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Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Universe at War: Earth Assault is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game.
The game received three official patches and a free map pack post-release.
While the game was delisted from digital stores for unknown reasons, it remains mostly stable on modern systems, and its Games for Windows - LIVE multiplayer service is still online as of 2023. However, the DirectX 10 setting was never optimized, and causes a performance hit until reverted to DirectX 9.0c in the game's settings.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 2]
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Install patch 2 and patch 3 to fix various issues.
Map packs
- An official map pack was released. It needs to be extracted to
<path-to-game>\Data\CustomMaps
.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
In-game basic video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, Sound Effects, Music and Dialogue. |
Surround sound |
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In-game options for Dolby Surround, SRS Circle Surround and discrete setups from 4.0 to 8.1 |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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[4] |
EAX support |
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EAX 2, 3 and 4. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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[5] |
Polish |
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Retail only. |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
High frame rate
Edit registry setting[6]
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- Go to the game's configuration file(s) location.
- Find the
ScreenRefresh key and edit it to a desired value:
- 3C - 60 (the default value)
- 4B - 75
- 78 - 120
- 90 - 144
|
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c, 10 |
Toggleable from the graphics options menu. DirectX 10 may cause significant framerate drops. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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[7] |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
| Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 6200 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| 256 MB of VRAM |
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]
- ↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, supports local profiles.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References