Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Fallout Tactics cover.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
Windows
March 15, 2001
OS X
November 15, 2013
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel at WineHQ
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel at Steam Charts
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel at SteamDB
 Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel at Wikipedia
Fallout
Fallout 1997
Fallout 2 1998
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel 2001
Fallout 3 2008
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Fallout: New Vegas 2010
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Lonesome Road
Courier's Stash
Gun Runners' Arsenal

General information

More information GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
More information GOG.com Support Page
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums for game series
More information No Mutants Allowed Forum - General Fallout Discussion

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Retail Disc check Disc check.
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg

Essential improvements[edit]

Official 1.27 Patch[edit]

Information Upgrades version 1.13 or 1.25 to version 1.27. 1.26 Tactics Editor tools are included too.[1]
Information The GOG.com version is pre-patched to version 1.27.
Disadvantage InstallShield installer won't work if you have the Steam version.[2] Use the repacked patch and then fot127cdremover instead.

Fallout Tactics Hi-Res Patch v1.0[edit]

Error when applying Hi-Res Patch to Steam version
Information Supports the US 1.27 and the German 1.25 versions.
Disadvantage Error when using with unpatched Steam version.

Bonus Mission Patch[edit]

Information From the Fallout Tactics Bonus CD and adds the Springfield bonus patch.
Information To be able to play it you'll need to be in the first Fallout bunker before applying this patch.

Game data[edit]

Game options

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\core\bos.cfg
OS X
Information Key bindings are stored in <path-to-game>\core\keys.cfg}}

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\core\user
OS X

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Native
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

Display options
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution Hackable See Fallout Tactics Hi-Res Patch v1.0.
Multi-monitor Impossible
Field of view (FOV) Not applicable
Windowed Hackable Launch the game with -w parameter
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Not applicable
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native
Vertical sync (Vsync) Unknown
High frame rate Unknown

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Hackable Manually edit keys.cfg
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Impossible
Controller
Controller support Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

Sound options
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native Master, sound effects, music, speech
Surround sound Unknown
Subtitles Native
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Impossible
EAX support Native A3D 2.0, EAX 2 and RSX 3D [3]

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play Native
Online play Native

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Direct IP Native

Issues fixed[edit]

Game hangs/crash at startup[edit]

Fix Restore DirectSound3D

OR

Fix Delete Miles Sound System files[4]

  1. Go to <path-to-game>\miles
  2. Delete Mssa3d.m3d and/or Mssa3d2.m3d

Missing Inventory[edit]

Fix Missing Inventory Patch

Information Only use if experiencing missing items in inventory.
Download and apply Missing Inventory Patch

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
95, 98, 2000, Me
Processor (CPU)
Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 750 MB (minimum installation) 1.6 GB (full installation)
Video card (GPU)
4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible

References

  1. Interplay Technical Support
  2. Fallout Collection: High-res HOWTO - Steam Users' Forums
  3. 3D sound support game list
  4. Game crashes after launch. - GOG.com support