[3.1] Known Issues

This is a very early demo of the Remake. In fact, it might be best to think of this as the pre-alpha version of the demo. We will be updating the demo before moving onto the rest of the game.

Numerous features are not yet in place, such as:
The majority of cameras
Nav map
Various visual effects
Advanced control options (e.g. disabling smart targeting)

There are also a number of features in a very, very early state:
Classic Mode (this will probably only work correctly in the full game as the demo has slightly different models)
Artificial Intelligence
All effects are first-pass

Note that there are some controls you cannot yet adjust (these will be exposed for the full game):
P = Power menu
D = Damage menu
S = Systems
] = Increase selected power
[ = Decrease selected power
Shift + ] = Reset all power
Shift + [ = Set current to max power
Crtrl + [ = Lock power
~ = Lock afterburner
Backspace = Full Stop
\ = Full throttle
1 - 4 = Select comm options 1-4
For the moment you should avoid mapping any other controls to these keys.
Note that you can adjust power settings using a gamepad/joystick by mapping VDU Up/Down.

[3.2] Scores to Beat

So, you think you're pretty good, eh? You pathetic descendant of MONKEYS! Beat these kill scores! (See the notes at the bottom...)

@ = Ace difficulty, any guns, missile use allowed

# = Ace difficulty, Stormfire only, NO missile use allowed

[3.3] Foreign Language Support

Long term we are keen to have full support for multiple languages. However this support is in the very early stages.

The application will default to using the language of your OS, if supported. However you may not find this deseriable given the current state of said support.

To select a different startup language please use one of the following command line arguments when launching the game:
-eng (English)
-jpn (Japanese)
-chn (Chinese)
-fre (French)
-ger (German)

[4.1] Moving the mouse causes my framerate to drop!

This seems to be a common issue with certain mice, especially Logitech wireless mice.
Why this presents on some games on not others we don't yet know. The current solution is to reduce the frequency at which the mouse informs your computer of its position.
On a logitech mouse this can be accomplished by installing Logicool G Hub and setting your report rate (per second) to 250 or lower.

[4.2] The game crashes at launch!

These are early days; we haven't tested on a wide variety of hardware.

Firstly update your graphics drivers. Wing Commander IV: Remastered uses the Vulkan API which is in constant flux.

If this fails check to see if you have a file called crash.log. This may give some hint to the cause.

[4.3] The game crashes entering spaceflight with the message "Unable to allocate requested GPU memory"

At maximum settings, Wing IV: Remastered can use a considerable amount of video memory. If your card is determined to have less than the required amount, texture resolution will be lowered. In the case that you still do not have enough, please set the option "Shadows" to "None" in the menu. Reducing the selected resolution will also reduce the required memory.
If you are still getting this error please reach out with details of your video card.

[4.4] The game is crashing/visual issues/black screen

Firstly, try running the game with the command line -nothread.
To the best of our knowledge, threaded loading is now stable - but such bugs are intermitent and hard to replicate so we can't guarantee it.

If that doesn't work try turning off "Ambient Occlusion" and "Bloom", as well as setting Anti-Aliasing to "None" in the gameflow options and then hit save.
If you experience this error please let us know: which effect caused this issue for you, your GPU model and driver version.

[4.5] I made changes to the options that broke the game

We haven't been able to test every option with every type of hardware; if you find yourself in a broken state you can reset to default.
To do this please delete the file <install_dir>/wc4demo/SFOSAVED.vpb
Note that this will reset all your options, including any key bindings.

[4.6] Buffering the video seems to take a long time

We are using the more modern h.265 video codec for the remake. It gives a smaller file size and great image quality, but requires more processing time.
On testing on older machines without hardware decoding support, we found it neccessary to buffer a significant number of frames.
We will work on improving this for the final version; but it's possible that the requirements of this video format will push the hardware requirements of the game beyond your current hardware's capability.