Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Developers | |
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2015 Inc. | |
Spearhead | EA Los Angeles |
Breakthrough | TKO Software |
Mac OS (Classic) | Westlake Interactive |
macOS (OS X) | Westlake Interactive |
Linux | Ryan C. Gordon |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Re-release | Sold Out Software |
Mac OS | Aspyr Media |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
id Tech 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 22, 2002 |
Mac OS (Classic) | June 11, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | June 11, 2002 |
Linux | January 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 91 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, Subscription gaming service |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, World War II, Historical |
Series | Medal of Honor |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Medal of Honor series.
Allied Assault was the first PC release of the Medal of Honor series. The game would receive two expansion packs, Spearhead in November 2002 and Breakthrough from September 2003. The War Chest edition which contains both expansions alongside the base game would be the default digital release.
On modern systems, the game may have issues with freezing on startup, settings not saving between sessions and poor screen scaling. Expansions are more prone to problems than the base game. Community multiplayer servers have also been set up to replace the deprecated GameSpy service.
General information
- The Linux port is an incomplete conversion.
- Medal of Honor Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. Released on 2 CDs. | |||
GOG.com | War Chest Edition contains bonus interviews, artworks and wallpapers | |||
Microsoft Store | War Chest Edition. Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play. | |||
Origin | War Chest Edition. Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu. The base game and the War Chest Edition are included with EA Play, but the former can not be bought separately. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A Linux installer is available here which requires a USA CD version of the game, be aware that it was never finished.
- Free demos are available from GameFront: base game singleplayer, base game multiplayer, base game multiplayer demo add-on, Breakthrough.
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition contains the base game and the Spearhead expansion.
- The War Chest Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and both expansion packs. Note: it's the international edition with some lack of content for Allied Assault.[citation needed]
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion packs include new campaigns, multiplayer modes and maps. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via EA Play. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Spearhead | ||
Breakthrough |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest version of Allied Assault is 1.11. The game is automatically updated to this version when installing Spearhead or Breakthrough. It's available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.
- The latest version of Spearhead is 2.15. It is required to install 2.11 first, then 2.15.
- The latest version of Breakthrough is 2.40b. If patch 2.40b was installed and the game crashes with a 'Pixomatic' error, install 2.40 over it.
- GOG.com and Origin versions of Warchest have all official updates.
Unofficial patch
- Fixes some visual bugs, restores cut content, and restores German conversations and greetings that were missing.
Medal of Honor: Community Launcher
- The launcher is designed to Launch MOHAA & Expansions from any directory of your choosing, replace the Gamespy Master Server with the Community Master Server (xNULL), provide a Compass fix for Widescreen in SH/BT and automatically apply High Settings & 1080P Screen Resolution by Default.
Skip intro videos
Edit autoexec.cfg |
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seta cl_playintro "0" Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\main*\*.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>\main*\configs\*.cfg[Note 2] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME/.mohaa/main/ |
- All the medals that have been earned are stored in this folder.
-
<path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg
and<path-to-game>\main\configs\unnamedsoldier.cfg
are the configuration files. - For Breakthrough, see
<path-to-game>\maintt
. - For Spearhead, see
<path-to-game>\mainta
. - It is recommended to create
<path-to-game>\main\autoexec.cfg
for the base game,<path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg
for Breakthrough and<path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg
for Spearhead, then make the custom configuration changes there.
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\main\save[Note 2] <path-to-game>\maintt\save[Note 2] <path-to-game>\mainta\save[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Xbox Cloud |
- Configurations, which include both level and medal unlocks, are not saved on the cloud, and are deleted upon uninstall.
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution.[3] | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. Causes in-game UI elements to become extremely small and illegible. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Default of 80°. See Field of view (FOV) or the WSGF entry for a permanent fix (keeps FOV every map restart). | ||
Windowed | Use Alt+↵ Enter. Doesn't properly capture mouse - may accidentally activate background windows.[citation needed] | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 85 FPS by default; See Increasing frame limit to change the default cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Edit autoexec.cfg[4] |
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seta r_customwidth "1920" seta r_customheight "1080" seta r_mode "-1" Notes
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Increasing frame limit
Edit autoexec.cfg[5] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
Edit autoexec.cfg[6] |
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seta ui_console "1" seta developer "1" Notes
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit autoexec.cfg[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Max quality graphics settings
Edit autoexec.cfg[citation needed] |
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//Video seta r_colorbits 32 // Color Depth seta r_picmip 0 // Textures Detail seta r_texturebits 32 // Textures Color Depth seta r_texturemode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR // Texture Filter seta cg_rain 1 // Weather effects seta r_drawstaticdecals 1 //static decals seta r_ext_compressed_textures 1 // Textures Compression (increase texture quality) //Advanced seta cg_drawviewmodel 2 // View Model seta ter_error 0.1 // Terrain Detail seta ter_maxlod 64 // Terrain Detail seta ter_maxtris 65535 // Terrain Detail seta cg_effectdetail 1.0 // Effect Detail seta vss_maxcount 5 // Effect Detail (Smoke density) seta cg_shadows 2 // Shadows seta cg_marks_add 1 // Marks seta r_lodcap 1.0 // Model Details seta r_lodscale 1.1 // Model Details seta r_lodviewmodelcap 1.0 // Model Detail seta r_subdivisions 3 // Curve Detail seta r_fastdlights 0 // Real Dynamic light seta r_fastentlight 0 // Real Entity Light seta vss_draw 1 // Volumetric smoke //Sound seta s_khz "44" // Sound quality //Extras seta cg_reserve_tempmodels 240 // seta g_ddayfodderguys 2 // Omaha Beach soldiers count seta g_ddayfog 0 // Normandy levels special fog for weaker PCs seta g_ddayshingleguys 2 // Omaha Beach soldiers count seta cg_max_tempmodels 1200 // seta r_forceClampToEdge 1 // SkyBox and scope textures black edges rendered out of surface seta r_uselod 0 // Disable level of detail for entities seta r_roundimagesdown 0 // Better smoothing for unpure ratio textures Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | See improve mouse responsiveness for possible improvements. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Improve mouse responsiveness
Edit autoexec.cfg[8] |
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seta m_filter "1" seta in_mouse "-1" Notes
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Lower the mouse's polling rate[9] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master and music. | |
Surround sound | First choose a 3D sound provider, and set the in-game speaker setup to Surround (5.1) or Quad Speakers (4.x). | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.x, A3D 2.0. EAX 1, EAX 2. See 3D audio providers restoration. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Retail only. | |||
Traditional Chinese | Retail only. | |||
Dutch | Retail only. | |||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. Censored. | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation; download. | |||
Italian | Retail and Deluxe only. For WarChest → download. | |||
Japanese | Retail only. | |||
Korean | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Fan translation; download. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation. | |||
Spanish | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
Russian | Fan audio and text translation made by "Fargus Multimedia" a.k.a "7Wolf" here. |
3D audio providers restoration
- On Windows Vista and later, first restore legacy audio effects.
Retrieve missing 3D sound providers[10][11] |
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Notes
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 64 | Versus, Co-op For co-op use the Medal of Honor: Cooperative mod or HaZardModding Coop. |
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Online play | 64 | Versus, Co-op The official GameSpy service has been shut down; see GameSpy alternative. For co-op use the Medal of Honor: Cooperative mod or HaZardModding Coop. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
- Despite what the SDK says, IPX protocol is not supported.
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 12203-12218, 28900, 29900, 29901 |
UDP | 12203-12218, 3783, 6500, 6515, 6667, 12201, 12202, 12203, 12210, 12300, 13139, 27900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
GameSpy alternative
Replace master server lookup[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Issues unresolved
Issues with minimizing
- Alt+Tab ↹ can not be used while in-game. Alt+Ctrl+Delete works, but maximising may cause crash.
- As a workaround, pressing Alt+↵ Enter will switch to windowed mode, which will allow using Alt+Tab ↹.
Issues fixed
Game freezes on startup
- There is a bug in the game where the device string provided by newer GPU drivers is longer than the game expects, likely causing a buffer overflow.
- If using the OpenGL renderer, the game may throw the "GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem" error message.
- Many GPU drivers have workarounds where they trim the string sent to
MOHAA.exe
, negating the problem. - However, this workaround was only put in for the base game, not its expansions.[14]
Replace the expansions' executables with patched versions[15] |
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Rename the expansions' executables[16] |
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Use an OpenGL to DirectX translation layer |
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Notes
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If the game attempts to render at a higher resolution than supported, see Widescreen resolution to forcefully lower it |
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Use an older version of OpenGL's DLL[17] |
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Disable in-game Origin overlay by forcing the 3dfxgl graphics driver[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Graphics settings are lost each time when starting game
Start a mission and wait for the game to be saved[18][19] |
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Create autoexec.cfg |
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Notes
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Can not turn mouse more than 180° (or does not work properly)
- Some mouse precision issues may be caused by the game's incompatibility with high-polling rates of modern gaming mice. The first fix is recommended.
Add the line seta in_mouse -1 to autoexec.cfg [citation needed]
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Lower the mouse polling rate to 125 Hz (8ms) via mouse drivers[citation needed] |
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Poor screen scaling (DPI issues)
Change high DPI settings[20] |
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Unstable frame rate and stuttering
Change level of details |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 1.1 | |
Software renderer | With v2.40 patch (Pixomatic renderer). |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. | ||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.1c (BIN file version 3.0.0.0) |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
Command line arguments
- See complete SDK command line arguments
Enable Reshade/SweetFx
Instruction[21] |
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For Reshade 1.x/2.0, follow these steps:
Alternatively:
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Mods
MRW: MOHAA Edition
- Slighty improves the graphics while also adding Iron Sights.
Permament Corpses Mod
- This mod makes the dead bodies no longer dissapear.
- Currently only supports the Base Game.
Covert's Blood Mod
- This mod adds blood in the game.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Sound Pack
- Converts the sounds to High Definition version of their counterparts.
- Requires Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Sound Pack - M1 Garand Fix to work.
Enhanced Textures
- Upscales the textures to Higher Quality.
Enemies Drop More Ammo and Health Mod
- Fixes a questionable design in Breakthrough, that takes away the drops of ammo and health flasks from the enemy corpses.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2 | 98SE, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz AMD Athlon 500 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 700 MHz AMD Athlon 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
Other | 8X CD-ROM | 56.6 Kbps modem for online multiplayer |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum[22] | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 9.0 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 7xx PowerPC G3 | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | G3 450 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 3D Graphic acceleration 16 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
- Windows NT is not supported
- Supported video cards: Nvidia GeForce 256, 2, 3, Riva TNT, Riva TNT2; ATI Radeon, Rage 128, Rage Pro; PowerVR Kyro, PowerVR3 Kyro II
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 When 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Medal of Honor: Allied Assault 21:9 Gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ WSGF page - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Console commands - Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Forum - Neoseeker Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [citation needed]
- ↑ Black lines around main menu and sky box when in game, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-10-08
- ↑ Mouse movements seem Jerky (not lag), page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Reference
- ↑ How to Enable True 3D sound in MoHAA - AlliedAssault.com (retrieved)
- ↑ Medal of Honor: Allied Assault tweak guide - TechSpot (retrieved)
- ↑ https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice#Audio_driver_issues
- ↑ https://pclab.pl/art17707-26.html Audigy cards launch date
- ↑ [MOHAA] Spearhead & Breakthrough Nvidia crash fix | The Older Gamers
- ↑ GOG Forums: Expansion Crash Fix? - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ GOG Forums: Expansion Crash Fix? - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Techspot Forums: Mohaa:Troubleshooting - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2022-11-20
- ↑ mohaa video settings won't save | Overclockers Forums - last accessed on 2022-11-20
- ↑ Compatibility Issues Regarding MOHAA with Windows 10 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ sfx.thelazy.net - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for Macintosh (2002) Tech Info - MobyGames - last accessed on 2019-12-10