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Mobile Forces

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Mobile Forces
Mobile Forces cover
Developers
Rage Software
Publishers
Majesco
Sold Out Software
Engines
Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows May 31, 2002
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Mobile Forces on Wikipedia
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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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v20000 updates the game to the latest version.

Increase system memory for game

.ini file[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open MobileForces.ini.
  3. Find the line CacheSizeMegs and set it to much higher value.
  4. Save your changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\System\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/837940/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\System\Profile00.ini[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/837940/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Changing the fov causes various bugs and glitches.
The gun model fov cannot be changed.
.ini file[4]
  1. Go to the save game data location.
  2. Open Profile00.ini.
  3. Find the line DesiredFOV, change the value to the preferred FOV, also change DefaultFOV to the same value as above.
  4. Save and exit the text editor.
Try it ingame[5]
  1. Press Tab ↹ whilst loaded into a map and not in a menu.
  2. Input fov X where X is the preferred FOV (vertical).
  3. Press ↵ Enter. It should now be modified.

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Audio optimization

.ini file[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open MobileForces.ini.
  3. Find the line [Galaxy.GalaxyAudioSubsystem].
  4. Change the value of OutputRate to your audio output rate, Windows defaults to 44100. Doing this wrong may cause the audio to sound weird.
  5. Change the value of EffectsChannels to 32.
  6. 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.
  7. Save your changes.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian

Network

Multiplayer settings.
Multiplayer settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Versus
Online play
Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[6] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
UCC.exe
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Open Location.

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]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open MobileForces.ini.
  3. Find UseDirectSound and change the value to False.
  4. Save your changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
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

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References