Project Freedom
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Developers | |
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City Interactive | |
Publishers | |
North America | Merscom |
Germany | Cdv Software Entertainment |
Russia | Russobit-M |
Steam | CI Games |
Engines | |
Impact 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 9, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 71 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Starmageddon |
Starmageddon | |
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Project Earth: Starmageddon | 2002 |
Project Freedom | 2004 |
Project Freedom is a singleplayer first-person and third-person action, shooter and vehicle combat game in the Starmageddon series.
Also known as Space Interceptor in North America and Starmageddon 2 in some other countries.
Motion blur only works on some newer versions of the game (e.g. French, German, and Italian versions on Steam).[citation needed]
General information
- Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from November 30, 2004.
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
itch.io | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[1] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\City Interactive\Project Freedom |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34810/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Project Freedom savegames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34810/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Setting Width and Height in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\City Interactive\Project Freedom\ stretches the image. Use the FOV fix for an unstretched Hor+ image. |
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Multi-monitor | Stretched. Use the FOV fix for an unstretched Hor+ image. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Stretched. Use the FOV fix for an unstretched Hor+ image. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Stretched. Use the FOV fix for an unstretched Hor+ image. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the Instructions for other aspect ratios section of the FOV fix to change the horizontal FOV manually. | ||
Windowed | An unofficial windowed patch is available. See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
- Even though there are registry entries to change Anti-Aliasing, they do not do anything.
Windowed
- This game has no native windowed support.
- An unofficial patch has been made to run the game in windowed mode.
Install windowed patch[2] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian |
Issues unresolved
Sound replay on hitch
- If the game hitches, the audio engine will periodically replay a small portion of sound for about a second. The problem disappears after a level change or reloading a savegame.
Issues fixed
Game crashes due to missing codecs
- The game may crash on Windows Vista and later because it can't decode the movies properly due to missing codecs. This issue manifests itself as sudden exiting after seeing the menu loading screen.
- This can be fixed by either using a dummy
mpeg.dll
or removing the video files.
Install dummy mpeg.dll [3]
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Use the dummy mpeg.dll. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Display frame rate
- The frame rate can be displayed in-game by enabling cheats (type "TIPS" at any time; don't mind the pause menu popping up) and pressing F.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz | 1600 MHz Athlon XP or P4 class |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 420 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 7500 Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM | ATI Radeon 9500 PRO Nvidia GeForce 5600FX 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/34810/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-09-29
- ↑ Window mode patch - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Windows 7 Fix - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)