Earth & Beyond
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Developers | |
---|---|
Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Westwood 3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 24, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Persistent, Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | MMORPG |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Earth & Beyond is a multiplayer third-person MMORPG game.
The game's official servers were shut down on September 22, 2004. Since then, the only way to play it have been community-run servers such as Net-7's Earth & Beyond Emulator.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Westwood Studios\Earth and Beyond[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Requires Earth & Beyond Emulator. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Requires Earth & Beyond Emulator. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Via external configuration utility. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Cannot dictate number of samples used. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Uncapped. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, Sound, Dialog | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | |||
Online play | Use Earth & Beyond Emulator. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.