Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War

Descent
Descent	1995
Descent II	1996
Descent 3	1999
Descent (cancelled) renamed to S.T.F.U (Ships That Fight Underground)	TBA

Key points

Released as Conflict: FreeSpace – The Great War in some countries.

Source Code released

General information

Freespace Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

FSOpen

To play the game in higher resolutions, changing the FOV, enable Vsync, anti-aliasing and controller support, use the Freespace 1 Mod on the Open-Source FSOpen.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273600/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273600/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game control settings.

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

In-game multiplayer settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play		12

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7808
UDP	7808

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

These ports are for FSOpen.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	48 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	210 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5.0 compatible

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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (273600) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 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.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (273600) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (273600) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

Developers

	Volition, Inc.
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Engines
	FreeSpace engine
Release dates
Windows	March 19, 1998
macOS (OS X)	January 24, 2013