Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds cover
Developers
LucasArts
Mac OS Westlake Interactive
Publishers
LucasArts
Mac OS Aspyr Media
Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
Genie
Release dates
Windows November 13, 2001
Mac OS June 5, 2002
OS X June 5, 2002
 
 
 
 
Star Wars
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes 2009

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
Galactic Battlegrounds at LucasForums Network

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 DRM: SafeDisc v2 disc check
 
Amazon.com
 
 Base Game
 
Amazon.com
 
 Comes bundled with the expansion.
 
GOG.com
 
 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
 
Steam
 
 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
 
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga includes the base game along with the "Clone Campaigns" expansion.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Official[edit]

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - Clone Campaigns

Unofficial[edit]

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds All-In-One Patch[edit]

Only available for the digital releases of the game (GOG.com and Steam)

A massive community patch that adds a variety of enhancements and stability improvements to the game. They include:

  • Modern Windows support
  • A DirectDraw rainbow colour patch and wrapper
  • Widescreen support for Clone Campaigns
  • New in-game music
  • Support for Italian & Russian
  • New launcher for the games

Further patch details, download links, and support can be found on the official Steam Community page.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Create new shortcut[citation needed]

Create a new shortcut directly to battlegrounds.exe, or battlegrounds_x1.exe for Clone Campaigns.

Notes

These instructions are only for the GOG.com version.[citation needed]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Game\player.nfx
<path-to-game>\Game\player.nf1
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
player.nfx is Base game while player.nf1 is for the Clone Campaigns expansion.

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Game\SaveGame
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution[edit]

A No-CD executable is required for this.[1] Note that the GOG.com version already ships a decrypted binary and does not require such.
This fix is already included with the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds All-In-One Patch
Use a widescreen patcher[citation needed]
  1. Download the fix from here.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds\Game.
  3. If you're using the GOG.com version, extract the contents from the GOG folder in the archive to that folder - for all other versions use the CD folder.
  4. Run the SWGBWide_x1.exe executable and the patch will apply.
  5. Run the game from wide_battlegrounds_x1.exe and set the game to use the 1280x1024 resolution in the options
  6. Should you not be able to select a resolution of 1280x1024 in the options, run the game from wide_battlegrounds_x1.bat instead.

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Scroll speed can be adjusted.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
The game is subtitling every dialogues in-game, the campaign intros also has subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Requires the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds All-In-One Patch.
Russian
Requires the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds All-In-One Patch.
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Zone.com support has been discontinued.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 2300-2400, 6073, 47624
UDP (outbound) 2300-2400, 6073

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
OpenGL Unknown Mac OS and OS X only.
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
AMD Athlon 233 MHz		 Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD Athlon 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB (95, 98)
64 MB (2000, XP)		 64 MB (95, 98)
96 MB (2000, XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 350 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible 		4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 8.6
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 350 MB

References

  1. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Patcher