Starsector
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This product is unreleased but remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Fractal Softworks | |
| Engines | |
| LWJGL[1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Early access |
| macOS (OS X) | Early access |
| Linux | Early access |
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- Formerly known as "Starfarer."
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
Unlimited uses | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\starsector-core\data\config[Note 1] %USERPROFILE%\Starsector\starsector-core\data\config |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
- Configuration file is
settings.json.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\saves[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enable in settings.json |
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | 60 fps regardless of monitor refresh rate | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Turn off Vsync and change frame rate cap in settings.json |
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| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | Can be enabled in settings.json; unknown if functional |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Sound, music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No spoken text | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation by thiagomvp; download. |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM | ||
- CPU should be "nothing fancy."[2]
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM | ||
- CPU should be "nothing fancy."[2]
| Linux | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM | ||
- CPU should be "nothing fancy."[2]
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Lwjgl Tutorial | Examples Java Code Geeks - 2020 - last accessed on 2025-06-28
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Preorder page - last accessed on 2019-10-8
- "Processor: Hard to say exactly, but nothing fancy."