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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault cover
Developers
2015 Inc.
Spearhead EA Los Angeles
Breakthrough TKO Software
Mac OS (Classic) Westlake Interactive
macOS (OS X) Westlake Interactive
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Re-release Sold Out Software
Mac OS Aspyr Media
OS X Aspyr Media
Engines
id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows January 22, 2002
Mac OS (Classic) June 11, 2002
macOS (OS X) June 11, 2002
Linux January 2004
Reception
Metacritic 91
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, Subscription gaming service
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
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault on HowLongToBeat
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault on IGDB
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault guide on StrategyWiki
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault on MobyGames
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault on Wikipedia
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

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

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

Allied Assault was the first PC release of the Medal of Honor series. The game would receive two expansion packs, Spearhead in November 2002 and Breakthrough from September 2003. The War Chest edition which contains both expansions alongside the base game would be the default digital release.

On modern systems, the game may have issues with freezing on startup, settings not saving between sessions and poor screen scaling. Expansions are more prone to problems than the base game. Community multiplayer servers have also been set up to replace the deprecated GameSpy service.

General information

The Linux port is an incomplete conversion.
Medal of Honor Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. Released on 2 CDs.
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
War Chest Edition contains bonus interviews, artworks and wallpapers
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Origin
War Chest Edition. Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Windows
Origin
Origin
War Chest Edition. Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu. Included with EA Play. See Unable to launch expansions with EA app
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
A Linux installer is available here which requires a USA CD version of the game, be aware that it was never finished.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition contains the base game and the Spearhead expansion.
The War Chest Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and both expansion packs. Note: it's the international edition with some lack of content for Allied Assault.[citation needed]

Demo versions

Free demos are available from GameFront: base game singleplayer, base game multiplayer, base game multiplayer demo add-on, Breakthrough.

Monetization

Type Notes
Expansion pack The expansion packs include new campaigns, multiplayer modes and maps.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via EA Play.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Spearhead
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Breakthrough
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest version of Allied Assault is 1.11. The game is automatically updated to this version when installing Spearhead or Breakthrough. It's available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.
The latest version of Spearhead is 2.15. It is required to install 2.11 first, then 2.15.
The latest version of Breakthrough is 2.40b. If patch 2.40b was installed and the game crashes with a 'Pixomatic' error, install 2.40 over it.
GOG.com and Origin versions of Warchest have all official updates.

Unofficial patch

Fixes some visual bugs, restores cut content, and restores German conversations and greetings that were missing.

Medal of Honor: Community Launcher

The launcher is designed to Launch MOHAA & Expansions from any directory of your choosing, replace the Gamespy Master Server with the Community Master Server (xNULL), provide a Compass fix for Widescreen in SH/BT and automatically apply High Settings & 1080P Screen Resolution by Default.

Skip intro videos

Edit configuration file
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. Add the following line:
  3. seta cl_playintro "0"
    
Alternatively, delete or rename the video folder located in <path-to-game>\main for the base game, <path-to-game>\mainta for Spearhead, and <path-to-game>\maintt for Breakthrough.

Enable in-game console

Edit configuration file
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. Add these commands to the file:
  3. seta ui_console "1"
    seta developer "1"
    
  4. To enable the console, once in game, press the tilde key, the button next to the number 1 on the keyboard

You can apply most changes referred in this article using the console. Press enter after you type a command to apply it.
When you change values of commands through console, some may require restart of the affected game component.
To apply video settings, type vid_restart.
To apply sound settings, type snd_restart
To apply mouse settings, type in_restart
In the article, you will see "seta" a lot. It means that the value of the command will be saved
and applied each time you start the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows Base game: <path-to-game>\main\configs\*.cfg[Note 2]
Spearhead expansion: <path-to-game>\mainta\configs\*.cfg[Note 2]
Breakthrough expansion: <path-to-game>\maintt\configs\*.cfg[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.mohaa/main/
All the medals that have been earned are stored in this folder.
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
The default configuration file for the base game is <path-to-game>\main\configs\unnamedsoldier.cfg
The locations for custom configuration files on Windows OS are <path-to-game>\main\*.cfg for base game, <path-to-game>\mainta\*.cfg for Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\*.cfg for Breakthrough.
It is recommended to create <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg for the base game, <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg for Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough, then make the custom configuration changes there.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\main\save[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\maintt\save[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\mainta\save[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Xbox Cloud
Configurations, which include both level and medal unlocks, are not saved on the cloud, and are deleted upon uninstall.

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen resolution.[3]
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution. Causes in-game UI elements to become extremely small and illegible.
Field of view (FOV)
Default of 80°. See Field of view (FOV) or the WSGF entry for a permanent fix (keeps FOV every map restart).
Windowed
Use Alt+ Enter. Doesn't properly capture mouse - may accidentally activate background windows.[citation needed]
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 85 FPS by default; See Increasing frame limit to change the default cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit configuration file[4]
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. Add the following lines:
  3. seta r_customwidth "1920"
    seta r_customheight "1080"
    seta r_mode "-1"
    
Do not change resolution from the in-game options after setting a custom resolution.
Vert-: Image is cropped on aspect ratios wider than 4:3. Increase the FOV to have a Hor+ image.

Increasing frame rate limit

Edit configuration file[5]
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. Add the following line, example shown is for a frame rate limit of 120 fps:
  3. seta com_maxfps "120"

Field of view (FOV)

Change the value from in-game console[6]
  1. Enable in-game console
  2. Once in game, press the tilde key, next to the number 1 on the keyboard, and type fov 110 (replace 110 with the desired FOV).

Enable Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. Add the following line:
  3. seta r_swapinterval "1"
Due to the DWM, the game's Vsync implementation is broken in Windows 10, the framerate limiter will work but there will still be tearing.
To solve this: either force Vsync through your graphics card control panel, or choose 16-bit mode for color depth and texture color depth in the game's options.

Max quality graphics settings

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. Enter the lines in the box below and save the file.
  3. //Video
    
    seta r_colorbits 32 // Color Depth
    seta r_picmip 0     // Textures Detail
    seta r_texturebits 32 // Textures Color Depth
    seta r_texturemode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR // Texture Filter 
    seta cg_rain 1 // Weather effects
    seta r_drawstaticdecals 1 //static decals
    seta r_ext_compressed_textures 1 // Textures Compression (increase texture quality)
    
    //Advanced
    
    seta cg_drawviewmodel 2 // View Model 
    seta ter_error 0.1 // Terrain Detail
    seta ter_maxlod 64 // Terrain Detail
    seta ter_maxtris 65535 // Terrain Detail
    seta cg_effectdetail 1.0 // Effect Detail
    seta vss_maxcount 5 // Effect Detail (Smoke density)
    seta cg_shadows 2 // Shadows
    seta cg_marks_add 1 // Marks
    seta r_lodcap 1.0 // Model Details
    seta r_lodscale 1.1 // Model Details
    seta r_lodviewmodelcap 1.0 // Model Detail
    seta r_subdivisions 3 // Curve Detail
    seta r_fastdlights 0 // Real Dynamic light
    seta r_fastentlight 0 // Real Entity Light
    seta vss_draw 1 // Volumetric smoke
    
    //Sound
    
    seta s_khz "44" // Sound quality
    
    //Extras
    
    seta cg_reserve_tempmodels 240 //
    seta g_ddayfodderguys 2    // Omaha Beach soldiers count
    seta g_ddayfog 0           // Normandy levels special fog for weaker PCs
    seta g_ddayshingleguys 2   // Omaha Beach soldiers count
    seta cg_max_tempmodels 1200 //
    seta r_forceClampToEdge 1  // SkyBox and scope textures black edges rendered out of surface
    seta r_uselod 0            // Disable level of detail for entities
    seta r_roundimagesdown 0   // Better smoothing for unpure ratio textures
    
These settings, with r_forceClampToEdge "1", can help with black lines in the main menu and skybox in-game.[7]
When r_subdivisions is 1 or 2, the game bugs out when the player is located in certain areas. Some Levels may also have incorect map geometry. Set r_subdivisions to a higher value such as 3 to get rid of this issue. In the in-game menu, the list go from "High" (r_subdivisions 3) to 'Lowest" r_subdivisions 20) in autoexec.cfg.
With seta r_roundimagesdown "0", textures that use an unpure power of 2 as a resolution ratio are rounded to the upper nearest power of 2 instead of the lower, meaning slightly better visuals on those textures. Some custom maps or modifications are however not compatible with this setting and may cause the game to crash without an error message, switch back to the default seta r_roundimagesdown "1" to solve this issue.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
See improve mouse responsiveness for possible improvements.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Improve mouse responsiveness

Edit configuration file[8]
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. Add the following lines:
  3. seta m_filter "1"
    seta in_mouse "-1"
    
Alternatively, add the lines to <path-to-game>\main\configs\unnamedsoldier.cfg into the // Cvars section.
Increasing frame rate may also have a positive effect on mouse responsiveness.
Lower the mouse's polling rate[9]

Alternatively, change the polling rate to a lower value in the mouse software or use an older mouse with a lower polling rate.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master and music.
Surround sound
First choose a 3D sound provider, and set the in-game speaker setup to Surround (5.1) or Quad Speakers (4.x).
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
A3D 1.x, A3D 2.0. EAX 1, EAX 2. See 3D audio providers restoration.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Retail only.
Traditional Chinese
Retail only.
Czech
Fan translation - #1#2#3 or dubbing #4
Dutch
Retail only.
French
Retail only.
German
Retail only; download for digital releases. Censored.
Hungarian
Fan translation; download.
Italian
Retail and Deluxe only. For WarChest → download.
Japanese
Retail only.
Korean
Retail only.
Polish
Fan translation; download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation.
Spanish
Retail only; download for digital versions.
Russian
Fan audio and text translation made by "Fargus Multimedia" a.k.a "7Wolf" here.

3D audio providers restoration

On Windows Vista and later, first restore legacy audio effects.
Retrieve missing 3D sound providers[10][11]
  1. Download HRTF for MoHAA.
  2. Extract the archive to a temporary folder.
  3. Move the contents of MOHAA to <path-to-game>.
  4. Move OpenAL to %APPDATA%.
  5. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  6. Add seta s_milesdriver with one of the options below that is supported by the sound card. DirectSound3D Hardware Support with DSOAL for MoHAA is recommended, otherwise set to Creative Labs EAX 2 (TM) if using Creative ALchemy. For non-Creative cards, see here or use other wrappers.
      • Aureal A3D Interactive (TM)
      • Aureal A3D 2.0 (TM)
      • Creative Labs EAX 2 (TM)
      • Creative Labs EAX (TM)
      • Dolby Surround See here
      • DirectSound3D 7 Software with Full HRTF
      • DirectSound3D 7 Software with Light HRTF
      • DirectSound3D Hardware Support
      • DirectSound3D Software
      • Example: seta s_milesdriver "Creative Labs EAX 2 (TM)"
  7. Make sure that Windows sound output is set to 44.1 kHz to avoid audio distortions. Refer to the instructions provided here, but use 44.1 kHz 24 bit instead.

Aureal A3D 2.0 (TM) may not work properly during gameplay. The problem can be related to card detection bug in binary.[12]
EAX 3 with Msseax3.m3d library from GTA Vice City works (also with its Mss32.dll), but spatialization quality is decreased in comparison to EAX 2. It can be obtained here (EAX 3 wasn't released in 2001 yet[13]).
To avoid crash on startup for Spearhead when using DSOAL with DirectSound3D Hardware Support, use an older version of DSOAL, attached in True 3D Sound for Headphones v1.1. Otherwise download this DSOAL package which contains audio settings and snddrivers for MoHAA.

Network

In-game multiplayer join options.
In-game multiplayer join options.
In-game multiplayer server browser, with the gamespy patch applied.
In-game multiplayer server browser, with the gamespy patch applied.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64 Versus, Co-op
For co-op use the Medal of Honor: Cooperative mod or HaZardModding Coop.
Online play
64 Versus, Co-op
The official GameSpy service has been shut down; see GameSpy alternative.
For co-op use the Medal of Honor: Cooperative mod or HaZardModding Coop.

Connection types

Despite what the SDK says, IPX protocol is not supported.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 12203-12218, 28900, 29900, 29901
UDP 12203-12218, 3783, 6500, 6515, 6667, 12201, 12202, 12203, 12210, 12300, 13139, 27900
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

GameSpy alternative

Replace master server lookup[citation needed]
  1. Download the MOH: Server Browser Fixer.
  2. Extract the package and open MOHGSFixer.exe.
  3. Select the <path-to-game> directory.
  4. Click Patch Detected Games.

Confirmed to work with GOG version of the game. Alternative is to connect directly via IP address by using GameTracker or to use the Query Launcher Utility.
The in-game server browser for the Origin version does not work; however, connecting to a server via direct connect or the Query Launcher Utility does.[citation needed]

Issues unresolved

Issues with minimizing

Alt+Tab can not be used while in-game. Alt+Ctrl+Delete works, but maximising may cause crash.
As a workaround, pressing Alt+ Enter will switch to windowed mode, which will allow using Alt+Tab .

Unable to launch expansions with EA app

It is not possible to play the expansions in the warchect in the EA app.[14]

Issues fixed

Game freezes on startup

There is a bug in the game where the device string provided by newer GPU drivers is longer than the game expects, likely causing a buffer overflow. If using the OpenGL renderer, the game may throw the "GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem" error message. Many GPU drivers have workarounds where they trim the string sent to MOHAA.exe, negating the problem. However, this workaround was only put in for the base game, not its expansions.[15]

Replace the expansions' executables with patched versions[16]

Download the two EXEs in this forum post and replace the ones in <path-to-game>.

Rename the expansions' executables[17]
  1. In <path-to-game>, rename MOHAA.exe to something else.
  2. Rename an expansion's executables (moh_spearhead.exe or moh_breakthrough.exe) to MOHAA.exe.
Use an OpenGL to DirectX translation layer
  1. Download the latest version of GLDirect from here.
  2. In the archive that was downloaded, go to gldirect5\bin\release\.
  3. Extract the DLL from this folder into <path-to-game>.
  4. Alternatively, an updated GLDirect that enables fog is available on GitHub.
  5. Download and copy opengl32.dll (and optional gldirect.ini) to <path-to-game>.

It can alter visual fidelity of original graphics.
If the game attempts to render at a higher resolution than supported, see Widescreen resolution to forcefully lower it
Use an older version of OpenGL's DLL[18]
  1. Find an older version of OpenGL.dll.
  2. Place it in <path-to-game>.
Disable in-game Origin overlay by forcing the 3dfxgl graphics driver[citation needed]
  1. Open (create file if needed) <path-to-game>\main\newconfig.cfg in a text editor. For the game expansions, it will be <path-to-game>\mainta\custom.cfg in case of Spearhead and <path-to-game>\maintt\custom.cfg for Breakthrough.
  2. In all three config files, insert the following line: seta r_gldriver "3dfxgl".

This possibly works since Origin fails to detect the 3dfxgl graphics driver, and as a result disables the in-game overlay.
Works for both expansions and the base game.

Graphics settings are lost each time when starting game

Start a mission and wait for the game to be saved[19][20]
  1. Launch the game.
  2. Select and apply the desired settings.
  3. Start any mission.
  4. Wait for the message "Game Saved" to appear.
Create appropriate custom configuration file

Copy the graphics settings from the <path-to-game>\main\configs\unnamedsoldier.cfg file to the created configuration file. Alternatively, set the maximum graphics settings.

Can not turn mouse more than 180° (or does not work properly)

Some mouse precision issues may be caused by the game's incompatibility with high-polling rates of modern gaming mice. The first fix is recommended.

See Improve Mouse responsiveness[citation needed]
Lower the mouse polling rate to 125 Hz (8ms) via software provided for the mouse[citation needed]

Poor screen scaling (DPI issues)

Change high DPI settings[21]
  1. Right-click the game executable in <path-to-game> and select Properties.
  2. Base game: MOHAA.exe
  3. Spearhead expansion: moh_spearhead.exe
  4. Breakpoint expansion: moh_breakthrough.exe
  5. Go to the Compatibility tab.
  6. Near the bottom of the window, select 'Change high DPI settings'.
  7. 'Override high DPI scaling behaviour' keep the default (Application) in the drop down list.
  8. If the 'Override high DPI scaling behaviour' option is greyed out, first press 'Change settings for all users' in the Compatibility tab in the previous window.

Unstable frame rate and stuttering

Apply new settings

Set shadows to "Simple" cg_shadows "1" and curve details to "low" seta r_subdivisions "10" in advanced options.

Fixes nearly all performance problems in Spearhead, when FPS might go down 8 FPS in the first level.
This performance issue can occur with newer graphics cards supporting OpenGL 4.0 and newer. It is most common on Windows Vista and newer.
Does not help for Breakthrough. Curve detail setting can be lost on restart. Game can crash on settings save, sometimes can be fixed when you press default button, and make changes afterwards.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 1.1
Software renderer
With v2.40 patch (Pixomatic renderer).
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.1c (BIN file version 3.0.0.0)
Multiplayer GameSpy

Command line arguments

See complete SDK command line arguments

Enable Reshade/SweetFx

Instructions[22]

Install ReShade 3 or 4 as OpenGL. Works with the base game and both expansion packs. No in-game config changes are needed.
There is a bug when showing the OSD of MSI Afterburner overlay, which causes Reshade to stop working. Hide the OSD to restore Reshade.
Older Reshade 1.x/SweetFX 2.0 OpenGL injectors won't work automatically. To use them, install a OpenGL to DirectX wrapper such as GLDirect. Additionally, changes must be made to the game's configuration.

For Reshade 1.x/2.0, follow these steps:

  1. Download gldirect5
  2. Go to bin\release. Extract and rename gldirect5.dll to opengl32.dll
  3. Alternatively, an updated GLDirect that enables fog is available on GitHub.
  4. Copy the file to the <path-to-game>.
  5. Run ReShade's Setup.exe and set D3D9 Mode.

Alternatively:

  1. Open <path-to-game>\main\configs\unnamedsoldier.cfg
  2. Go to cvars section:
  3. Add the following line: seta r_gldriver "3dfxgl"
  4. Search for and download gldirect5
  5. Go to bin\release. Extract and rename gldirect5.dll to 3dfxgl.dll
  6. Copy the file <path-to-game>.
  7. Optional: Paste in "SweetFx preset file" into the MoH directory (found in link above).
  8. Run ReShade (1.0, 2.0) Setup.exe and set D3D9 Mode.

May introduce graphical distortions in the Main Menu of the Game. Install GLDirect DX8 as a fix (it also increases performance a little; however, it produces a darker image). Rename the d3d9.dll Reshade injector to d3d8.dll.
"Game Filter" via Nvidia Driver overlay may achieve similar results as SweetFx, however Reshade is better at implementing ambient occlusion and bloom effects.

Mods

MRW: MOHAA Edition

Slighty improves the graphics while also adding Iron Sights.

Permament Corpses Mod

This mod makes the dead bodies no longer dissapear.
Currently only supports the Base Game.

Covert's Blood Mod

This mod adds blood in the game.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Sound Pack

Converts the sounds to High Definition version of their counterparts.
Requires Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Sound Pack - M1 Garand Fix to work.

Enhanced Textures

Upscales the textures to Higher Quality.

Enemies Drop More Ammo and Health Mod

Fixes a questionable design in Breakthrough, that takes away the drops of ammo and health flasks from the enemy corpses.

MOHAA Sleeve Update

Replaces the base game's low quality player sleeve texture with the better quality one introduced in Spearhead.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 OSR2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
AMD Athlon 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
Other 8X CD-ROM
Mac OS
Minimum[23] Recommended
Operating system (OS) 9.0
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 7xx
PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Other 2x CD-ROM drive
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.1
Processor (CPU) G3 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 3D Graphic acceleration
16 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Windows NT is not supported
Supported video cards: Nvidia GeForce 256, 2, 3, Riva TNT, Riva TNT2; ATI Radeon, Rage 128, Rage Pro; PowerVR Kyro, PowerVR3 Kyro II


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault 21:9 Gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
  4. WSGF page - last accessed on May 2023
  5. Console commands - Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Forum - Neoseeker Forums - last accessed on May 2023
  6. [citation needed]
  7. Black lines around main menu and sky box when in game, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-10-08
  8. Mouse movements seem Jerky (not lag), page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  9. Reference
  10. How to Enable True 3D sound in MoHAA - AlliedAssault.com (retrieved)
  11. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault tweak guide - TechSpot (retrieved)
  12. https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice#Audio_driver_issues
  13. https://pclab.pl/art17707-26.html Audigy cards launch date
  14. EA Answers HQ: Medal of honor Allied Assault, can't launch expansions - last accessed on 2024-07-10
  15. [MOHAA] Spearhead & Breakthrough Nvidia crash fix | The Older Gamers
  16. GOG Forums: Expansion Crash Fix? - last accessed on May 2023
  17. GOG Forums: Expansion Crash Fix? - last accessed on May 2023
  18. Techspot Forums: Mohaa:Troubleshooting - last accessed on May 2023
  19. Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2022-11-20
  20. mohaa video settings won't save | Overclockers Forums - last accessed on 2022-11-20
  21. Compatibility Issues Regarding MOHAA with Windows 10 - last accessed on May 2023
  22. sfx.thelazy.net - last accessed on May 2023
  23. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for Macintosh (2002) Tech Info - MobyGames - last accessed on 2019-12-10