Difference between revisions of "Space Rangers"

Latest revision as of 23:13, 22 November 2022

Space Rangers
Space Rangers	2002
Space Rangers 2: Dominators	2004
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart	2013
Space Rangers: Quest	2016

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM.
GOG.com (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches for retail version

v1.00 to v1.60 patches

1.7.2 patch for English, Czech and Russian languages

Smooth font replacement^[1]

smooth font

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\cfg.txt^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46320/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46320/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

video settings.

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen patch^[2]
Download the patch from PCGamingWiki. Unrar and start `SR1ResolutionPatch.exe` Select the game folder, preferred resolution and additional settings and click "Install". The patch will create a `RangersNewRes.exe` file, always start the game via this exe file to achieve widescreen. If game is crashes after patching add skip1c to launch parameters.^[3]

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

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Running on newer systems

Set complitiablity mode^{[citation needed]}
Go to the your Space Rangers folder. Set the compatibility with Windows 98 for Rangers.exe file.

Black screen

Supply correct ddraw.dll^{[citation needed]}
Download ddraw.zip from the releases page here and unzip it into the installation folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium III 733 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	800x600 DirectX 7.0 compatible	1024x768

Intel graphics are not supported though they have been known to work on some systems.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/46320/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (46320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ [1] - last accessed on 2021-09-02
↑ [2] - last accessed on 2021-09-02
↑ [3] - last accessed on 2021-09-02

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/46320/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (46320) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/46320/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (46320) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] [1] - last accessed on 2021-09-02

[4] [2] - last accessed on 2021-09-02

[5] [3] - last accessed on 2021-09-02

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[3]

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-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Space Rangers Box.jpg
@@ Line 10: / Line 9: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 20, 2002}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | 4X }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Space }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Space Rangers }}
 |steam appid  = 46320
 |gogcom id    = 1207658892
+|hltb         = 8869
 |strategywiki =
+|mobygames    = space-rangers
 |wikipedia    = Space Rangers (video game)
 |winehq       = 3687
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|Space Rangers}}
-{{Disambig|the original game|the remake|[[Space Rangers HD: A War Apart]]}}
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 27: / Line 39: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|SecuROM|5}}. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | space_rangers | DRM-free | | | Windows | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 46320 | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }}
 }}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Patches for retail version===
+[https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1452-space-rangers-patches/ v1.00 to v1.60 patches]
+[https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2258-space-rangers-172-patch/ 1.7.2 patch for English, Czech and Russian languages]
+===Smooth font replacement<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/46320/discussions/0/490123197939210111/#c1693788384132439670|title=|date=2021-09-02}}</ref>===
+[https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1454-space-rangers-1-smooth-font/ smooth font]
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 42: / Line 65: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           = true
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|steam cloud notes     =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               = true
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Spacerangersvideo1.png|video settings.}}
 {{Image|Spacerangersvideo2.png|Video settings.}}
 {{Image|Spacerangersvideo3.png|Video settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 74: / Line 101: @@
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
-|windowed                   = false
+|windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             =
+|windowed notes             = Use https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
@@ Line 82: / Line 109: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 95: / Line 125: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Widescreen patch|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Widescreen patch<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/46320/discussions/0/490123197939210111/#c1693788384132439670|title=|date=2021-09-02}}</ref>|fix=
-# Download the patch from [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Zp8c-Uynz1aW15YWxZczV4d1k/view Google Drive].
+# Download the patch from [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1453-space-rangers-1-resoultion-patch-version-15/ PCGamingWiki].
 # Unrar and start <code>SR1ResolutionPatch.exe</code>
 # Select the game folder, preferred resolution and additional settings and click "Install".
 # The patch will create a <code>RangersNewRes.exe</code> file, always start the game via this exe file to achieve widescreen.
+# If game is crashes after patching add '''skip1c''' to launch parameters.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/46320/discussions/0/490123197939210111/#c1696045708640878941|title=|date=2021-09-02}}</ref>
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 144: / Line 175: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Spacerangerssound.png|Audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
@@ Line 158: / Line 189: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
+}}
+{{L10n|content=
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = English
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = unknown
+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     =
+ |ref       =
+ |fan       =
+}}
 }}
@@ Line 176: / Line 221: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      =
+|direct3d versions      = 7
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 198: / Line 243: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 211: / Line 259: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = XP, Vista
+|minOS    = 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
 |minCPU   = Intel Pentium 233 MHz
 |minRAM   = 64 MB
 |minHD    = 300 MB
 |minGPU   = 800x600
+|minDX    = 7.0
 |recCPU   = Intel Pentium III 733 MHz
 |recRAM   = 256 MB
+|recHD    = 700 MB
 |recGPU   = 1024x768
 |notes    = {{ii}} Intel graphics are not supported though they have been known to work on some systems.

Developers

	Elemental Games
Publishers
	Micro Application
Russia	1C Company
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 2002
Taxonomy
Genres	4X
Themes	Space
Series	Space Rangers

Difference between revisions of "Space Rangers"

Latest revision as of 23:13, 22 November 2022

Availability

Essential improvements

Patches for retail version

Smooth font replacement[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Widescreen resolution

Input

Audio

Localizations

Issues fixed

Running on newer systems

Black screen

Other information

API

System requirements

Notes

References

Smooth font replacement^[1]