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FTL: Faster Than Light

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FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light cover
Developers
Subset Games
Release dates
Windows September 14, 2012
macOS (OS X) September 14, 2012
Linux September 14, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 84
IGDB 89
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Top-down view
Genres Roguelike, Strategy, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Space flight
Themes Sci-fi, Space
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FTL: Faster Than Light on Wikipedia

FTL: Faster Than Light is a singleplayer top-down view roguelike, strategy and vehicle combat game.

The game was re-branded as the Advanced Edition as of the 1.05.4 patch from April 3, 2014.

General information

Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
r/ftlgame - subreddit.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Humble widget.
Icon overlay.png
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
5 songs from the soundtrack, a mini-artbook, some wallpapers & avatars.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play Pro.
Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\FasterThanLight\settings.ini
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/fasterthanlight/settings.ini
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight/settings.ini
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\FasterThanLight\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/fasterthanlight/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight/
Save games are fully cross-platform.[2]
ae_prof.sav contains overall game progress.
continue.sav is only generated when pressing 'Save & Quit' or 'Main menu'.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Sync is not cross-platform.[3]
Xbox Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Edit settings.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini.
  3. Set the required values:
       fullscreen=0
       lastFullScreen=0
       manual=1
       screen_x=your x value screen resolution
       screen_y=your y value screen resolution
       windowed=0
       stretched=1

4. Use one of the available borderless fullscreen solutions. This was tested using the AutoHotkey method. NOTE: Your x and y value resolution can be determined by finding your resolution, for example: 1920x1080, 1920=x value, 1080=y value

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Audio

In-game language settings.
In-game language settings.

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

The developers of FTL have a page with common fixes for the game, navigate to their support page to learn more.

Performance issues

Set the Dynamic Backgrounds option in the general settings to Disabled[4]

Notes

This setting doesn't have a considerable impact on the visual quality of the game.

Mouse Lag on Nvidia Graphics

Disable Vsync and change maximum pre-rendered frames to "1" in Nvidia control panel[5]
  1. Open Nvidia control panel.
  2. Go to manage 3D settings.
  3. Go to Program settings.
  4. Add ftlgame.exe from <path-to-game> if it is not already present.
  5. Disable Vsync and set pre-rendered frames to "1".

Notes

On Nvidia Optimus notebooks also make sure the correct GPU is selected for FTL.

Ubuntu logs off at game startup

Delete libstdc++.so.6[6]

Delete libstdc++.so.6 from <path-to-game>/data/amd64/lib and <path-to-game>/data/x86/lib

Pixelated Graphics (Windows)

Problem associated with older laptop graphics cards.
Run as Administrator[citation needed]
  1. Right click on FTLGame.exe and select Properties.
  2. Click the 'Compatibility' tab.
  3. Check 'Run this program as an administrator'.
  4. Click Apply.
  5. Click OK and run FTLGame.exe.

Notes

Right-click on the game executable and select 'Run as Administrator' to test this fix.
Update graphics card drivers[citation needed]
Visit AMD.com or Nvidia.com depending on what graphics card manufacturer your computer uses.

Game is permanently zoomed in and cannot be played

Fix[citation needed]
  1. Right click on FTLGame.exe and select Properties.
  2. Click the 'Compatibility' tab.
  3. Check 'Disable display scaling on higher DPI settings'.
  4. Click Apply.
  5. Click OK and run FTLGame.exe.

Notes

Problem associated with higher DPI settings.

Audio is silent or doesn't follow system preferences when using PulseAudio on Arch Linux

Fix[7]

Open a terminal and enter the following command to install an ALSA configuration for PulseAudio:
pacman -S pulseaudio-alsa

Notes

If you are experiencing this issue on another Linux distribution, try installing that distribution's equivalent package to resolve the issue.

Audio is silent or doesn't follow system preferences when using PipeWire on Arch Linux

Fix

Open a terminal and enter the following command to install an ALSA configuration for PipeWire:
pacman -S pipewire-alsa

Notes

If you are experiencing this issue on another Linux distribution, try installing that distribution's equivalent package to resolve the issue.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 2.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio BASS

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.[8]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.0 compatible


References