Breed

Breed

Developers
	Brat Designs Ltd.
Publishers
	Cdv Software Entertainment
Engines
	Mercury Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 19, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	51
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Tactical shooter, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Flight, Tank

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Breed is a first-person shooter with squad management and vehicle combat developed by Brat Designs.

The game was released in 2004 to a mixed reception from gamers and critics. Many criticized its poor release which featured many bugs that affected gameplay and stability of the game.

The game is currently unavailable for sale in digital stores, while rare second-hand retail copies of the game remain protected by StarForce 3 DRM, which makes them unplayable on modern operating systems. A single patch was released fixing 6 bugs in single-player and a dozen in multiplayer before the project was abandoned leaving many of the game's issues unresolved.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Uses StarForce 3 DRM and requires typing in CD Key before entering main menu.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

• Breed v1.017

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Breed.Cfg <path-to-game>\Controllers.dat

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game Saves\

Video

The game's launcher and its settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Uses Vert- scaling.
Multi-monitor		FOV is too low.
Ultra-widescreen		FOV is too low.
4K Ultra HD		4K resolution in the launcher breaks the in-game menus and makes them unnavigable. Select a low resolution in the launcher and force 4K through DgVoodoo 2.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		The game's window is set to be always on top. The window starts as resizable 640x480 window, despite using specified rendering resolution. Changing window size doesn't change rendering resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

General control settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Seperate option for inverting mouse when driving and flying.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

• 

  Character controls

• 

  Driving controls

• 

  Flying controls

• 

  General controls

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Game losing focus pauses the application and stops all sounds.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		32	Versus
Online play		32	Versus GameSpy and its master servers were shut down.

Issues unresolved

Various game crashes

• This game is prone to crash during gameplay, saving the game, loading the game, exiting to the menu, flying planes, and others.

Cutscenes last for very long

• In some cases, cutscenes may last very long due to AI having issues doing things like parking vehicles, landing planes etc.

Issues fixed

Crash when loading a mission

Set the game to run in fullscreen mode.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0b
Shader Model support	2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz AMD Athlon 1 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	64 MB of VRAM