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FTL: Faster Than Light

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FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light cover
Developers
Subset Games
Release dates
Windows September 14, 2012
macOS (OS X) September 14, 2012
Linux September 14, 2012
FTL: Faster Than Light guide on StrategyWiki
FTL: Faster Than Light on Wikipedia

Key points

Basic modding support.
Resolution is hardcoded at 720p.

General information

Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
FTLWiki - PCGamingWiki's FTL subwiki
r/ftlgame - subreddit.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Humble widget.
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Error: key type 'Humble' not recognised
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
5 songs from the soundtrack, a mini-artbook, some wallpapers & avatars.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Error: key type 'Humble' not recognised
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save games are fully cross-platform.[1]
The file prof.sav contains over-all game progress.
The file continue.sav is only generated when pressing 'Save & Quit' or 'Main menu'.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Sync is not cross-platform.[2]

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Issues fixed

The developers of FTL have a page with common fixes for the game, navigate to their support page to learn more.

Performance issues

Instructions

Ubuntu logs off at game startup

Instructions

Pixelated Graphics (Windows)

Problem associated with older laptop graphics cards.
Instructions
Instructions

Game is permanently zoomed in and cannot be played

Instructions

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.[3]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 2.0 compatible

References