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| Developers | |
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| Pandemic Studios | |
| macOS (OS X) | Beenox Studios |
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| LucasArts | |
| Engines | |
| Zero | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 21, 2004 |
| macOS (OS X) | July 25, 2005 |
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Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
For the 2015 game, see Star Wars Battlefront (2015).
Key points
General information
- SWBFGamers - Active multiplayer community.
- Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
CD-ROM edition with 3 discs and a rare DVD-ROM version. SecuROM 5 DRM until Patch 1.11. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest version is Patch 1.2.
Widescreen aspect ratio fix
- Fixes stretched image in widescreen resolutions.
- Uses LUA Cheat Engine.
Field of View Enhancer
- Star Wars Battlefront 1 Field of View Enhancer provides several preset files/folders that can be used to customize the field of view at values 90°, 100°, 110° and 120° vertical. These FOV presets can be easily dragged and dropped into the root directory of the game for quick installation.
- Does not fix the stretched 3D field in widescreen resolutions.
Skip intro videos
Use the /nointro command line argument[1]
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Game data
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General settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1058020/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\GameData\SaveGames[Note 2] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1058020/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Origin | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
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Video settings.
Input settings
Infantry input settings.
Vehicle input settings.
Starfighter input settings.
_control_options_(infantry).png)
_control_options_(vehicle).png)
_control_options_(starfighter).png)
Audio settings
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Audio settings, with hardware acceleration and EAX support.
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | 64 | |||
| Online play | 64 | GameSpy matchmaking has been shut down.[2] | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | Dedicated Server software is available. | |
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
- An Official FAQ is available for the PC version.
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz |
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Hardware Transform & Lighting (T&L) capable 64 MB of VRAM | Hardware Vertex & Pixel Shader (VS/PS) capable 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1058020/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1058020) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).