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FarSky

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FarSky
FarSky cover
Developers
Farsky Interactive
Engines
LWJGL
Release dates
Windows April 25, 2014
macOS (OS X) April 25, 2014
Linux April 25, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Purchase via Humble Widget.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store (unavailable)
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
The game is free to download.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip Launcher

For Linux:[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Open FarSky.sh with a text editor.
  3. Replace all of its contents with the following, then save the file:
#!/bin/bash
# XMODIFIERS is cleared here to prevent SCIM messing up keyboard input
XMODIFIERS= java \
  -noverify \
  -Djava.library.path="./native/linux/" \
  -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false \
  -cp "./farsky.jar" \
  -classpath "./lib/*:./farsky.jar" \
  game.Main \
  -param \
  -path:"$HOME/.FarSky/" \
  -logPath:"$HOME/.FarSky/log/" \
  "$@"
exit 0

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\FarSky\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/.FarSky/
Linux $HOME/.FarSky/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\FarSky\save\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/.FarSky/save/
Linux $HOME/.FarSky/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Major visual issues at the sides of the output.[2]
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate cap option only goes up to 80 FPS.

Input

Controls.
Controls.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Text only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Not Launching In Linux[3]
FarSky claims to require a Java Runtime Environment(JRE) of 1.6. However, installing 1.8 has shown to be just as effective.
FarSky has also shown itself to not work with some newer JRE versions. So you may find yourself installing several different older versions before you can find one that works.
The following may differ depending on your Linux distribution and what version of JRE you want to try. So these commands are more of a guideline than a future-proof solution.
  1. Open a terminal and type: sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
  2. Run FarSky from Steam
  3. Click "Options"
  4. Set the value for "Change Java Path" to: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
  5. Click OK, then Play

If it immediately exits without running the game, then either you will need to try a different version of Java or the path you gave it was invalid.

If you need help finding a valid path, then open a terminal and type: find / -iname *java*jdk* 2>/dev/null That will help guide you to finding a valid path.

If the game runs, then it was a success. To make the change permanent, follow the instructions above for Skipping The Launcher, but change the third line from XMODIFIERS= java \ to XMODIFIERS=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/java \ or whatever value you gave it for "Change Java Path".

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
AMD Athlon X2
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Other Requires Java
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7.5
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 10.4
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Other Requires Java


References

  1. Verified by User:Mouse on 2021-06-05
  2. FarSky | WSGF
  3. Verified by User:Mouse on 2021-06-05