Gratuitous Space Battles

Gratuitous Space Battles

Developer(s)	Positech Games OS X Red Marble Games Linux Edward Rudd
First release date	Windows November 4, 2009 OS X August 4, 2010 Linux December 13, 2011

General information

Official Website

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Developer Website		The Windows and Mac versions are sold separately
Steam
Desura
Ubuntu Software Centre

None of the versions provide everything and there is a price disparity between the same versions.

Online gameplay requires an activation code.

Online gameplay is fully cross-platform.

Some of the DLC is only available on Windows.

Game data

Save game location

The game doesn't use XDG specifications on Linux

	Location
Windows	?
Mac	?
Linux	~/.positech/GSB

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support

Issues and Fixes

DLC on Linux

The DLC for this game can only be bought via Steam or as a part of the collector's edition from the website. Because of this, the DLC is not officially sold on Linux, but it can be used with the Linux version after being bought on Steam .

1. Buy DLC via Steam
2. Install DLC via Steam, either under Windows or via Wine
3. Copy the relevant directories
   1. Folder in the main directory (e.g. "GSB/nomads GSB/campaign")
   2. "data/install/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/install/DLC_RELATED"
   3. "data/packages/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/packages/DLC_RELATED"
4. Convert all .dds files to .png

   This can be done with the use of ImageMagick. To automate this process further the following command may be used (NO WARRANTY):

   for x in `find . -name "*.dds"`; do convert $x `dirname $x`/`basename $x .dds`.png; done

   Some users have noted that some backgrounds appear white, when using the DLC, but this can be further fixed by converting the .bmp files

Issues unresolved

Whilst in battle, the game would, approximately every 3 minutes, drop from the regular (on an average machine, I do not know the specs of it) FPS of ~60, to < 10 FPS. It would go back to the regular FPS about 5 minutes later, and then repeat this cycle. Cause unknown, fix unknown.

System requirements

Requires at least 1024x768

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP	Windows XP
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	3D Card with 128MB video memory	3D Card with 128MB video memory
Hard disk drive (HDD)	62 MB	62 MB

Mac
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5	10.5
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	3D Card with 128MB video memory	3D Card with 128MB video memory
Hard disk drive (HDD)	62 MB	62 MB

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2.6	2.6
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	3D Card with 128MB video memory	3D Card with 128MB video memory
Hard disk drive (HDD)	62 MB	62 MB