Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30	2005
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood	2005
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway	2008

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.6.10.03 DRM^{[Note 1]} disc check
Retail		Double Time. Bundled with Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.
Amazon.com		Double Time. Bundled with Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Not available in Germany.
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.
Mac App Store (unavailable)

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (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.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Ubisoft+.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Skirmish maps	Added in the latest patch, not included in digital releases.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is 1.03.

Skip intro videos

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Media`. Delete or rename `LEGAL_EN.lte` and `Logos.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Earned In Blood\<user-id>\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19800/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Earned In Blood\<user-id>\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19800/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		^[4]

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Field of view (FOV).
Ultra-widescreen		See Field of view (FOV).
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit User.ini^[5]

Go to %APPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Earned In Blood\<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.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.0, EAX 4.0.
Royalty free audio

DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only.
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Spanish
Polish				Retail release only. For digital releases use this

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Versus, Co-op Includes co-op missions.

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.

Issues fixed

Missing 1.03 Skirmish Maps

On at least the Steam version, the 1.03 Skirmish maps are missing despite being patched to 1.03.

Manually download and install the map files into the game's folder. https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2550-brothers-in-arms-earned-in-blood-skirmish-maps/

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

Modifications

Rendroc's WarZone - a list of improvements ranging from a command mode similar to Hell's Highway and more effective AI to massive single player bot matches.

System requirements

Windows
	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
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
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 8.0 compatible	EAX support
Other	16X CD-ROM

macOS (OS X)
	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)	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

Supported Video Cards: ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X, Nvidia GeForce 4/FX/6

Nvidia GeForce 4 MX not supported

Notes

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/19800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (19800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
↑ Amazon.com - Brothers in Arms Collection - last accessed on 2020-11-13
↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-04
↑ WSGF article - last accessed on May 2023

[3] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/19800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (19800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-1] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-2] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[4] Amazon.com - Brothers in Arms Collection - last accessed on 2020-11-13

[6] Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-04

[7] WSGF article - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Gearbox Software
Publishers
Windows	Ubisoft
OS X	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	October 6, 2005
macOS (OS X)	2011
Reception
Metacritic	84
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	World War II
Series	Brothers in Arms