NOTE: This is a .zip download for Dash Faction 1.8.0, not an installer. Unless you have a specific reason to perform a manual install, you should use the automated Dash 1.8.0 installer instead.

Dash Faction is a Red Faction game modification designed to fix original game bugs, improve compatibility with modern
hardware and software, extend functionality, and improve graphical quality and engine performance.

Features:
- Multiplayer level auto-downloader
- Spectate mode (first person or free camera)
- Widescreen support
- Windowed and borderless display modes
- Autosaving support for singleplayer
- Better graphical quality (anti-aliasing, higher texture color depth, anisotropic filtering, higher scanner view and mirror resolutions, LOD model improvements and more)
- Improved security (enabled Data Execution Prevention, multiple buffer overflow fixes)
- Multiple game limits raised/removed
- Improved scoreboard with Kills/Deaths column
- Information about killer's weapon displayed in chat
- Option to disable level ambient sounds
- Anti-cheat
- Multiple fixes for high FPS (currently limited to 240), especially the infamous exploding submarine bug
- Country-specific edition support (properly handles game directory structure for German and French editions)
- Improved game performance
- Voting support for dedicated servers
- Hit-sound support for dedicated servers
- Other usability and stability enhancements

Changes in version 1.8.0:
- Autosave after a level transition in singleplayer
- Fixed opacity of images rendered using Display_Fullscreen_Image event
- Fixed blurry fonts in the launcher on HiDPI monitors
- Editor window is now resizeable
- Option to disable beep sound when new player joins multiplayer game and window is not focused
- Many bug fixes, optimizations and other small improvements (see CHANGELOG.md in installation directory for a detailed list)

Name	Date Added	Downloads	Quick Links
Dash Faction 1.9.0 (newest)	04/06/2025	431	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.8.0 (.zip) (you are here)	01/09/2023	517	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.8.0	09/16/2022	35057	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.1.0	05/19/2022	287	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.0	05/19/2022	88	[Download]
Dash Faction 0.61	05/19/2022	42	[Download]
Dash Faction 0.60	05/19/2022	45	[Download]
Dash Faction 0.52	05/19/2022	100	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.7.0	06/05/2021	22991	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.6.1	02/20/2021	5886	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.6.0	01/07/2021	2325	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.5.0	09/05/2020	5530	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.4.1	12/07/2019	7070	[Download]
Dash Faction 1.2.0	02/07/2017	278	[Download]

(Old revisions are provided for historical reference purposes. They may be incomplete, or have bugs or other issues.)