Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
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Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Lion Entertainment, Inc. |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
DOS | February 12, 1996 |
Windows | February 12, 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | February 12, 1996 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | CDs or DVD. | |||
GOG.com | DVD version with compatibility fixes plus DOS version. | |||
Origin |
Version differences
- The GOG.com version includes both the DVD version and the original DOS version (available under bonus content).[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\WC4.CFG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\WC4.CFG[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\*.WSG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\*.WSG[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
-
WSG_NDX.WSG
is a save index and must be present to load saves.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German |
Issues fixed
Movies too quiet (GOG.com)
- The GOG.com version's movies are much quieter than gameplay due to the AC3Filter configuration used.
Delete/rename AC3Filter folder[citation needed] |
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|
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | IBM 486 DX/2 66+ MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VESA-compliant SVGA (640x480) |
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).