Medal of Honor: Airborne

Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	2002
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault	2004
Medal of Honor: Airborne	2007
Medal of Honor (2010)	2010
Medal of Honor: Warfighter	2012
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond	2020

Medal of Honor: Airborne is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Medal of Honor series.

General information

Medal of Honor Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Modding forum

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM or TAGES Solidshield DRM, depending on region.
Microsoft Store		Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Origin		Included with EA Play.
Steam		Included with EA Play (Steam), but no longer purchasable separately.

The Steam version replaces all swastikas with generic German Infantry symbols across all regions (originally censored only in the German version).^[2]^[3] A patch for restoring the original images can be found through this guide

A demo version is available (featuring tutorial and first campaign mission).

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via EA Play.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches 1.2 and 1.3 (the latter requiring the former) are available from Patches-Scrolls. The Steam version is already patched.

Nvidia PhysX

The retail version of the game requires the Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software^[4]^[5].

Skip intro videos

Skip company logos
Go to `<path-to-game>\UnrealEngine3\MOHAGame\CookedMovies`. Delete or rename `MOHA_Shell_EAID.vp6` (or any of its localized variants).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Medal of Honor Airborne(tm)\Config\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24840/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Medal of Honor Airborne(tm)\Saved\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24840/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.

Launcher audio settings.

In-game audio/video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Run `moha_setup.exe` again to configure the resolution. Game was designed for 4:3 aspect ratio; 16:10/16:9 resolutions are Vert-. At resolutions higher than 720p, the black background of the meeting room does not cover correctly, allowing to see NPCs in T-pose.^[6]
Multi-monitor		Run `moha_setup.exe` again to configure your resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		Image is Vert-. FOV can be increased to compensate but this requires an external mod. See Field of view (FOV).
4K Ultra HD		Some scaling issues with HUD and loading screens, nothing that makes the game unplayable. Key binding screen may not function correctly at 4K due to improper scaling.
Field of view (FOV)	Vert-. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Nvidia Profile Inspector flag: `0x00000045`.^[7] or use SweetFX for SMAA. Extract archive contents to executable location.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See High dynamic range display (HDR).

Field of view (FOV)

Custom FOV with Patrxgt's fix^{[citation needed]}

Download FOV fix.
Extract the desired FOV files to the configuration file(s) location.
Run the game and press any movement key (WSAD) to change in-game Field of View

Returning to the default settings removes the FOV fix.

Using MOHAWeapon.ini might break aiming through sights by causing constantly flickering FOV.

Custom FOV with Medal Of Honor Airborne Redux^{[citation needed]}

Download Medal of Honor: Airborne Redux.
Extract the desired FOV files to the configuration file(s) location.
Run the game and press any movement key (WSAD) to change in-game Field of View

Redux also features other changes, namely to the AI. It is possible to use the mod to change the FOV without using the modified AI.

Redux's FOV fix may change the game's controls and language. Change the language through the fix provided below. The controls can not be changed permanently without uninstalling the fov fix. The controls can be changed temporarily, however.

Windowed

Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`

Use the `-windowed` parameter

Set `StartupFullscreen=False` in `MOHAEngine.ini`

Graphics tweaks

Graphics tweaks^{[citation needed]}
Launch game at least once and configure your controls Open `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Medal of Honor Airborne(tm)\Config\MOHASettings.ini` In sthe ection `[MOHAGame.MOHAScalabilityOptions]`, switch several graphical settings like bloom, depth of field, motion blur, shadows and more.

Make ADS a toggle instead of hold

Controller tweak
Launch game at least once and configure your controls Open `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Medal of Honor Airborne(tm)\Config\MOHAInput.ini` Change all instances of (Name="Ironsights",Command="Button bAim") to (Name="Ironsights",Command="Toggle bAim").

High dynamic range display (HDR)

Use Special K after D3D11 upgrade^[8]

Set the game to run in windowed mode.
Install DgVoodoo 2 in <path-to-game>\UnrealEngine3\Binaries\.
Use its configuration utility to force the highest available Direct3D 11 feature level API and the DirectX Videocard VRAM the closest to your GPU.
Download Special K.
Install it locally into the aforementioned game folder with SpecialK32.dll renamed to d3d11.dll.
Start the game, and open the SpecialK control panel with (Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace).
Set an Override Resolution by clicking once over Window Resolution

if targetting fullscreen, make sure to first enable Borderless and Fullscreen Borderless under Window Management

Follow the remainder of the Special K HDR guide.

Input

In-game gameplay settings.

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Although not listed, mouse scroll wheel is bound to weapon switching and scope zooming by default. Attempting to manually bind the scroll wheel to commands will cause it to be unbound from these default commands and there is no way to restore this without resetting the key bindings.
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support		Some options can not be changed using gamepad.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Linked to Invert Mouse option.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Mouse acceleration

Disable mouse acceleration^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `MOHAInput.ini`. Change `bUseViewAcceleration=true` to `bUseViewAcceleration=false`.

Mouse sensitivity

When aiming down sights, even the smallest of mouse movements will cause the crosshair to "skip" several dozen pixels, interfering with the ability to aim precisely at small targets. This can be addressed in the following ways:

Change iron sights and scope sensitivity^{[citation needed]}

Launch game at least once and configure your controls.
Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open MOHAWeapon.ini.
Locate section [MOHAGame.WeaponTrueTriggerComponent] and tweak these cvars:

ScopeMovementSensitivityMultiplierMin=0.8
ScopeMovementSensitivityMultiplierMax=0.25
AbsoluteMinScopeSensitivityMultiplier=0.1
LateralAmplitude=0 // Multiplier for how much the scope "drifts" horizontally.
VerticalFrequency=0 // How quickly the scope drift goes through it's pattern

Notes

This will work only for singleplayer. For multiplayer, delete MOHAWeapon.ini and let game generate a new one.

Not working with iron sights.

Toggle aim down sights

Toggle aim down sights^{[citation needed]}

Open a new AutoHotkey script & insert the following.

RButton::
If NotPushed := Not NotPushed
Send {RButton Down}
Else
Send {RButton Up}
Return

Notes

To use the middle mouse button, replace all instances of RButton with MButton.

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
Simplified Chinese				Retail only.
Traditional Chinese				Retail only.
Czech
French
German				Censored release.
Hungarian				A fan translation is available alongside the official one.
Italian
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation: download.
Russian				Available for Steam version despite not being shown on the store page.^[9]
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		The official multiplayer service was shut down on February 16, 2023.^[10]

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Dedicated server software is available.
Direct IP

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

Medal of Honor: Airborne requires PhysX to be installed in order to run properly

Download and install PhysX Legacy System Software 9.13.0604^{[citation needed]}

Medal of Honor: Airborne has very low performance on Origin

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Disable the Origin In Game Overlay in the game's options.

Game is using the wrong language

Edit configuration file^{[citation needed]}

Open MOHASettings.ini located in the configuration file(s) location.
Search for Language = and write your desired language code after the equals sign.

SPA for Spanish.
POL for Polish.
DEU for German.
FRA for French.
HUN for Hungarian.
UKE for English.
RUS for Russian.
ITA for Italian.
CZE for Czech.

Save & exit.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	2.7.2
Audio	RwAudioCore
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster	^[11]

Enable console

These steps enable the console (accessed with ~).

Use `-enableconsole` command line argument^[12]
For newer versions of the game, delete the launcher/setup executable `moha_setup.exe` located along side the game's executable as well.

If all above fails^{[citation needed]}

1 Go to the configuration file(s) location.

2 Open MOHAInput.ini.

3. Search for section [Engine.Console] and edit it so it look like this:

[Engine.Console]
ConsoleKey=Tilde
TypeKey=Tab
MaxScrollbackSize=1024
HistoryBot=-1
bEnableUI=True

4. Launch the game

5. Once in game, press Tab ↹.

6. Go to options / misc change the scoreboard bind with the button above the Tab ↹ key.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 2800+	Intel 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 3800+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1300 Pro Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support

Nvidia GeForce 6800XT/LE, 7100GS, 7200GS/LE, 7300 GS/GT are not supported. Nvidia SLI and ATI/AMD Crossfire modes are not supported.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/24840/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24840) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Medal of Honor: Airborne - Demiurge Studios - last accessed on [unknown]
↑ Verified by ChaosBahamut
↑ Verified by ThreeSon
↑ PHYSX PROBLEM SOLVED!!! :: Medal of Honor: Airborne General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Medal of Honour: Airborne Wont Install!
↑ MEDAL OF HONOR AIRBORNE MISSION 2# THE SHOW GAMEPLAY 1080p PC WALKTHROUGH - YouTube - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated) | guru3D Forums
↑ dgVoodoo 2 | Special K - The Official Wiki
↑ Game's depots on SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-08-24
↑ Online Services Shutdown I-Q - last accessed on 2023-01-14
↑ PunkBuster™ Support for Medal of Honor: Airborne - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ HOW TO: enable console | moha console commands | ModTheater

[Proton_path_note-6] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/24840/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24840) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Medal of Honor: Airborne - Demiurge Studios - last accessed on [unknown]

[2] Verified by ChaosBahamut

[3] Verified by ThreeSon

[4] PHYSX PROBLEM SOLVED!!! :: Medal of Honor: Airborne General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[PhysX-5] Medal of Honour: Airborne Wont Install!

[7] MEDAL OF HONOR AIRBORNE MISSION 2# THE SHOW GAMEPLAY 1080p PC WALKTHROUGH - YouTube - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[8] NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated) | guru3D Forums

[9] Voodoo 2 | Special K - The Official Wiki

[10] Game's depots on SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-08-24

[11] Online Services Shutdown I-Q - last accessed on 2023-01-14

[12] PunkBuster™ Support for Medal of Honor: Airborne - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[13] HOW TO: enable console | moha console commands | ModTheater

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Developers

	EA Los Angeles
Multiplayer	Demiurge Studios^[1]
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	September 4, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, World War II, Historical
Series	Medal of Honor