Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Developers
	EA Los Angeles|Danger Close Games|EA Los Angeles
Multiplayer	TKO Software
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter
Release dates
Windows	November 4, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	80

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	2002
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault	2004
Medal of Honor: Airborne	2007
Medal of Honor (2010)	2010
Medal of Honor: Warfighter	2012
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond	2020

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v3 DRM 4 CD's or 1 DVD.
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Origin

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

• Latest version is 1.2.

Skip intro videos

Use the +set cl_playintro 0 command line argument[citation needed]

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Medal of Honor Pacific Assault(tm)\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Medal of Honor Pacific Assault(tm)\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.

Video settings

Launcher video settings.

In-game video settings.

Widescreen resolution

Correcting FOV for widescreen resolutions requires a DRM-free/cracked executable (version 1.1 or 1.2).

Set resolution and FOV

Run the game and exit. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open newconfig.cfg. Edit the following lines to set the resolution. set r_screenheight "XXXX" set r_screenwidth "XXXX" Add the following lines to set the correct weapon FOV. For widescreen resolutions: set r_first_person_fov_x "70" set r_first_person_fov_y "50" For ultra-widescreen resolutions: set r_first_person_fov_x "70" set r_first_person_fov_y "40" For multi-monitor resolutions: set r_first_person_fov_x "75" set r_first_person_fov_y "30" Open mohpa.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+F and set Datatype to Hex-values. Search for F6 68 00 00 A0 42 8B and change it to: F6 68 00 00 BA 42 8B for 16:10 screens F6 68 00 00 C8 42 8B for 16:9 screens F6 68 00 00 EA 42 8B for 21:9 screens F6 68 00 00 11 43 8B for multi-monitor screens Search for BA 00 00 A0 42 and change it to: BA 00 00 BA 42 for 16:10 screens BA 00 00 C8 42 for 16:9 screens BA 00 00 EA 42 for 21:9 screens BA 00 00 11 43 for multi-monitor screens Save the file. In game, zoom in and out (Alt) to correct the FOV.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]

Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the name and executable path. Set the window position and size. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on Video tab, set Modal Style. Click OK, then File and Save. Alternatively, you can add +set r_fullscreen "0" into your config file to have your game run in a window and then use solutions like Windowed Borderless Gaming or Borderless gaming to achieve borderless window.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable 8x MSAA[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Create and open custom.cfg. Add the line set r_multisample_quality 8.

Frame rate (FPS)

Remove FPS cap[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Create and open custom.cfg. Add the line set com_maxfps 0.

Frame rate is capped to refresh rate during gameplay on AMD graphics cards while running fullscreen mode.^{[citation needed]}

Input settings

In-game control settings.

Audio settings

Launcher audio settings.

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Only available in Greater China release.
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese				Only available in Japanese retail release.
Polish
Spanish
Swedish
Korean

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 6667, 18020, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
UDP	13203, 13300, 27900, 29910

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Override refresh rate[citation needed]
Run the game and exit. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open newconfig.cfg. Change set r_refreshrate "60" to set r_refreshrate "0".

Game Crashes to Desktop

On some missions, mainly the first one and at bootcamp when you hit the ragdoll, the game will crash to desktop. This happens when running 1.2 patch + fix. Play these missions running 1.0 version of the game.

InstallShield setup does not recognise valid CD key

1. Run setup\setup.exe under compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and enable Run this program as an administrator. Compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3) will not work.

Tested only on the "Director's Edition" version of the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	1.1, 2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.6a
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Enable developer console

Enable console[citation needed]
Run the game and exit. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open newconfig.cfg. Add the following lines. set developer "1" set ui_console "1" Open the console with ~ in-game.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1.5 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB	4.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible