Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power
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| Developers | |
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| Wargaming | |
| Publishers | |
| Akella | |
| Retail | Paradox Interactive |
| OS X | Virtual Programming |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 22, 2007 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 19, 2008 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Strategy |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SecuROM 7 DRM internationally, StarForce 4 DRM[Note 1] in Russia. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
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- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- The official v1.4 patche for the Russian release is available from Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\settings.ini[Note 2] |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame[Note 2] <path-to-game>\replays[Note 2] |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 8x. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
Gameplay settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
Sound settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, sound FX, voice | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
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| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 8.1 compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.4.11 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 970 series PowerPC G5 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.6 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).