Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
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Developers | |
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Elemental Games | |
SNK-Games | |
Katauri Interactive | |
Publishers | |
2013-2018 | 1C Company |
2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 17, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based, Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera, Top-down view, Side view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select, Menu-based |
Genres | Action, ARPG, Business, Immersive sim, Open world, Sandbox |
Vehicles | Space flight, Robot |
Art styles | Stylized, Pre-rendered graphics |
Themes | Comedy, Sci-fi, Piracy, Space |
Series | Space Rangers |
Space Rangers | |
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Space Rangers | 2002 |
Space Rangers 2: Dominators | 2004 |
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart | 2013 |
Space Rangers: Quest | 2016 |
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart is an updated version of Space Rangers 2: Reboot with lots of new contents, enhanced graphics and new much better translation.
The game replaced the original game on GOG and Steam.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Publisher website | ||||
Epic Games Store | Based off GOG release. Will require EGS emulator to run without EGS app | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | No SteamStub present in the .exe of the game since 2018 at least. Still may require Steam emulator to run without a client | |||
ZOOM Platform |
Essential improvements
Smooth font replacement
- Taken from Space Rangers 2: Dominators page, still applicable in the remake.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpaceRangersHD\CFG.TXT |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214730/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpaceRangersHD\Save |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214730/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolutions higher than 2560x1600 will crash the game.[1] | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | The windowed mode of the game with the resolution equal to the desktop's one will effectively act like a borderless windowed mode, while in lower resolution - like a (bordered) windowed mode[2] | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x AF in planetary battles only | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA in planetary battles only | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | In-game FPS counter suggests no limit.[3] In practice the performance is limited to 135 FPS in menus, 125 FPS in main game mode and 105 FPS in planetary battles.[4] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
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 |
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Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | [5] | |
Closed captions | No captions | |
Mute on focus lost | [6] | |
Royalty free audio | The game does not contain any licensed audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Russian | ||||
German | Fan translation. Ships with the game by default as a built-in mod. Can be enabled via "Mods" button of the main menu. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, available on Steam Forums. |
- Voice acting is limited to the operator in planetary battles.
Issues fixed
Some features are disabled when running game in wine
Edit CFG.TXT file[7] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | The game may misbehave on Win10 and Win11 since AMD and NVIDIA dropped Delphi D3D support in their current drivers. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | During its development, the game was tested only up to Windows 8.1. | ||
Linux | No native support for Linux, but game works well enough under Wine\Proton, automatically recognizes such environment and adjust some settings accordingly. |
Modifications
Space Rangers Universe
- A massive collection of mods.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2200 MHz |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT AMD Radeon 1800 Pro 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT AMD Radeon X3550 Pro |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/214730/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (214730) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Space Rangers HD: A War Apart | WSGF
- ↑ Verified by User:Skalt711 on 2023-04-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Thelocator on 2022-08-27
- game can go as high as 500+ fps
- ↑ Verified by User:Skalt711 on 2023-04-10
- On my 165 Hz screen the framerate visually appears at the listed rates. The framerate doesn't appear to be limited by the CPU performance in any way.
- ↑ Verified by User:Skalt711 on 2023-04-24
- No subtitles for the voice operator
- ↑ Verified by User:Skalt711 on 2023-04-24
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/214730/discussions/1/1748980761812269093/#c1748980761816546452
Categories:
- Windows
- One-time game purchase
- Singleplayer
- Turn-based
- Real-time
- Bird's-eye view
- Free-roaming camera
- Top-down view
- Side view
- Multiple select
- Point and select
- Menu-based
- Action
- RPG
- ARPG
- Business
- Immersive sim
- Open world
- Sandbox
- Space flight
- Robot
- Stylized
- Pre-rendered graphics
- Comedy
- Sci-fi
- Piracy
- Space
- Games
- Invalid template usage (API)
- GOG.com Enhancement Project