Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Developers
	Splash Damage
	id Software
Publishers
Original	Activision
Current	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows	May 29, 2003
macOS (OS X)	May 29, 2003
Linux	May 29, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	90
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Themes	World War II, Sci-fi, Fantasy
Series	Wolfenstein, Enemy Territory

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a free standalone multiplayer-only expansion for the 2001 first-person shooter Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

General information

Source code

Splash Damage Forum - Official game subforum.

Splash Damage Editing Wiki - The official modding wiki for the game.

Crossfire - A community site for the competitive community.

Splatterladder - A web-based server browser and community site for the public communities.

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Released with Return to Castle Wolfenstein's platinum edition.
Developer website
GOG.com		Unavailable in Germany.
Microsoft Store		DRM-free after being copied to any other folder. Unavailable in Germany.
Steam		Unavailable in Germany.
ZOOM Platform
Bethesda.net (unavailable)

Essential improvements

In-game general settings.

In-game HUD settings.

ET Legacy

Project website

Major open-source game patch (made by community), fixing a lot of bugs and optimizing the game for modern machines (widescreen resolutions, Alt+Tab ↹ minimizing game, etc.), including latest official game patch, so it can be applied on fresh install of the game.

Minimizing the game

Minimizing the game[citation needed]
Press LCtrl+LShift+Esc. Right-click Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory in the Applications tab and click Minimize. Notes There are also some tools that have been made for easier minimizing [1].

Run a mod straight from the executable

Run the game with the +set fs_game your_chosen_mod_here command line arguments[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\etmain %LOCALAPPDATA%\PunkBuster\ET\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Wolfenstein ET/
Linux	$HOME/.etwolf/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1873030/pfx/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video/audio settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution or ET Legacy.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		90 FPS by default; can be changed by typing /com_maxfps in the console with the number of frames wish. Certain numbers can adversely affect player physics; use at your own risk.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in etconfig.cfg
Make a profile in-game and set the other video settings. Go to <path-to-game>\etmain\profiles Go into the profile and edit etconfig.cfg Change seta r_mode to -1 Change seta r_customwidth and seta r_customheight to match the resolution. Change seta cg_fov to the desired Field of view (FOV), e.g. use 100.39 for 16:10 or 106.27 for 16:9. Save the changes.

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV in etconfig.cfg
Make a profile in-game and set the other video settings. Go to <path-to-game>\etmain\profiles Go into the profile and edit etconfig.cfg. Change seta cg_fov to the desired value, e.g. use 100.39 for 16:10 or 106.27 for 16:9. Save the changes.

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		64
Online play		64

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Use the connect [Server IP Address] in-game console command.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	27950, 27952, 27960, 27965
UDP	27950, 27952, 27960, 27965

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

Issues fixed

ET crashes upon connecting to a server

If you're running Mumble, make sure the overlay option is disabled in the configuration.

Server has maps you don't have, but you can't download them

Enter cl_allowdownload 1; vid_restart; reconnect to the console.

• If this doesn't help, Google the missing .pk3 files (maps) and download them to <path-to-game>\etmain.

Kicked for excess flood

You have been spamming the chat. Just reconnect, and you'll be fine.

This server is for low pings only

If a server has sv_maxPing setting set low enough, you may sometimes be kicked upon connecting. Try to reconnect, you usually get through.

Invalid Pb key and other PunkBuster problems

Evenbalance stopped supporting PunkBuster for ET in October 2011. Thus, new etkeys will not be generated by the game itself, and new players may find they cannot connect to servers running PunkBuster due to this. Bethesda's 2022 re-releases of this game come with a modified game executable that generates etkeys again. These can not be used to play on ETPro servers, however.

Other information

Configuration

To edit your configuration, you can either use the options provided by the user interface in-game, or edit your config files outside the game.

While using the in-game options is much easier, there are many options that cannot be fully edited through the user interface. For example, due to the age of the game, widescreen resolutions have to be set through the in-game console or the config files.

Configuration files

ET saves its settings in the etconfig.cfg file which is located: <path-to-game>\etmain\profiles\<user-id>

This file can be overridden, and it is advisable to do so. To do so, copy the file to etmain (etpro if running etpro) and rename it to autoexec.cfg. ET will automatically look for this file in the etmain/etpro folder and execute it when starting up the game. To modify the config file, either edit the pre-existing console-variables (cvars) within the file or add a new line and enter a cvar and its value.

Example: set cg_drawfps 1 (enables the fps counter)

Quick high quality config

Copy and paste to your config file

 set r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR" //texture filtering, NEAREST for pixelated, LINEAR for smooth
 set r_picmip "0" //texture detail level, 0 = best 3 = worst
 set r_fastsky "0" //draw the sky like the map developer intended
 set r_drawSun "1" //draw the sun
 set r_foliage "1" //draw the grass (usually found as cheat protected, making it server-side)
 set r_lodbias "0" //geometric detail level, 0 = best, 2 = worst
 
 set cg_atmosphericeffects "1" //enables rain and snow in maps that feature them
 set cg_shadows "1" //enables player shadows
 set cg_marks "1" //enables marks on surfaces made by projectiles or explosions
 
 set r_dynamiclight "1"
 set r_flares "1"
 
 set r_mode "-1"
 set r_customwidth "your_screen_width_here"
 set r_customheight "your_screen_height_here"

Quick high FPS config

Copy and paste to your config file

 set r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" //texture filtering, NEAREST for pixelated, LINEAR for smooth
 set r_picmip "2" //texture detail level, 0 = best 2, = worst
 set r_fastsky "1" //draw a black sky without any texture
 set r_drawSun "0" //don't draw the sun
 set r_foliage "0" //don't draw the grass
 set r_lodbias "2"  //geometric detail level, 0 = best, 2 = worst
 
 set cg_atmosphericeffects "0" //disables rain and snow in maps that feature them
 set cg_shadows "0" //disables player shadows
 set cg_marks "0" //disables marks on surfaces made by projectiles or explosions
 
 set r_dynamiclight "0"
 set r_flares "0"
 
 set r_mode "-1"
 set r_customwidth "your_screen_width_here"
 set r_customheight "your_screen_height_here"

Scripting

Custom variables to perform certain actions and multiple actions at once can be defined. Here is an example of a script which changes the class and cycles through that class's weapons without having to open the Limbo menu.

 bind F5 "vstr class_engy" // Engineer
 bind F6 "vstr class_med" // Medic
 bind F7 "vstr class_fo" // Field Ops
 bind F8 "vstr class_sold" // Soldier
 bind F9 "vstr class_cov" // Covert Ops
 
 
 seta  class_fo   "class f 1; play sound/chat/axis/64a; echo ^7Field Ops - SMG"
 
 seta  class_med  "class m 1; play sound/chat/axis/62a; echo ^7Medic - SMG"
 
 seta  class_engy "vstr engy_smg"
 seta  engy_smg   "class e 1; play sound/chat/axis/63a; echo ^7Engineer - SMG; seta class_engy vstr engy_ns"
 seta  engy_ns    "class e 2; echo ^7Engineer - Rifle; seta class_engy vstr engy_smg"
 
 seta  class_sold "vstr sold_panz"
 seta  sold_panz  "class s 4; play sound/chat/axis/61a; echo ^7Soldier - Panzer; seta class_sold vstr sold_mg"
 seta  sold_mg    "class s 2; echo ^7Soldier - Machine Gun; seta class_sold vstr sold_mort"
 seta  sold_mort  "class s 5; echo ^7Soldier - Mortar; seta class_sold vstr sold_panz"
 
 seta  class_cov  "vstr cov_sniper"
 seta  cov_sniper "class c 3; play sound/chat/axis/65a; echo ^7Covert Ops - Sniper; seta class_cov vstr cov_sten"
 seta  cov_sten   "class c 1; echo ^7Covert Ops - Sten; seta class_cov vstr cov_sniper"

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.3

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster	Bethesda's rereleases on Steam, Microsoft Store, and GOG do not feature PunkBuster and can therefore not play on ETPro servers, yet come with modified game executables to generate ETKEYs.

Console commands

The in-game console can be brought up with ~.

In order to enter commands or variables to the console in-game, you must enter the forward slash character / before every command. While in the game menu (not connected to a server), the slash key is not required. These commands can also be added into an autoexec file to make the game automatically set to those parameters.

Command	Notes
r_mode [value]	Sets the screen resolution according to one of the values in the modelist. A value of -1 will allow custom resolutions to be set. [2]
r_customwidth [value]	Sets the in-game resolution width (in pixels) to the specified value. This is to be used in conjunction with the r_customheight command.
r_customheight [value]	Sets the in-game resolution height (in pixels) to the specified value. This is to be used in conjunction with the r_customwidth command.
connect [Server IP Address]	Connect to a server IP through the console. For password protected servers, add ;password "password" Example: connect 127.0.0.1;password foobar
bind [key] [action]	Maps a key to an action. For example, bind mouse1 +attack makes the player shoot when clicking the left mouse button.
unbind [key]	Unmaps a key. For example, unbind mouse1 makes the player do nothing when clicking the left mouse button.
quit	Shuts down the game.
vid_restart	Reloads the map and restarts the graphics renderer. Some changes, such as resolution change, requires the graphic renderer to restart.

A full list and explanation of all the possible console commands for the game can be found here.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible