Red Faction

Red Faction

Developers   Volition, Inc.

Publishers   THQ   Nordic Games

Engines   Geo-Mod 1.0

Release dates Windows September 17, 2001 OS X 2002

Red Faction

Red Faction	2001
Red Faction II	2003
Red Faction: Guerrilla	2009
Red Faction: Armageddon	2011

Key points

The Pure Faction unofficial patch fixes various bugs and compatibility issues with modern versions of Windows.

General information

Red Faction Wiki - A wiki for the Red Faction universe

Faction Files Forums

Red Faction Stuff and Servers

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Retail
Amazon.com		Windows version.
Amazon.com		OS X version.
GamersGate		Can be bought together with Red Faction II at a discounted price, Windows only.
Humble Store		Sold together with other games from series.
Steam		Includes a number of fixes for modern operating systems, Windows only.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename thqlogo.bik Go to the installation folder. Go into data\movies Delete or rename thqlogo.bik

Pure Faction

Pure Faction is an unofficial patch for Red Faction. It adds support for modern hardware and operating systems, bug fixes, and many other features.

Installation instructions Download Pure Faction 3.0 and 3.0c beta update. Install 3.0, followed by 3.0c, to the game's installation folder. Configure options via PFLauncher.exe, or launch the game directly via PF.exe Once in-game press F1 to access additional options. Notes If issues still persist, it may be necessary to set PF.exe to run in Windows 98 compatibility mode. The default quick save key (F6) conflicts with one of Pure Faction's key mappings. Recommended to remap quick save to a different key like F7.

Launching through Steam with overlay If you want to use the overlay and track your game time, ensure Pure Faction is updated to version 3.0c beta (beta requires 3.0 installed first). Go to the installation folder and rename RedFaction.exe to RedFaction_org.exe, and PFLauncher.exe to RedFaction.exe Launch the game through Steam, configure any settings and start the game.

Mods

• Faction Files mod site.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>
OS X

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame\
OS X

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Syncs save games and settings.
GameSave Manager

Video settings

Launcher video settings.

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Install Pure Faction. To fix horizontal stretching press F1 in-game, click Options and enable Fix Widescreen FOV.
Multi-monitor			Install Pure Faction.
Field of view (FOV)		Pure Faction's Fix Widescreen FOV option just fixes horizontal stretching.
Windowed		Install Pure Faction, press F1 in-game and click Windowed option.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Install Pure Faction, press F1 in-game and click Stretched option.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be forced through the NVIDIA Control Panel/AMD Control Center.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Set via RedFaction.exe or PFLauncher.exe
High frame rate		Pure Faction has a 150 FPS cap. Running at a high frame rate causes an issue in one part of the game.

Input settings

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Launcher audio settings.

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Subtitles for PA announcements and character speech are not presented, despite existing in data files. Only direct radio is displayed.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Network

Launcher network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		See dedicated_server.txt in the installation folder or use Dedicated Server Config.
Direct IP		Use Add Server button in server browser.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	7755
UDP (outbound)	7755

Issues fixed

At least 8 MB of video memory is required error

Install Pure Faction.

Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error

Install Pure Faction.

If it's not fixed, run the game in Windowed or Stretched display modes.

Stuttering/Glitching/Crashing

Caused by Red Faction's native incompatibility with modern versions of Windows.

Install Pure Faction.

Sub explodes when it hits water

A bug that occurs at high frame rates, which causes the submarine to explode upon contact with the sub bay water.

Cap FPS at 30 Install Pure Faction. During the Sub Bay section of the campaign, open the console with ~. Type r_maxfps 30 into the console window and press ↵ Enter. Press the button to drop the submarine into the water. Once fully submerged, bring up the console once more. Type r_maxfps 150 into the console window and press ↵ Enter.

Unresponsive, and always on top

A bug that occurs if you click on another window after launching Red Faction but before the game screen appears.

Pure Faction crashes instead of staying always on top.

End game task Press ⊞ Win+R, type in cmd and press ↵ Enter. Blind-type taskkill /f /im RF.exe

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz or greater
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible