Red Faction
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Developers | |
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Volition | |
Publishers | |
Original | THQ |
Current | Nordic Games |
Mac OS, OS X | Graphsim Entertainment |
Engines | |
Geo-Mod 1.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 17, 2001 |
Mac OS (Classic) | November 28, 2001[1] |
macOS (OS X) | January 4, 2002[2] |
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.
Red Faction | |
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Red Faction | 2001 |
Red Faction II | 2003 |
Red Faction: Guerrilla | 2009 |
Red Faction: Armageddon | 2011 |
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered | 2018 |
Key points
- The Pure Faction unofficial patch fixes various bugs and compatibility issues with modern versions of Windows.
General information
- Red Faction Wiki - A wiki for the Red Faction universe
- Red Faction Wiki (Wikia) - A Wikia-hosted wiki for the Red Faction universe
- Faction Files Community Forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | OS X installer is also available alongside with an upgrade patch.[3] | |||
GamersGate | Can be bought together with Red Faction II at a discounted price. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Includes a number of fixes for modern operating systems. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename thqlogo.bik[citation needed] |
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Dash Faction
- Dash Faction is an unofficial open source patch for Red Faction. You can view the differences to Unpactched, Pure Faction, and Dash Faction here but Dash Faction runs on Windows 10.
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- Download Dash Faction.
- Unpack Dash Faction files to any folder (there is no requirement to put it in Red Faction folder).
- Run DashFactionLauncher.exe.
- On first run select Options and check if everything is OK (especially make sure game executable path is valid).
- Close settings and click "Launch Game" to start Dash Faction.
Notes
- If your game version is 1.00 or 1.10 you have to update it to 1.20 first.
- If your edition is not NA or you are using Steam version, you have to replace RF.exe file with one from
1.20 NA version (it can be found on FactionFiles.com). Launcher will ask you to do it if it detects unsupported EXE file.
Pure Faction
- Pure Faction is an unofficial patch for Red Faction. It adds support for modern hardware and operating systems, bug fixes, and many other features.
Installation instructions[5] |
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Notes
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Launching through Steam with overlay[6] |
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AI Upscale Textures
- An AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack that upscales all textures by 4X using AI techniques.
Mods
- Faction Files mod site.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Volition\Red Faction <path-to-game>\players.cfg[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>/players.cfg |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/players_osx.cfg |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | <path-to-game>/savegame/ |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/savegame/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | Syncs save games and settings. |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | See dedicated_server.txt in the installation folder or use Dedicated Server Config. |
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Direct IP | Use Add Server button in server browser. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7755 |
UDP | 7755 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
At least 8 MB of video memory is required error
Install Pure Faction[5] |
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Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error
Install Pure Faction[5] |
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Notes
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Stuttering/Glitching/Crashing
- Caused by Red Faction's native incompatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Install Pure Faction[citation needed] |
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Sub explodes when it hits water
- A bug that occurs at high frame rates, which causes the submarine to explode upon contact with the sub bay water.
Cap FPS at 30[5] |
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Unresponsive, and always on top
- A bug that occurs if you click on another window after launching Red Faction but before the game screen appears.
- Pure Faction crashes instead of staying always on top.
End game task[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | Shipped with version 4.08.00.0400 installer. |
OpenGL | 1.21 | Mac OS and OS X only. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98SE, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz AMD K6-2 400 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD K6-2 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.02 GB | 1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible |
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | 300 MHz PowerPC G3 300 MHz PowerPC G4 |
400 MHz PowerPC G3 400 MHz PowerPC G4 |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.02 | 1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Rage Pro/128 ATI Radeon 7000 series Nvidia GeForce2 series 6 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible | ATI Rage Pro/128 ATI Radeon 7000 series Nvidia GeForce2 series 16 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible |
Other | 8x CD-ROM drive or DVD drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20530/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (20530) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Inside Mac Games - Red Faction Shipping Today
- ↑ Inside Mac Games - Red Faction 1.2 Released
- ↑ Inside Mac Games Forum - Rosetta & Games - last accessed on 2017-07-04
- ↑ Instructions provided by rafalh's Dash Faction README, edited by DudeShift of Dash Faction.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Instructions provided by digital_ruler and goober of Faction Files.
- ↑ Steam Overlay for Red Faction (1) Guide - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)