Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Fan website
- Mod DB Page
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v20000 is the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
Increase system memory for game
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- Changing the fov causes various bugs and glitches.
- The gun model fov cannot be changed.
.ini file[4]
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- Go to the save game data location.
- Open
Profile00.ini .
- Find the line
DesiredFOV , change the value to the preferred FOV, also change DefaultFOV to the same value as above.
- Save and exit the text editor.
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Try it ingame[5]
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- Press Tab ↹ whilst loaded into a map and not in a menu.
- Input
fov X where X is the preferred FOV (vertical).
- Press ↵ Enter. It should now be modified.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Royalty free audio |
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Audio optimization
.ini file[4]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
MobileForces.ini .
- Find the line
[Galaxy.GalaxyAudioSubsystem] .
- Change the value of
OutputRate to your audio output rate, Windows defaults to 44100 . Doing this wrong may cause the audio to sound weird.
- Change the value of
EffectsChannels to 32 .
- Change the value of
Latency to 45 , keep increasing the value if the cracking in the audio doesn't stop. I set mine to 60 .
- Save your changes.
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
UDP |
7777, 7787 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Poor audio quality
Audio quality in general is poor, see Audio optimization.
Crash when starting
After the splash screen, the screen turns black and the game crashes.
Disable DirectSound[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
MobileForces.ini .
- Find
UseDirectSound and change the value to False .
- Save your changes.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7, 8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
95, 98, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
| Intel Pentium III 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
270 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible
| Hardware T&L Support |
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 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References