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FireStarter

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FireStarter
FireStarter cover
Developers
GSC Game World
Publishers
Hip Games
Engines
FireStarter Engine
Release dates
Windows November 28, 2003
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 English copies use a simple disc check. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename intro.avi[5]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\BASE\VIDEO\
  2. Delete or rename intro.avi.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\BASE\*.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in env_vars.cfg[6]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\BASE\
  2. Edit env_vars.cfg.
  3. Set reg ker_width INT and reg ker_height INT to the desired resolution.
  4. Optionally, change reg w_cam_fov FLOAT "100.00000" to the desired field of view (FOV is Hor+ by default).

Notes

The in-game resolution option will show 800x600.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. ↑ 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).

References