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Space Colony

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Space Colony
Space Colony cover
Developers
Firefly Studios
macOS (OS X) Aspyr Media
Publishers
Retail Gathering of Developers
Digital Firefly Studios
Release dates
Windows August 29, 2003
macOS (OS X) June 14, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building
Themes Sci-fi
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Space Colony is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building game.

General information

Official support portal
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
SpaceColonyFans.net - fansite with gameplay information, walkthroughs and tips

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM. The HD patch removes the DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
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Steam Edition
Windows
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Steam Edition
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
HD Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Steam Edition
Windows
Humble Store
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Steam Edition
Windows
Steam
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Steam Edition
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows
Free demo versions, with exclusive missions, are available from GameFront.

Version differences

Space Colony HD is an enhanced version of the game which adds widescreen support and bug fixes.
Space Colony: Steam Edition is based upon Space Colony HD and includes direct Steam Workshop support and has an additional mini-campaign "Obar" in the Galaxy mode.

Essential improvements

Official HD patch

The official 1.2 (HD) patch will upgrade a retail copy of Space Colony to Space Colony HD, and includes changes from patch 1.1. It can also be downloaded from the Files section

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Space Colony\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297920/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Space Colony\users
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297920/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Retail version requires the official HD patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
The maximum resolution with the official HD patch is 2560x1600.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Use D3DWindower.
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
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS in the retail and HD versions. Fixed in the March 2016 update of the Steam Edition.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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 settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, FX and speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Added to Steam Edition on 24 March 2022.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Added to Steam Edition on 24 March 2022.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
DirectDraw 7 Pre-HD version.
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 850 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/297920/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (297920) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References