Battlezone

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Battlezone

Developers
	Activision
Engines
	MechWarrior 2
Release dates
Windows	March 11, 1998

Battlezone

Battlezone (1983)	1983
Battlezone	1998
Battlezone II: Combat Commander	1999
Battlezone 98 Redux	2016
Battlezone (2017)	2017
Battlezone: Combat Commander	2018

Key points

The "servers" source code (Anet) was made open source in 2002.

General information

Battlezone 1 Community Forum

battlezone1.com

BATTLEZONE COMMUNITY FORUMS, Battlezone 1 subforum

Battlezone Forums, Battlezone 1 subforum

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Battlegrounds
The Red Odyssey

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use the Unofficial Battlezone 1.5 Patch.
Multi-monitor		Use the Unofficial Battlezone 1.5 Patch.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Possible with dxWnd, but difficult.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use dxWnd. Battlezone will still attempt to capture the mouse after Alt+Tab ↹ to other applications.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Can only remap vehicle controls.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Uses list of presets
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 1.0, EAX (via IAS patch)

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	210 MB
Video card (GPU)	1 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible