Earth & Beyond
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Developers | |
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Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Westwood 3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 24, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Persistent, Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | MMORPG |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Key points
- Servers were shut down on September 22, 2004.
- Earth & Beyond Emulator allows play on unofficial servers.
General information
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail |
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Westwood Studios\Earth and Beyond[Note 1] |
Video[edit]
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Requires Earth & Beyond Emulator. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Requires Earth & Beyond Emulator. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Via external configuration utility. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Cannot dictate number of samples used. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Uncapped. |
Input[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, Sound, Dialog | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | Use Earth & Beyond Emulator. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected toHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node
(more details).