Freedom Force
Developers | |
---|---|
Irrational Games | |
Irrational Games Australia | |
Publishers | |
Crave Entertainment | |
Electronic Arts | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Digital | 2K Games |
OS X | MacPlay |
Engines | |
NetImmerse | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 26, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | January 4, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 90 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | RPG, Strategy |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Series | Freedom Force |
Freedom Force | |
---|---|
Freedom Force | 2002 |
Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich | 2005 |
Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Freedom Force is a singleplayer and multiplayer isometric RPG and strategy game in the Freedom Force series.
General information
- Official forums
- Freedom Reborn forums
- Alex's Freedom Fortress - A fansite for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest patch is Patch v1.3. The Steam version is already patched.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8880/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\SaveGames[Note 3] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8880/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Launch with -w parameter. Can't resize or move window in-game. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Force using any utility. | ||
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 and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Non-functional for FMV (despite option) | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Russian | Unofficial localization by «Fargus Multimedia», download or review. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download. |
Issues fixed
Left Click orders - Mouse Cursor does not change from fist (attack cursor)
- Fixed in the GOG.com version.
Some users are unable to use left clicks to order heroes around, with the game thinking that the user wants to use the attack cursor. A fix for versions of the game affected by this bug can be found by downloading the file linked here: Steam Community - Ultimate fix for the cursor problems
Without the patch, the cause and fix aren't consistent among users, with suggestions to use Windowed mode, Enable compatibility mode for Windows 95, use command line parameters -winxp -32bit
[citation needed]. Otherwise, the workaround is to use the right-click command menu.[citation needed]
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 4 | |||
Online play | 4 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
---|---|
UDP | 5050, 6073, 11111 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8.1 | |
OpenGL | 1 | OS X only. |
Shader Model support | 1.4 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz AMD K6-2 | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 31 MB | 680 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.1.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G4 | |
System memory (RAM) | 192 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerator |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (8880) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology