Cortex Command
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| Developers | |
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| Data Realms | |
| macOS (OS X) | Chris Kruger |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 28, 2012 |
| macOS (OS X) | September 28, 2012 |
| Linux | October 6, 2012 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
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Cortex Command is a game.
The game was made open source in 2019. The Original source code can be found here.[1] An up to date community supported source code can be found here.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Developer website | |
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| Steam | |
Can be played without Steam running, but still requires its steam_api.dll file to run.[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- The Configuration Settings are split between two files. Settings.ini contains game settings such as resolution or control mapping, and AllegroConfig.txt contains hardware and driver settings as well as Vsync settings.
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Base.rte[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209670/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Metagames.rte[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | OS scaling should be set to 100%, or use Cortex Command Community version.[3] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Change the disable_vsync variable in AllegroConfig.txt to enable or disable vsync. |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Menus are locked to 60 FPS, but everywhere else it is not. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | Player 1 must first be set to using a controller in the control settings before a controller can be used in the menus. | |
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion | Though there is no option to invert the controller's y-axis, the controls can be remapped so that the y-axis is reversed. |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | [4] |
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| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) | DirectInput | |
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| Additional button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | There are separate music and sound volume sliders. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus Shared-screen. |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 3 GHz or faster | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 150 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 640x480 (VGA) resolution monitor | 1920x1080 (full HD 1080p) resolution monitor | ||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.4 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 300 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Intel GMA X3100 | |||
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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (209670) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Cortex Command goes OPEN SOURCE - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on December 1, 2018
- ↑ Verified by User:Sigma 7 on 2024-09-09
- ↑ Tutorial: Xbox One Controller x 4 working perfectly - last accessed on 15 November 2022