Hello,

In this guide we will keep the most up to date information on getting this game running to a good standard on a modern PC

In all of my guides I like to do as little modification and patching as possible so this guide will make use of settings as much as possible

Acknowledgement to Pyromancer for writing a Brazilian/English guide for this but I'm making this clearer for English readers/speakers, cheers bro

1. Download the game via Steam
   
2. In the Properties, set the Compatability layer to GE-Proton-8-25
   
3. Run the game
   
4. Enjoy

ProtonDB entry[www.protondb.com]

As often happens on Steam under W10, old games won't run without system-level permissions

(FYI Win10 keeps these permissions off by default, ideally hiding them behind a separate administrator account or UAS)

GRFS is no different so here I'll show you the minimum of two settings you need to change to get the game to launch:

• Right click the GRFS in your Steam library, click on Properties
  
• In the Properties window, select the Local Files tab and then click the "Browse local files..." button
  
  
  
  
  
• Find FutureSoldier.exe, right click on it and select Properties
  
  
• Go to the Compatability tab, in here either give it admin just for your profle or if your'e sharing the PC with other people who want to play the game you can make it easier (also riskier) by giving it admin rights on any profile
  
  

If you followed the list at 1. then you're already in the right folder. Simply do the same procedure on the DX version of your choice if you want the game to automatically launch to full screen. If you don't mind fetching the game from minimised then you don't need to give this program admin rights.



As you've seen in the above images, we can set both Admin mode and compatibility mode. If you're still having trouble running the game then you'll need to set Windows Vista as your compatible mode.
This was suggested by AlertCobra

Despite the game having tearing with VSync disabled, if you don't disable VSync the game will repeatedly silently crash to desktop

The only way I've found to fix it is to disable VSync altogether via drivers so that the game can't even try:

• Most commonly, right click on your desktop to access your driver controls. You might also have a system tray for nVidia Control Panel, ATI Catalyst, or Intel Control
  
  
  
• Then find the game-specific control, your drivers should automatically detect the game
  
  
  
• If your drivers don't automatically detect the game add FutureSoldierDX__.exe of your choice, on a modern PC you're most likely to be running DX11 and above
  
  
  
• Now find the VSync control and set it to "Off" or "Disable" to prevent the game even being able to try
  
  
  
• Finally you'll want to remember to apply these settings (see bottom right)
  

And there you go, the game should no longer randomly crash on you

According to this guide PCGamingWiki TCGRFS[www.pcgamingwiki.com] there are two ways to attempt >60FPS.

1. Ensure you have version 1.4 or later (1.8 is most recent) installed
   
2. Video settings - Enable Vsync

Use the Special K[github.com] overlay system to modify how the game runs through injection. The guide is on the same page lower down[www.pcgamingwiki.com].

If you want stability you may also need to restart Uplay in Offline Mode. For this version of the game it was designed for the 'thin' Uplay client but now it runs the complete client.

Go to the menu in Uplay and 'restart in offline' should be available straight away.

Your PC and router should both have firewalls, don't disable them for this game.
I will show you how to add programs later, port forwarding is best used when we have multiple computers running the same programs on a router and the router's NAT is trying to hide everyone but instead confuses the messages.

Thank you, hopefully your game is running now. Personally I find that I get a slow FPS droop over about two hours playtime so I'll be looking into this but if you know what it is please add it on the comments and you'll be credited or made co-author for your efforts!

If you have any other hints, tips, or bugs then please drop them in comments and we'll work together to get solutions added to this guide and you added to credits

Cheers!