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Latest revision as of 23:47, 8 April 2024
Developers | |
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Looking Glass Technologies[1] | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Virgin Interactive |
Digital | Nightdive Studios |
Engines | |
TED engine[2] | |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 5, 1996 |
Windows (DOSBox) | June 25, 2015[3] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | June 25, 2015[3] |
Linux (DOSBox) | June 25, 2015[3] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | FPS, Strategy |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri is a singleplayer first-person FPS and strategy game.
On modern systems, the game's issues range from cutscenes not playing to armor regeneration speed being dependent on framerate and not working with high frame rates.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- TTLG Forums - Terra Nova: SFC
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | |||
Steam | Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4] |
- Two demos were made for the game (download): one of them has a single mission not in the main game, while the other has three unique missions that show the events leading up to the beginning of the main game. The one-mission version reports itself as 'version D1.01', while the three-mission version identifies as 'version D2.00'.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.09. The GOG.com release is already patched.
Fix missing cutscenes
If the GOG version (and potentially Steam) is missing briefings proceed with the following:
Method[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Two options for resolution: 320x200 and 320x400. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
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 | FX, music, speech | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No subtitles for the most part. The extraction pilot's dialogue is subtitled, while mission briefings have both audio/visual versions and text versions (though the A/V versions have no subtitles). The FMV scenes and squad members' comments during missions aren't subtitled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 3.03[5] |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology | [5] |
Map editor
- Terra Nova World Editor allows creating custom landscapes for the game. Heightmaps are also available.
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 60 MHz | Intel Pentium 90 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA 256-color 1 MB of VRAM |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 Lion or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL compatible 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ Looking Glass Technologies Terra Nova Page (retrieved) - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ PC Gamer UK: "Technology Bombardment" (April 1996, page 14) - last accessed on August 9, 2017
- "Terra Nova looks even better, but mercifully hasn't increased the demands on the processor to a significant extent. The TED engine that drives the game is undoubtedly one of the most advanced available today."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Release: Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri - GOG.com
- ↑ Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri · AppID: 368600 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri UK manual.