Precursors

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In Russia was released under title Предтечи (literally "Predtechi") - the original release.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 5.70 DRM^{[Note 1]} - Russian release
Retail		Covermount (English version) by Czech magazine "Level" (№210, 11/2011)
GamersGate (unavailable)		English release. StarForce 5 DRM^{[Note 2]} ^[3]
GamersGate
Steam

StarForce DRM for this game may not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Official patch '1.1' here or here or here are available.

For additional, nonessential mods, see Additional mods.

An unofficial update that fixes many bugs.

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/547930/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/547930/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	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)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No FPS limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

In-game control settings.

In-game settings.

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. Requires DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		No EAX reverb; supports DirectSound3D calls for binaural HRTF mixing.^[4]
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000 SP4, XP SP2	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 3.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 GS AMD Radeon 9600	Nvidia GeForce 8800 AMD Radeon X1800

↑ Version 5.70 of StarForce DRM requries KB2930157 to be installed on Windows 8.1 to function properly. This version may also need a manual driver update on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to function properly.^[1]^[2] The driver can be updated using the included PCNSL.exe/PROTECT.exe tool.
↑ Version 5.0 of StarForce DRM requires a manual driver update on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to function properly.^[1]^[2] The driver can be updated using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (547930) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.