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{{ii}} All versions require {{DRM|Origin||Denuvo Anti-Tamper}}.<ref>[http://eacom.s3.amazonaws.com/EULA_US+ROW+EU_STAR+WARS+BATTLEFRONT_PC_10.16.15+%281%29.pdf "The PC version of this Software uses Origin Online Activation and Sony DADC Austria AG’s Denuvo content protection technology"]. ''Star Wars Battlefront EULA.''</ref>
  
 
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{{DLC/row| Season Pass | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}} and Ultimate Edition. | Windows }}
{{DLC/row| Outer Rim | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Outer Rim | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}} and Ultimate Edition. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Bespin | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}} and Ultimate Edition. | Windows }}
{{DLC/row| Death Star | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Death Star | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}} and Ultimate Edition. | Windows }}
{{DLC/row| Rogue One: Scariff | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Deluxe Edition Content | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Deluxe Edition Content | Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}} and Ultimate Edition. | Windows }}
{{DLC/row| Bodyguard Upgrade Pack | Unlocks | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Bounty Hunter Upgrade Pack | Unlocks | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Bounty Hunter Upgrade Pack | Unlocks the EE-3 and various Star Cards for your trooper. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Sharpshooter Upgrade Pack | Unlocks | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Sharpshooter Upgrade Pack | Unlocks the T-21B and various Star Cards for your trooper. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Survivalist Upgrade Pack | Unlocks the CA-87 and DL-44 and various Star Cards for your trooper. | Windows }}
 
{{DLC/row| Ultimate Upgrade Pack | Contains all Upgrade Packs. Included with {{store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. | Windows }}
 
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Revision as of 09:54, 30 July 2021

For the 2004 game, see Star Wars: Battlefront.

Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront cover
Developers
DICE
DICE Los Angeles|Ripple Effect Studios|DICE Los Angeles[1]
Criterion Games[2]
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows November 17, 2015[3]
Reception
Metacritic 72
OpenCritic 71
IGDB 68
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Vehicles Space flight
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) on HowLongToBeat
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) on IGDB
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) guide on StrategyWiki
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) on MobyGames
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) on Wikipedia
Star Wars: Battlefront
Subseries of Star Wars
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) 2015
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) 2017
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024

Star Wars Battlefront is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and shooter game in the Star Wars: Battlefront series.

Key points

Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission exclusive to PlayStation 4.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Origin
US has a download code, Europe has DVDs for install.
Windows
Amazon.com
Origin
Windows
Amazon.co.uk
Origin
Windows
Epic Games Store
Origin
Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
Origin
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Origin
Ultimate Edition. Included with EA Play (Steam).
Windows
All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[4]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass Included with EA Play and Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Outer Rim Included with EA Play and Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Bespin Included with EA Play and Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Death Star Included with EA Play and Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Rogue One: Scariff Included with EA Play and Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Deluxe Edition Content Included with EA Play and Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Bodyguard Upgrade Pack Unlocks the T-21 and various Star Cards for your trooper.
Windows
Bounty Hunter Upgrade Pack Unlocks the EE-3 and various Star Cards for your trooper.
Windows
Scout Upgrade Pack Unlocks the SE-14C and various Star Cards for your trooper.
Windows
Sharpshooter Upgrade Pack Unlocks the T-21B and various Star Cards for your trooper.
Windows
Survivalist Upgrade Pack Unlocks the CA-87 and DL-44 and various Star Cards for your trooper.
Windows
Ultimate Upgrade Pack Contains all Upgrade Packs. Included with EA Play.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\STAR WARS Battlefront\settings\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1237980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.
Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Use borderless mode to fix crosshair position.[5]
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Up to 110° (vertical). See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Low to High FXAA, TAA and resolution scale for SSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
SWBF Cinematic Tools can also be used to override FOV.
Higher FOV values slow mouse movement. In addition, each vehicle has its own custom FOV modifier, which is a multiplier based on what you set. Due to this some vehicles, most notably the speeder bike are essentially unplayable at high (100-110) FOV values. It's recommended to lower the FOV while playing levels featuring those vehicles. Luckily it can be changed on the fly without a map restart.

Input

Control settings.
Control settings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
See here if volume is too low
Surround sound
Up to 7.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Dolby Atmos support over HDMI[6] (requires Dolby TrueHD capable GPU and Dolby Atmos receiver[7])

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Traditional Chinese
German
French
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Network (EA Account) settings.
Network (EA Account) settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Use the splitscreen mod.[8]
LAN play
Online play
40 Co-op, Versus
Co-op limited to 2 players.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Supported. No player run servers, EA's network only.[9] No Server Browser.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Star Wars: Battlefront(2015).
vorpX
2D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Note:Game has not yet reported to be 3D with vorpx.

Issues fixed

Black-Screen and Crash on Startup ("Star Wars Battlefront has stopped working")

The game seems to be very specific about sound requirements.
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audio Devices.
  2. Select your speakers from the Playback tab and click Properties.
  3. Under Advanced, set your sound quality to at least 16 bit, Studio Quality.

Volume is too low

Edit config file[10]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open ProfileOptions_profile file in text editor.
  3. Find GstAudio.Volume 1.000000 line.
  4. Set it to higher value such as 2.000000 or 3.000000 (which are 200% and 300% of in-game volume respectively).
  5. Save the file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok

Console commands

Launch console with ~.
You can have these commands run automatically, whenever you start the game, by entering them in user.cfg in <path-to-game> (the file won't exist by default, you can create it through Notepad and save as a .cfg file).
Parameter Description
PerfOverlay.drawFPS 1 Show FPS counter
PerfOverlay.drawGraph 1 Show performance graph
GameTime.maxVariableFPS # Limit frame rate (where # is a positive number
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 1 Enable Triple-Buffering (only recommended if Vsync is on)
RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 1 Force rendering only 1 frame ahead (can remove stutter, default value is 3)
Screenshot.Render Take a screenshot (into %USERPROFILE%\STAR WARS Battlefront\settings\)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-6300T
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11.0 compatible
A 64-bit system is required.


Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1237980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1237980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References