Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Developers
	Gearbox Software
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	October 7, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	79
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Themes	World War II
Series	Brothers in Arms

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

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM.
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Not available in Germany
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.

The Brothers in Arms Collection (released in Europe) is DRM-free and all 3 games have the latest patches integrated.

Monetization

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

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\SumacGame\Movies. Delete or rename Gearbox_logo.bik and Ubisoft_logo.bik. Delete or rename <path-to-game>\SumacGame\Splash\PC\Splash.bmp to remove the splash screen.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\BIA Hells Highway\SumacGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15390/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\BIA Hells Highway\SumacGame\SaveData\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15390/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Widescreen resolutions are Vert- by default; see Field of view (FOV).
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			See Field of view (FOV).
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Can be toggled with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Nvidia users can force SGSSAA in Nvidia Profile Inspector, see Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution manually[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open SumacEngine.ini. Change ResX and ResY to the desired resolution. Change Fullscreen=True to Fullscreen=False for windowed mode.

Field of view (FOV)

Set custom FOV

Edit the in-game key bindings to use "zoom hold" instead of "zoom". Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open SumacInput.ini. Under [Engine.InputActionDefinition] find the following line. Actions=(Id=IA_ZoomHold,Alias=".ZOOMHOLD",Names=("Zoom"),Command="ZoomIn | OnRelease ZoomOut") Change the line to the following where 100 is the desired FOV. Actions=(Id=IA_ZoomHold,Alias=".ZOOMHOLD",Names=("Zoom"),Command="ZoomIn | FOV 0 | OnRelease ZoomOut | OnRelease FOV 100") Under [SumacGame.SumacPlayerInput] add the following line. Bindings=(Name="F2",Command="FOV 0",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) When a cutscene starts playing, press F2 to use the default FOV during cutscenes. Notes The FOV will lower when aiming to zoom in, then zoom out to your desired standard FOV on release. This fix may possibly break sniper scopes.[citation needed]

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Set borderless windowed[citation needed]
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game in windowed mode and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand "Window Management" and "Style and Position". Enable "Borderless" and "Fullscreen (Borderless Upscale)".

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Set AF manually[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open SumacEngine.ini. Change MaxAnisotropy=4 to MaxAnisotropy=16.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force SGSSAA (Nvidia only)

Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector. Open the Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway profile. Set Antialiasing Compatibility to 0x000010C1. Set Antialiasing Mode to Override any application setting. Set Antialiasing Setting to 4x Multisampling or your desired level of MSAA. Set Antialiasing Transparency Supersampling to 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling or your desired level of SGSSAA. Apply changes and close the program.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse acceleration present.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		See Mute on focus lost.
Royalty free audio

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background[citation needed]
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior". Enable "Mute Game" under "Background Behavior".

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only.
French
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Hungarian				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Italian
Polish				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Russian				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		14	Versus Use Nucleus-Coop Unofficial mod.
LAN play		20	Versus
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile. Requires important pre-settings, see vorpx forum profile introdution. Note: in case of issues, please report to the vorpx forum.

Devices
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

Game doesn't start (General protection fault)

Update PhysX
Uninstall Nvidia PhysX System Software. Install the latest Nvidia PhysX System Software.

Vsync setting not applied

The Vsync option doesn't take effect until I exit the game and open it again.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium D 925 3.0 GHz 2.6 Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3 support	DirectX 10 compatible