RF Client Comparison

	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.)	☒ Limit of 256 packfiles and 13,500 files within packfiles, game will ignore any files after that point	☒ Limit of 256 packfiles and 13,500 files within packfiles, game will ignore any files after that point	☑ No limits
[MP Only] Improved trigger capabilities in levels	☒	☒	☑ Support for lagless triggers, teleporters, and team-specific triggers
[MP Only] rf:// protocol handler for joining servers without first launching game	☒	☒	☑
New Functionality
In-game downloading for user-made levels	☒	☒	☑ Sourced from FactionFiles.com database
Framerate (FPS) limit	☒ Not configurable, 120 max	☒ Not configurable, 120 max	☑ Configurable limit (10 - 240)
Ability to skip cutscenes at will if desired	☒	☒	☑
Ability to skip logo videos, etc. when launching the game	☒	☒	☑
Autosave functionality	☒	☒	☑
Access to built-in RF debugging features (ie. show trigger bounding boxes, etc.)	☒	☒	☑ Available in single player
Ability to disable linear pitch curve (mouse movement slowing down when looking up/down)	☒	☒	☑
Ability to disable level ambient sounds	☒	☒	☑ Configurable volume scale for ambient sounds
Ability to turn off light glares (enhance visibility and performance)	☒	☒	☑
[MP Only] Spectate mode	☒	☒	☑ Free camera and first person spectate supported
[MP Only] Anticheat	☒ Extremely basic anticheat measures	☒ Extremely basic anticheat measures	☑ Enhanced anticheat measures
[MP Only] Additional configurable options for dedicated server hosts	☒	☒	☑ Extensive configuration options available: List of configurable items
[MP Only] Scoreboard enhancements	☒	☒	☑ Enhanced default scoreboard with open/close animations, K:D, map author, etc.
[MP Only] Display impacts of enemy weapon fire	☒	☒	☑
[MP Only] Team-specific respawn points in Team Deathmatch	☒	☒	☑
[MP Only] UPnP support for servers	☒	☒	☑
Bug Fixes
Fixes for critical security vulnerabilities/issues	☒	☑ Large number of security issues/vulnerabilities resolved	☑ All known security issues/vulnerabilities resolved
Fix for submarine explosion bug	☒	☒	☑
Fix for crash when picking up items	☑ Bug not present	☒	☑ Bug not present
Z-fighting graphical issues fixed on Intel and AMD GPUs	☒	☒	☑
Fixed light glare coronas being visible through meshes (clutter, pickups, corpses, etc.)	☒	☒	☑
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	☒	☒	☑
Fixed draw order bugs for Hendrix, generators, machinery, and Riot Shield	☒	☒	☑
Fixed layering issues with liquid surfaces, detail brushes with alpha, and Rail Driver scanners	☒	☒	☑
Fix for visual issues with undercover Parker (ie. "Frankenparker" bug)	☒	☒	☑
Fix for issue that caused scrolling textures to not functional until an explosion had occured	☒	☒	☑
Fixes for savegame file corruption issues	☒	☒	☑
Fixed improperly rendered lightmaps for detail brushes with alpha (like glass and grating)	☒	☒	☑
Fix for cutscene synchronization issues (audio / animations out of sync)	☒	☒	☑
Fixed framerate issues when using Flame Thrower	☒	☒	☑
Fixed visibility issues that allowed players to see through geometry when using scopes/scanners (ie. "wall-peeking" bug)	☒	☒	☑
Fix for various issues when running game at high framerate (including issues jumping out of water, getting stuck to floor, etc.)	☒	☒	☑
Fix for bug causing FPS to drop to nearly 0 seemingly randomly (technically caused by entities having invalid orientation values)	☑ Bug not present	☒	☑ Bug not present
[MP Only] Fix for entity spawning bug (ie. "Orion" bug)	☒	☒	☑
[MP Only] Fixed issues with weapon autoswitch still happening even when disabled	☒	☒	☑
[MP Only] Fixed issue that made dedicated servers crash when loading custom levels with directional lights	☒	☒	☑
[MP Only] Fix for "buzzing" sound when other players in map are in water	☒	☒	☑
[MP Only] Fixed timing issues that occur when servers are running for 25+ days (items not respawning, pings reporting incorrect values, etc.)	☒	☒	☑