Steam-folder>. Copy steam.dll to <path-to-game>\GameData\System.

Delete Steam ClientRegistry.blob file[citation needed]
Go to <Steam-folder>\steam. Delete ClientRegistry.blob file.

Stretched HUD on widescreen resolutions

Use Widescreen HUD Fix v1.3
Made to work with 16:9 aspect ratio. Download the fix linked above. Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\Textures Replace the original HUDTextures.utx with the fixed one. Notes Can only be used if Bump mapping is set to Low.

3D & EAX never sets and/or saves with Creative/X-fi sound card

Use PAX custom Creative drivers
In Windows Vista and later, if the game refuses to set 3D Audio and EAX even with UseDefaultDriver=False and a checked OpenAL setup then custom "PAX" drivers for X-fi and other Creative audio cards are needed. Download this (alternatively this) file and install it. Make sure UseDefaultDriver=False is set in System.ini and the latest OpenAL is installed.

Game is in the wrong language

Modify System.ini to change the language
Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\System. Open System.ini with any text editor. Find the line Language=xyz and change xyz to det for German, est for Spanish, frt for French, int for English, itt for Italian, pol for Polish and rus for Russian.

High FPS issues

Use Republic Commando Fix

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed]

Fix Vsync[citation needed]
Download d3d8to9. Extract d3d8.dll to <path-to-game>\GameData\System. Enable Vsync in the Graphics options and set the monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
OpenGL	4.5	Use Republic Commando Fix.
Shader Model support	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Karma
Audio	OpenAL	Wraps to DirectSound3D
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Mods

Arc Trooper Mod

Modified textures and animations to represent the experience of an elite Arc Trooper, as well as 6 new maps interweaved into the main campaign.

B1 Droid Movies Textures Addon

Modifies the B1 Battle Droid textures from their default grey to a tan that better represents their appearances in the movies and other media.

BOTS Republic Commando DM Ren

Adds bots to multiplayer.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, ME	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400 2.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 Intel 915G 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	8X DVD-ROM