FarSky

FarSky

Developers
	Farsky Interactive
Engines
	LWJGL
Release dates
Windows	April 25, 2014
macOS (OS X)	April 25, 2014
Linux	April 25, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website (unavailable)		Purchase via Humble Widget.
Humble Store (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)
itch.io		The game is free to download.

Essential improvements

Skip Launcher

For Linux:

Go to <path-to-game>. Open FarSky.sh with a text editor. Replace all of its contents with the following, then save the file: #!/bin/bash # XMODIFIERS is cleared here to prevent SCIM messing up keyboard input XMODIFIERS= java \ -noverify \ -Djava.library.path="./native/linux/" \ -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false \ -cp "./farsky.jar" \ -classpath "./lib/*:./farsky.jar" \ game.Main \ -param \ -path:"$HOME/.FarSky/" \ -logPath:"$HOME/.FarSky/log/" \ "$@" exit 0

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\FarSky\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/.FarSky/
Linux	$HOME/.FarSky/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\FarSky\save\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/.FarSky/save/
Linux	$HOME/.FarSky/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Major visual issues at the sides of the output.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
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
120+ FPS		Frame rate cap option only goes up to 80 FPS.

Input

Controls.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Text only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Not Launching In Linux

FarSky claims to require a Java Runtime Environment(JRE) of 1.6. However, installing 1.8 has shown to be just as effective. FarSky has also shown itself to not work with some newer JRE versions. So you may find yourself installing several different older versions before you can find one that works. The following may differ depending on your Linux distribution and what version of JRE you want to try. So these commands are more of a guideline than a future-proof solution. Open a terminal and type: sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre Run FarSky from Steam Click "Options" Set the value for "Change Java Path" to: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/java Click OK, then Play If it immediately exits without running the game, then either you will need to try a different version of Java or the path you gave it was invalid. If you need help finding a valid path, then open a terminal and type: find / -iname *java*jdk* 2>/dev/null That will help guide you to finding a valid path. If the game runs, then it was a success. To make the change permanent, follow the instructions above for Skipping The Launcher, but change the third line from XMODIFIERS= java \ to XMODIFIERS=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/java \ or whatever value you gave it for "Change Java Path".

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon X2
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Other	Requires Java

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 10.4
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Other	Requires Java