Two Worlds II

Two Worlds II

Developers
	Reality Pump Studios
Publishers
	TopWare Interactive
Engines
	GRACE Engine
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 2010
macOS (OS X)	November 9, 2010
Linux	June 15, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	75
IGDB	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG, ARPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Two Worlds

Two Worlds
Two Worlds	2007
Two Worlds II	2010
Two Worlds II Castle Defense	2011
Two Worlds II HD: Call of the Tenebrae	2017
Two Worlds III	TBA

Two Worlds II is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person RPG and ARPG game in the Two Worlds series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Official forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		For Royal and Premium on OS X use the OS X Installer.
GOG.com		Epic Edition. Includes the Pirates of the Flying Fortress DLC and Two Worlds II Castle Defense. Serial key for multiplayer shown in the game's library entry.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		No machine activation limit. Velvet Edition also available.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
Mac App Store (unavailable)		Game of the Year Edition also available.

All versions except GOG.com require Reality Pump DRM.

Version differences

The Velvet Edition includes the Pirates of the Flying Fortress DLC.

The HD edition refers to an engine upgrade released in 2017.

The GOG.com version is the only DRM-free version and includes Two Worlds II Castle Defense in addition to the Velvet Edition content but does not include OS X support, Season Pass content, nor the Shattered Embrace DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Pirates of the Flying Fortress	Part of the Velvet Edition
Call of the Tenebrae	Also available as a standalone game and as part of the Season Pass
Season Pass	Steam only.
Digital Deluxe Content	Steam only. Part of the Season Pass
Echoes of the Dark Past	Part of the Season Pass
Echoes of the Dark Past 2	Part of the Season Pass
Shattered Embrace	Steam only.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest retail patch is v1.3 for both Windows and OS X. Digital distribution versions are at v2.0+.

OS X version download (Royal and Premium retail versions)

Owners of Windows-only retail special editions can download the OS X installer. The Windows install DVD is required.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Video. Delete or rename intro1.wmv, intro1.ogg, intro3.wmv, intro3.ogg, intro5.wmv, and intro5.ogg.

Stuttering fix

On newer CPUs, the game may have mild to severe stuttering.

Set core affinity for TwoWorlds2.exe to up to 4 threads[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reality Pump\TwoWorlds2\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/TW2ConfigFolder/conf.xml
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7520/pfx/

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Two Worlds II\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Documents/TW2Profile/
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7520/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Approx. 954 MB available.

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default is 45°. For other values see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 4x MSAA.
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.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV value
In <path-to-game>, create a folder called parameters if it is not already present. In that folder, create the autoexecGame2.con file if it is not already present. Edit that file and add the following: engine.fov 60 (where 60 is the desired FOV value) Save the changes.

High dynamic range (HDR)

Disable HDR
In <path-to-game>, create a folder called parameters if it is not already present. In that folder, create the autoexecGame2.con file if it is not already present. Edit that file and add the following: engine.hdr 0 Save the changes.

Disable blur effect when running

Disable blur effect when running
Setting the Motion Blur Level to 0 in video settings doesn't remove this effect. In <path-to-game>, create a folder called parameters if it is not already present. In that folder, create the autoexecGame2.con file if it is not already present. Edit that file and add the following: graph.setfastrunspecialefx 0 Save the changes.

Input

Mouse is unusable if controller is present.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Toggle Hardware Cursor in Settings, Interface.
Mouse input in menus		Unplug or disable controller and restart the game if not working.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support		Text fields require keyboard.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by Tribo Gamer; download.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Online features require registering an account in-game with the product key.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		8	Co-op, Versus

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

"Two Worlds II has stopped working" crash at launch

Install the NVIDIA PhysX System Software[citation needed]

Interface elements go beyond the screen edges

Some TVs and other non-standard displays will not show the entire image so UI elements may get cut off. Two Worlds II has a built-in feature to counter this.

If possible disable the cropping behaviour in the display's own settings first (see Overscan for details).

Use safe area in interface[citation needed]
Go to Settings, Graphics. Choose Use safe area in interface. Adjust the edges as directed until the box shown fits the correct area. Resume play and confirm that the changes are sufficient; if not adjust again until it is correct.

Fix view distance LOD bug in v2.0+

In the 2.0+ versions of the game there's a bug with the LOD on higher view distances. It's noticeable on the mountains in the Savannah and near the ocean. This can be fixed by increasing the margin for when adjacent level cells get loaded.

This fix can cause crashes in the Shattered Embrace DLC. Simply remove the lines or rename/delete the AutoexecGame2.con file if this occurs.

Increase the loadlevelmargin
In <path-to-game>, create a folder called parameters if it is not already present. In that folder, create the autoexecGame2.con file if it is not already present. Edit that file and paste loadlevelmargin 3000 and unloadlevelmargin 4000 into it, each on a separate line. Save the changes.

Unable to use Keyboard and Mouse

If there is a joystick/gamepad plugged in, the game switches to using that. To prevent this from happening (disable joystick):

Disable joystick
In <path-to-game>, create a folder called parameters if it is not already present. In that folder, create the autoexecGame2.con file if it is not already present. Edit that file and paste interface.XInputEnable 0 into it. Save the changes

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Dual-View Rendering Side-by Side and AMD HD3D support. Launch with supplied shortcut or use -adapter command line argument.
Nvidia 3D Vision		Dual-View Rendering Launch with supplied shortcut or use -adapter command line argument. See also Helix Mod: Two Worlds 2 (DX9).
TriDef 3D
vorpX		Dual-View Rendering (G3D) User created game profile.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 10

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Dual-Core 2.0 GHz AMD Dual-Core 2.0 GHz		Intel Quad-Core 2.4 GHz AMD Quad-Core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB		8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	12 GB		20 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 3.0 support		2 GB of VRAM Shader model 4.0 support
Sound (audio device)	Stereo, DirectX compatible		5.1
Other	Internet connection

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Mac 2.0 GHz		Multi-Core CPU
System memory (RAM)	4 GB		8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	12 GB		20 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4.0 support		AMD Radeon HD 2900 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 2 GB of VRAM
Other	Internet connection