Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
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Developers | |
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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 |
Brothers in Arms | |
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Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 | 2005 |
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood | 2005 |
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway | 2008 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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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 |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via Ubisoft+. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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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] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect | [4] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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] |
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DesiredFOV=63.000000 DefaultFOV=63.000000 Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 |
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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 | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | Versus, Co-op Includes co-op missions. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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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/ |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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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 | ||
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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) | ||
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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