Jane's Fleet Command v1.38 Patch Sep 28 2016 Patch This is the latest official patch for Jane's Fleet Command, which adds official support for Windows 2000 and XP. Take a US fleet and survive the various encounters with the former Soviet Navy, the Chinese Navy, the Indian Navy, and many others. Most of the world's navy are included. Issue orders in real-time and watch your orders being carried out. Launch strike aircraft to take out enemy ships.
| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Publishers | |
| Retail | |
| Digital | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 15, 1999 |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Jane's US Navy Fighters | 1994 |
| Jane's Advanced Tactical Fighters | 1996 |
| Jane's AH-64D Longbow | 1996 |
| Jane's US Navy Fighters '97 | 1996 |
| Jane's Longbow Gold | 1997 |
| 688(I) Hunter/Killer | 1997 |
| Jane's Fighters Anthology | 1997 |
| Jane's Longbow 2 | 1997 |
| Jane's WWII Fighters | 1998 |
| Jane's F-15 | 1998 |
| Jane's Israeli Air Force | 1998 |
| Jane's Fleet Command | 1999 |
| Jane's USAF | 1999 |
| Jane's F/A-18 | 2000 |
| Jane's Attack Squadron | 2002 |
| Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters | 2011 |
Key points
- The retail installer is 16-bit; use the updated Jane's Fleet Command Installer to install on 64-bit versions of Windows.
General information
- Official developer site
- SubSim.com - A huge site dedicated to naval warfare games
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | SafeDiscDRM[Note 1]. | |||
| Publisher website | ||||
| Green Man Gaming | ||||
| Steam | Re-release without Jane's branding. Updated with compatibility for modern systems. | |||
| ZOOM Platform |
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
All of the patches available for the game can be found here.
Scs-fleet Command
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>/Fleet Command.ini[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2910/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>scenario*.svc[Note 2] <path-to-game>scenario*.svs <path-to-game>*.log |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2910/pfx/[Note 3] |
*.log files are player profiles.
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video settings[edit]
In-game general graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | ||
| Multi-monitor | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| 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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Erratic between 20-40, 37 if stable. Only menus display at 60. | |
- On startup, game recommends closing the main Steam window to reduce flickering.
Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Keybindings shown by pressing F1. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, Ambient, Voice and Sound effects | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Tutorial speech is not subtitled. However, combat chatter displays text at bottom of map display, and may be reviewed in a combat log. | |
| Closed captions | 'Important' noises are generally associated with subtitled chatter. | |
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | 7 | ||
| Online play |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
| Processor (CPU) | 200 MHz or faster Intel Pentium, Cyrix 6x86, or AMD K6 (266 MHz for multiplayer) | 300 MHz or faster Intel Pentium II |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB (64 MB for multiplayer) | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 350 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 6 or Glide capable video card 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible | |
Notes
- ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.02.1When 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). - ↑ 3.03.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2910/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2910) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
Jane's Fleet Command Demo
- ↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16