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Ground Branch

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Ground Branch
Ground Branch cover
Developers
BlackFoot Studios
Publishers
MicroProse[Note 1]
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows Early access
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched via <path-to-game>\GroundBranch\Binaries\Win64\GroundBranch-Win64-Shipping.exe. Network play requires Steam.[2]
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\GroundBranch\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/16900/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\GroundBranch\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/16900/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
UI might not line up on certain settings.
4K Ultra HD
UI might not line up on certain settings.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA and TAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music, SFX, voice, radio and unfocused volume multiplier.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Volume slider that is on 0% by default.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
16 Co-op, Versus
Defend, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Team Elimination and Terrorist Hunt. Currently no hard limit, but 8-player co-op and 8v8 in adversarial game modes recommended. Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
16 Co-op, Versus
Defend, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Team Elimination and Terrorist Hunt. Currently no hard limit, but 8-player co-op and 8v8 in adversarial game modes recommended.
Online play
16 Co-op, Versus
Defend, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Team Elimination and Terrorist Hunt. Currently no hard limit, but 8-player co-op and 8v8 in adversarial game modes recommended.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
See the community guides Dedicated Server Help and VPS Server Setup - Steam CMD
Self-hosting
Listen servers are temporarily disabled until some issues are solved.
Direct IP
In console only. Open the console (~, * or Shift+6) and use open followed by the IP.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 7777 and 27015.
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Cutscenes Criware

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7850
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Since May 2021[1]
  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>/16900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (16900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. MicroProse is now the publisher for GROUND BRANCH! - last accessed on 2021-08-21
  2. Steam DRM discussion - last accessed on [unknown]