Difference between revisions of "Gratuitous Space Battles"

Latest revision as of 18:33, 4 May 2023

Gratuitous Space Battles
Developers

	Positech Games
macOS (OS X)	Red Marble Games
Linux	Edward Rudd
Release dates
Windows	November 4, 2009
macOS (OS X)	August 4, 2010
Linux	December 13, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	72
IGDB	65
Taxonomy
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	Gratuitous Battles

Gratuitous Battles
Gratuitous Space Battles	2009
Gratuitous Tank Battles	2012
Gratuitous Space Battles 2	2015

Contents 1 Availability 1.1 DLC and expansion packs 2 Game data 2.1 Configuration file(s) location 2.2 Save game data location 2.3 Save game cloud syncing 3 Video 4 Input 5 Audio 5.1 Localizations 6 Network 6.1 Multiplayer types 7 Issues fixed 7.1 DLC on Linux 7.2 "Failed to initialise 3D Engine" error 8 Other information 8.1 API 9 System requirements 10 References

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		The Windows and OS X versions are sold separately
Steam

None of the versions provide everything and there is a price disparity between the same versions.

Online gameplay requires an activation code.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Outcasts
The Tribe
The Order
The Swarm
The Nomads
Galactic Conquest
The Parasites

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GratuitousSpaceBattles\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.positech/GSB

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GratuitousSpaceBattles\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.positech/GSB

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

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	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)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Menu screens are uncapped, but once in the game it is locked to 56.

Input

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play	2	Can only play against others via challenge maps.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Issues fixed

DLC on Linux

The DLC for this game can only be bought via Steam or as a part of the collector's edition from the website. Because of this, the DLC is not officially sold on Linux, but it can be used with the Linux version after being bought on Steam.^[1]

Convert Steam DLC content^{[citation needed]}
Buy DLC via Steam Install DLC via Steam, either under Windows or via Wine Copy the relevant folders Folder in the installation folder (e.g. "GSB/nomads GSB/campaign") "data/install/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/install/DLC_RELATED" "data/packages/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/packages/DLC_RELATED" Convert all .dds files to .png Notes This can be done with the use of ImageMagick. To automate this process further the following command may be used (NO WARRANTY): for x in `find . -name "*.dds"`; do convert $x `dirname $x`/`basename $x .dds`.png; done Some users have noted that some backgrounds appear white, when using the DLC, but this can be further fixed by converting the .bmp files^{[citation needed]}

Convert Steam DLC content^{[citation needed]}

Buy DLC via Steam
Install DLC via Steam, either under Windows or via Wine
Copy the relevant folders
1. Folder in the installation folder (e.g. "GSB/nomads GSB/campaign")
2. "data/install/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/install/DLC_RELATED"
3. "data/packages/DLC_RELATED" into "GSB/data/packages/DLC_RELATED"
Convert all .dds files to .png

Notes

This can be done with the use of ImageMagick. To automate this process further the following command may be used (NO WARRANTY):
for x in `find . -name "*.dds"`; do convert $x `dirname $x`/`basename $x .dds`.png; done

Some users have noted that some backgrounds appear white, when using the DLC, but this can be further fixed by converting the .bmp files^{[citation needed]}

"Failed to initialise 3D Engine" error

Delete GratuitousSpaceBattles folder^[2]
Go to `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\` Delete the `GratuitousSpaceBattles` folder. relaunch the game.

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	62 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM

Requires at least 1024x768

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	62 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM

Requires at least 1024x768

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Kernel 2.6
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	62 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM

Requires at least 1024x768

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Latest revision as of 18:33, 4 May 2023

Availability

DLC and expansion packs

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Input

Audio

Localizations

Network

Multiplayer types

Issues fixed

DLC on Linux

"Failed to initialise 3D Engine" error

Other information

API

System requirements

References