General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- The Brothers in Arms Collection (released in Europe) is DRM-free and all 3 games have the latest patches integrated.[3]
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
Patch 1.11 is the latest version.
- Rendroc's WarZone - A list of stunning improvements ranging from a command mode similar to Hell's Highway and more effective AI to massive single player bot matches.
Skip intro videos[edit]
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Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Media\
- Delete or rename
LEGAL_EN.lte and Logos.bik.
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Fix texture flickering, physics issues, EAX, mouse (tested with Steam version)[edit]
Running this game without having made any modifications leads to flickering textures and major physics problems.
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Instructions[citation needed]
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- Create a shortcut from the game executable in the game "System" folder (bia.exe).
- Use shortcut to set compatibility mode to Windows XP Service Pack 3.
- Set run as administrator (not sure if this step is absolutely necessary).
- Use the Task Manager or better something like Process Lasso to set game executable (bia.exe) CPU affinity to a single core, preferably not the first core (core 0) as the windows system uses that.
- Edit User.ini file in
%APPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Brothers In Arms\<user-id>\
- Set MouseSmoothingMode to 0.
- Set bEnableEAX to true.
- Edit bia.ini in same folder.
- Set DesiredRefreshRate to the refresh rate of your monitor.
- Set UseDefaultDriver to false (Star Wars Republic Commando - same engine - "This tells the Unreal Audio Engine to load OpenAL32.dll from the \windows\system32 folder which will result in a native OpenAL being used." - https://web.archive.org/web/20130702030043/http://connect.creativelabs.com/alchemy/Lists/Games/AllItems.aspx
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Crash with garbled screen when changing resolution[edit]
Windows 10 (and possibly other versions) will also give the error "Application bia.exe blocked access to graphics hardware". This crash seems to be caused due to the intro videos.
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Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
bia.ini.
- Edit the following to desired resolution (they should all have the same resolution, eg. X=1920, Y=1080)
- WindowedViewportX=
- WindowedViewportY=
- FullscreenViewportX=
- FullscreenViewportY=
- MenuViewportX=
- MenuViewportY=
- Follow the Skip intro videos steps.
- You should now be able to launch the game.
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
Video settings[edit]
In-Game performance settings.
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Edit User.ini[4]
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- Go to
%APPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Brothers In Arms\<user-id>\
- Open
user.ini.
- Define FoV in following lines:
DesiredFOV=63.000000
DefaultFOV=63.000000
Notes
- Game could start to randomly reset those values. If so, edit those values in
<path-to-game>\system\DefUser.ini too.
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Input settings[edit]
Audio settings[edit]
- DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX.
Localizations
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
| Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
| TCP |
40000-43000 |
| UDP |
44000, 45000, 45001 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information[edit]
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
9 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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| macOS (OS X) |
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Middleware[edit]
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Audio |
OpenAL |
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| Cutscenes |
Bink |
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
2000 |
XP |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz
AMD Athlon 2.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
| 64 MB of VRAM |
| macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.5.8 |
10.6.2 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel 1.4 GHz
| Intel 2.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
3 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3.6 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
128 MB of VRAM
| 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/15190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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