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|colspan="2" style="color:red;font-size:140%;text-align:center"|Official Versions
|colspan="2" style="color:red;font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px"|Official
|colspan="2" style="color:blue;font-size:140%;text-align:center"|Community Versions
|colspan="1" style="color:blue;font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px"|Community
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|style="font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px"|[[RF_Clients#v1.20|Red Faction 1.20]]
|style="font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px;width=20%"|[[RF_Clients#v1.20|Red Faction 1.20]]
<span style="font-size:60%;color:grey;padding:0px">Released 20/12/2001<br />Latest retail version</span>
<span style="font-size:60%;color:grey;padding:0px">Released 20/12/2001<br />Latest retail version</span>
|style="font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px"|[[RF_Clients#v1.20|Red Faction 1.21]]
|style="font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px;width=20%"|[[RF_Clients#v1.21|Red Faction 1.21]]
<span style="font-size:60%;color:grey;padding:0px">Released 05/08/2009<br />Latest Steam/GoG version</span>
<span style="font-size:60%;color:grey;padding:0px">Released 05/08/2009<br />Latest Steam/GoG version</span>
|style="font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px"|[[RF_Clients#Pure Faction|Pure Faction 3.0e]]
|style="font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px;width=20%"|<span style="font-face:bold;font-size:120%">[Recommended Version]</span><br /><br />[[RF_Clients#Dash Faction|Dash Faction 1.8.0]]
<span style="font-size:60%;color:grey;padding:0px">Released 07/03/2018<br />by TrotSkie & digi</span>
<span style="font-size:60%;color:grey;padding:0px">Released 17/09/2022<br />by rafalh</span>
|style="font-size:140%;text-align:center;padding:10px"|[[RF_Clients#Dash Faction|Dash Faction 1.5.0]]
 
<span style="font-size:60%;color:grey;padding:0px">Released 05/09/2020<br />by rafalh</span>
<span style="font-size:80%">[[Dash Faction Installation Guide]]</span>
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|colspan="5" style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;background-color:#DDDDDD"|Support/Usability
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support available
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Available on FactionFiles Discord: <br /> [https://discord.gg/factionfiles discord.gg/factionfiles]}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Source code available
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Source code available: <br /> [https://github.com/rafalh/dashfaction Dash Faction Source]}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Functional on modern computer hardware and operating systems (ie. Windows 10)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Fixes some compatibility issues|*}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Fixes all known compatibility issues}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support for widescreen and custom resolutions
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|HUD elements are broken and FOV doesn't scale accurately}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|HUD elements are broken, FOV doesn't scale accurately, and game will often crash when running at higher resolutions}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Full support for all resolutions (including widescreen)}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Game will launch without RF CD2 inserted
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}--->
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support for minimizing/alt+tabbing out of game
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Game will crash}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Game will crash}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Game can be run in a window
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Full screen, windowed, and noborder/stretched window modes available}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support for official localizations (French/German)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Localizations have entirely separate game executables|*}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Localizations have entirely separate game executables|*}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Support for all 3 official localizations (French/German/English)}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|International keyboard layout support
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Only in separate region-specific game executables|*}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Only in separate region-specific game executables|*}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Full support for international keyboard layouts}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Graphical UI for launching game with mods
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|colspan="5" style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;background-color:#DDDDDD"|Improvements/Enhancements
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|High resolution/quality textures
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Maximum texture resolution of 256px in any direction, and texture quality is reduced}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Maximum texture resolution of 256px in any direction, and texture quality is reduced}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|No upper limit for texture resolution, and textures are displayed at full (original) quality}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support for 24/32 bit textures
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Textures are converted to 16 bit (reduced quality)}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Textures are converted to 16 bit (reduced quality)}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Textures are displayed at original quality}}--->
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Enhanced texture filtering options
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Bilinear/trilinear}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Bilinear/trilinear}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Bilinear/trilinear, anisotropic, and nearest neighbor}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Lighting for meshes (clutter, pickups, player models, corpses, etc.)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|High polygon meshes)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Option available to adjust LOD transition distance, resulting in higher quality meshes being displayed}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Anti-aliasing
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Increased resolution for rail/rocket scanners, mirrors, and security monitor screens
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|TrueType (vector) font support
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|HUD scaling for high resolutions
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Sharp larger HUD for high resolutions}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Weapon fire camera shake modernization
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Screenshake dependent on framerate}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Screenshake dependent on framerate}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Screenshake independent of framerate}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Mouse DirectInput
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Disable red screen flash when damaged (accessibility option for some colorblindlness)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Option available}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|"Set_Liquid_Depth" event functional
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Game shipped with this event disabled}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Game shipped with this event disabled}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Event enabled - functional in custom maps and in [[Geothermal Power Plant]]}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Raised object limit
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Limit of 1024}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Limit of 1024}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Limit of 65536 + some other limits removed}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support for .DDS textures
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support for custom meshes in levels
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Configure mouse sensitivity with numeric values
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Support for Ctrl+V (paste from clipboard) in menu dialog boxes
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Load unlimited number of VPP packfiles and files within those packfiles (VPP packfiles are used to store custom maps, skins, etc.)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Limit of 256 packfiles and 13,500 files within packfiles, game will ignore any files after that point}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Limit of 256 packfiles and 13,500 files within packfiles, game will ignore any files after that point}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|No limits}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Improved trigger capabilities in levels
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Support for lagless triggers, teleporters, and team-specific triggers}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] '''rf://''' protocol handler for joining servers without first launching game
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|colspan="5" style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;background-color:#DDDDDD"|New Functionality
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|In-game downloading for user-made levels
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Sourced from [https://factionfiles.com FactionFiles.com] database}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Framerate (FPS) limit
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Not configurable, 120 max}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Not configurable, 120 max}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Configurable limit (10 - 240)}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Ability to skip cutscenes at will if desired
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Ability to skip logo videos, etc. when launching the game
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Autosave functionality
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Access to built-in RF debugging features (ie. show trigger bounding boxes, etc.)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Available in single player}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Ability to disable linear pitch curve (mouse movement slowing down when looking up/down)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Ability to disable level ambient sounds
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Configurable volume scale for ambient sounds}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Ability to turn off light glares (enhance visibility and performance)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Spectate mode
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Free camera and first person spectate supported}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Anticheat
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Extremely basic anticheat measures}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse|Extremely basic anticheat measures}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Enhanced anticheat measures}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Additional configurable options for dedicated server hosts
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Extensive configuration options available: [[Dash_Faction_Server_Config_Templates|List of configurable items]]}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Scoreboard enhancements
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Enhanced default scoreboard with open/close animations, K:D, map author, etc.}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Display impacts of enemy weapon fire
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Team-specific respawn points in Team Deathmatch
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] UPnP support for servers
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;background-color:#DDDDDD"|Bug Fixes
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixes for critical security vulnerabilities/issues
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Large number of security issues/vulnerabilities resolved}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|All known security issues/vulnerabilities resolved}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fix for submarine explosion bug
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fix for crash when picking up items
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Bug not present}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Bug not present}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Z-fighting graphical issues fixed on Intel and AMD GPUs
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixed light glare coronas being visible through meshes (clutter, pickups, corpses, etc.)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixed framerate issues in all levels if no level with fog configured had been loaded in current play session - in some cases, this fix doubles framerate
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixed draw order bugs for Hendrix, generators, machinery, and [[Riot Shield]]
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixed layering issues with liquid surfaces, detail brushes with alpha, and [[Rail Driver]] scanners
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fix for visual issues with undercover Parker (ie. "Frankenparker" bug)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fix for issue that caused scrolling textures to not functional until an explosion had occured
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixes for savegame file corruption issues
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixed improperly rendered lightmaps for detail brushes with alpha (like glass and grating)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fix for cutscene synchronization issues (audio / animations out of sync)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixed framerate issues when using [[Flame Thrower]]
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fixed visibility issues that allowed players to see through geometry when using scopes/scanners (ie. "wall-peeking" bug)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fix for various issues when running game at high framerate (including issues jumping out of water, getting stuck to floor, etc.)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|Fix for bug causing FPS to drop to nearly 0 seemingly randomly (technically caused by entities having invalid orientation values)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Bug not present}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue|Bug not present}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Fix for entity spawning bug (ie. "Orion" bug)
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Fixed issues with weapon autoswitch still happening even when disabled
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Fixed issue that made dedicated servers crash when loading custom levels with directional lights
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Fix for "buzzing" sound when other players in map are in water
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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|-
|style="text-align:left"|Support provided
|style="text-align:left;width:20%"|[MP Only] Fixed timing issues that occur when servers are running for 25+ days (items not respawning, pings reporting incorrect values, etc.)
|No
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|No
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareFalse}}
|{{VerCompareTrue}}
|style="width:20%"|{{VerCompareTrue}}
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[[Category:Red Faction]]
[[Category:Red Faction]]

Latest revision as of 04:44, 27 February 2024


Official Community
Red Faction 1.20

Released 20/12/2001
Latest retail version

Red Faction 1.21

Released 05/08/2009
Latest Steam/GoG version

[Recommended Version]

Dash Faction 1.8.0

Released 17/09/2022
by rafalh

Dash Faction Installation Guide

Support/Usability
Support available

☒

☒

☑
Available on FactionFiles Discord:
discord.gg/factionfiles

Source code available

☒

☒

☑
Source code available:
Dash Faction Source

Functional on modern computer hardware and operating systems (ie. Windows 10)

☒

☑*
Fixes some compatibility issues

☑
Fixes all known compatibility issues

Support for widescreen and custom resolutions

☒
HUD elements are broken and FOV doesn't scale accurately

☒
HUD elements are broken, FOV doesn't scale accurately, and game will often crash when running at higher resolutions

☑
Full support for all resolutions (including widescreen)

Support for minimizing/alt+tabbing out of game

☒
Game will crash

☒
Game will crash

☑

Game can be run in a window

☒

☒

☑
Full screen, windowed, and noborder/stretched window modes available

Support for official localizations (French/German)

☑*
Localizations have entirely separate game executables

☑*
Localizations have entirely separate game executables

☑
Support for all 3 official localizations (French/German/English)

International keyboard layout support

☒*
Only in separate region-specific game executables

☒*
Only in separate region-specific game executables

☑
Full support for international keyboard layouts

Graphical UI for launching game with mods

☒

☒

☑

Improvements/Enhancements
High resolution/quality textures

☒
Maximum texture resolution of 256px in any direction, and texture quality is reduced

☒
Maximum texture resolution of 256px in any direction, and texture quality is reduced

☑
No upper limit for texture resolution, and textures are displayed at full (original) quality

Enhanced texture filtering options

☒
Bilinear/trilinear

☒
Bilinear/trilinear

☑
Bilinear/trilinear, anisotropic, and nearest neighbor

Lighting for meshes (clutter, pickups, player models, corpses, etc.)

☒

☒

☑

High polygon meshes)

☒

☒

☑
Option available to adjust LOD transition distance, resulting in higher quality meshes being displayed

Anti-aliasing

☒

☒

☑

Increased resolution for rail/rocket scanners, mirrors, and security monitor screens

☒

☒

☑

TrueType (vector) font support

☒

☒

☑

HUD scaling for high resolutions

☒

☒

☑
Sharp larger HUD for high resolutions

Weapon fire camera shake modernization

☒
Screenshake dependent on framerate

☒
Screenshake dependent on framerate

☑
Screenshake independent of framerate

Mouse DirectInput

☒

☒

☑

Disable red screen flash when damaged (accessibility option for some colorblindlness)

☒

☒

☑
Option available

"Set_Liquid_Depth" event functional

☒
Game shipped with this event disabled

☒
Game shipped with this event disabled

☑
Event enabled - functional in custom maps and in Geothermal Power Plant

Raised object limit

☒
Limit of 1024

☒
Limit of 1024

☑
Limit of 65536 + some other limits removed

Support for .DDS textures

☒

☒

☑

Support for custom meshes in levels

☒

☒

☑

Configure mouse sensitivity with numeric values

☒

☒

☑

Support for Ctrl+V (paste from clipboard) in menu dialog boxes

☒

☒

☑

Load unlimited number of VPP packfiles and files within those packfiles (VPP packfiles are used to store custom maps, skins, etc.)

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Limit of 256 packfiles and 13,500 files within packfiles, game will ignore any files after that point

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Limit of 256 packfiles and 13,500 files within packfiles, game will ignore any files after that point

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No limits

[MP Only] Improved trigger capabilities in levels

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Support for lagless triggers, teleporters, and team-specific triggers

[MP Only] rf:// protocol handler for joining servers without first launching game

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New Functionality
In-game downloading for user-made levels

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Sourced from FactionFiles.com database

Framerate (FPS) limit

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Not configurable, 120 max

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Not configurable, 120 max

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Configurable limit (10 - 240)

Ability to skip cutscenes at will if desired

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Ability to skip logo videos, etc. when launching the game

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Autosave functionality

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Access to built-in RF debugging features (ie. show trigger bounding boxes, etc.)

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Available in single player

Ability to disable linear pitch curve (mouse movement slowing down when looking up/down)

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Ability to disable level ambient sounds

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Configurable volume scale for ambient sounds

Ability to turn off light glares (enhance visibility and performance)

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[MP Only] Spectate mode

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Free camera and first person spectate supported

[MP Only] Anticheat

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Extremely basic anticheat measures

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Extremely basic anticheat measures

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Enhanced anticheat measures

[MP Only] Additional configurable options for dedicated server hosts

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Extensive configuration options available: List of configurable items

[MP Only] Scoreboard enhancements

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Enhanced default scoreboard with open/close animations, K:D, map author, etc.

[MP Only] Display impacts of enemy weapon fire

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[MP Only] Team-specific respawn points in Team Deathmatch

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[MP Only] UPnP support for servers

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Bug Fixes
Fixes for critical security vulnerabilities/issues

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Large number of security issues/vulnerabilities resolved

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All known security issues/vulnerabilities resolved

Fix for submarine explosion bug

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Fix for crash when picking up items

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Bug not present

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Bug not present

Z-fighting graphical issues fixed on Intel and AMD GPUs

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Fixed light glare coronas being visible through meshes (clutter, pickups, corpses, etc.)

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Fixed framerate issues in all levels if no level with fog configured had been loaded in current play session - in some cases, this fix doubles framerate

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Fixed draw order bugs for Hendrix, generators, machinery, and Riot Shield

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Fixed layering issues with liquid surfaces, detail brushes with alpha, and Rail Driver scanners

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Fix for visual issues with undercover Parker (ie. "Frankenparker" bug)

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Fix for issue that caused scrolling textures to not functional until an explosion had occured

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Fixes for savegame file corruption issues

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Fixed improperly rendered lightmaps for detail brushes with alpha (like glass and grating)

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Fix for cutscene synchronization issues (audio / animations out of sync)

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Fixed framerate issues when using Flame Thrower

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Fixed visibility issues that allowed players to see through geometry when using scopes/scanners (ie. "wall-peeking" bug)

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Fix for various issues when running game at high framerate (including issues jumping out of water, getting stuck to floor, etc.)

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Fix for bug causing FPS to drop to nearly 0 seemingly randomly (technically caused by entities having invalid orientation values)

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Bug not present

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Bug not present

[MP Only] Fix for entity spawning bug (ie. "Orion" bug)

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[MP Only] Fixed issues with weapon autoswitch still happening even when disabled

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[MP Only] Fixed issue that made dedicated servers crash when loading custom levels with directional lights

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[MP Only] Fix for "buzzing" sound when other players in map are in water

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[MP Only] Fixed timing issues that occur when servers are running for 25+ days (items not respawning, pings reporting incorrect values, etc.)

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