General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work 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]
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.11 is the latest version.
Mods
- 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
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)
Running this game without having made any modifications leads to flickering textures and major physics problems.
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
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.
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
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-Game performance settings.
Edit User.ini[5]
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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
Audio
- DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX.
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Official translation for Steam and Uplay version here, also a fan translation is available |
Italian |
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Russian |
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Only in retail version. Patch for digital release here |
Spanish |
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Network
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
API
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
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
OpenAL |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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System requirements
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] 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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References