AirStrike 2

AirStrike 2

Developers
	DivoGames
Publishers
Poland	Arjaloc
Germany	rondomedia
Release dates
Windows	April 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Helicopter
Art styles	Realistic
Series	AirStrike

AirStrike
AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T.	2002
AirStrike 2	2004
AirStrike 2: Gulf Thunder	2005

AirStrike 2, also known as AirStrike 2: Desert Hawk, is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view shooter and vehicle combat game in the AirStrike series.

Game requires a patch or workarounds to function properly on modern versions of Windows (see Essential improvements).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website
Developer website		Direct download

Demo

A demo is available from the developer website.

• Limited to 60 minutes of gameplay
• Includes three missions and one helicopter
• Multiplayer is disabled

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\game.bin

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v2.51

Latest official patch.

Patch v2.45 must be applied beforehand, or mouse control may stop working.

Fixes compatibility and graphical issues on modern versions of Windows.

Reverts localization back to English.

Utilities

Video setup

Use -setup command line argument

Modify config.ini
Go to <path-to-game>. Open config.ini with a text editor. Under the [System] section, change FirstRun value to 1. Save the file and launch the game.

Skip logo/intro

Modify config.ini
Go to <path-to-game> Open config.ini with a text editor. Under the [System] section, change ShowLogo value to 0. Save the file.

Video

Graphics options from external settings utility

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Gameplay is Hor+. UI is Stretched. Makes the game unplayable (see Issues unresolved).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Options for different camera perspectives, which do not affect FOV.
Windowed		Disable Full Screen in Video setup.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Disabled by default. Enable Wait for VSYNC in Video setup, or open config.ini and change WaitVSync value to 1.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Uncapped as-is. Wrappers may override the frame rate cap.[citation needed]
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.

Input

In-game control settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Separate control sets for co-op players.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus		Cursor follows Windows' mouse acceleration settings.
Keyboard and mouse prompts		Tutorial refers to default keyboard prompts.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Supported via DirectInput.
Full controller support		Cannot pause or navigate menu with controller.
Controller remapping		Cannot remap to triggers or right joystick.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 3, DualShock 4

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects
Surround sound		3D Sounds are broken; see Missing sound effects with 3D Sound turned on.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Local retail version only.
Polish				Local retail version only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op Supports a combination of mouse/keyboard and a controller, or two controllers.

Issues unresolved

Mouse pointer cannot reach lower part of the window in widescreen resolutions

Modify config.ini to enable widescreen resolutions
Go to <path-to-game>. Open config.ini with a text editor. Under the [Display] section, change EnableNonStdModes value to 1. Save the file and launch the game.

Mission can be started only by pressing a button with a mouse pointer. Applying a widescreen resolution prevents it from reaching the button.

Missing sound effects with 3D Sound turned on

Audio wrappers such as DSOAL do not solve this issue, due to sound panning errors present in the game.

With IndirectSound almost all sound effects will play in the right channel.

Issues fixed

Versions prior to v2.51 fail to launch on modern Windows systems

Use QindieGL.
OpenGL 1.1 to DirectX 9 wrapper. Vendor independent which works across modern hardware. There are minor graphical issues in the intro, loading screen, and level selection.

Set flags via Nvidia Profile Inspector

For Nvidia graphics only. Add AirStrike3D II.exe to Nvidia Control Panel's profile. Open Nvidia Profile Inspector. Select AirStrike3D II.exe from User modified profiles menu. Look for Extension Limit and set to 0x1 Click Apply Changes. Notes. You may optionally set OpenGL - Version Override to OpenGL Version 1.1 if the issues persist. Setting extension limit to the value above shouldn't cause any major graphical issues. If any occur, try setting Extension Limit back to 0x00004844.

(Linux) Set Mesa and/or Nvidia's OpenGL extension limit through environment variables.

For Linux system with game running under Wine. Check your Mesa/GL driver vendor, can be done by running glxinfo and look for OpenGL renderer string For proprietary Nvidia driver, use the environment variables __GL_ExtensionStringVersion=17700 For Mesa-based driver, such as intel, AMDGPU or radeon. Use the environment variables MESA_EXTENSION_MAX_YEAR=2003 The output in desktop entry, shell script files or command line arguments should look similar to this: env MESA_EXTENSION_MAX_YEAR=2003 wine "AirStrike3D II.exe"

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	BASS	2.1.0.3

Command line arguments

Parameter	Description
-setup	Opens video setup
-campos	Crashes the game after intro
-obj	Dumps game objects into a <path-to-game>\objects.txt
-god	Enables invulnerability
-notex	Disables textures
-nosound	Disables sound

Enabling invulnerability with -god does not change your rank to "cheater".

Cheat Codes

Enter these cheat-codes at any time during game process.

Code	Description
invulnerability	Enables invulnerability
igonnaliveforever	Adds all lives
showmetheweapons	Adds all weapons
moremoreweapons	Adds all missiles
glitteringprizes	Adds all power-ups
deadlineisnear	Ends the current mission
diediediemydarling	Fails the current mission

After using cheat-codes, your rank will be "cheater".

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium or Athlon 400 MHz		Pentium or Athlon 600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB		256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	50 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB TNT2-class or other OpenGL 1.1+ compliant video card		16 MB NVIDIA GeForce / ATI Radeon