Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars

Developers
	GSC Game World
Publishers
Retail	cdv Software Entertainment
Digital	GSC Game World
Release dates
Windows	April 26, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Europe
Series	Cossacks

Cossacks
Cossacks: European Wars	2000
Cossacks: The Art of War	2002
Cossacks: Back to War	2002
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars	2005
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe	2006
Cossacks 3	2016

Warnings

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

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Cossacks series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Taiwanese version not working on modern graphics card.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM.
GOG.com		Sold together with Cossacks II: Battle for Europe.
Steam

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Demo

A free demo version is available from ModDB.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch (1.2) and the official modern graphics card fix can be found on Patches-Scrolls.

Skip intro videos

Delete, move or rename files
Go to <path-to-game> Delete, move or rename the following files: 1.bik (CDV logo, retail only), 2.bik (GSC logo), 3.bik (game intro)

Mouse click sound being too loud

Switch files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Sound\interface Rename interf_click1.wav to select1.wav while moving the original file. A sound file for select1.wav needs to be provided, otherwise the game will not start.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115200/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115200/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General options menu

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			The main menu is hardcoded to a low resolution, however.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Uncapped.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Retail only.
Czech				Fan translation; download.
French				Retail only.
German				Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release.
Polish				Retail only.
Portuguese				Retail only.
Russian
Spanish				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Ukrainian				Retail and Steam only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
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

Issues fixed

"Video memory ... AGP 256 ..."

The full content of the error windows that appears when launching the game:

Engine.exe detected, that video memory is not configured properly. Please restart computer and set AGP Aperture size = 256 MB or more in BIOS configuration program. Usually you can enter BIOS configuration utility by pressing 'DEL' while computer restart.

Apply official graphics card fix

Issues unresolved

"There are too much handlers"

When playing the campaign following "liberation", an error window appears (titled "FMManager Error") with the message "There are too much handlers: 1237240". Workaround : cheat code (press ↵ Enter) "walkover". Note: It occurs also with the latest latest patch and even with 8 GB RAM.^{[citation needed]}

Desktop resolution switching to 1280x1024

The game starts but sets a wrong refresh rate (not 60 Hz) and changes the Desktop resolution. If using Linux, running winecfg to force the display to a 'Emulate a Virtual desktop' (example 1024x768) might help.^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE		ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+		Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2800+
System memory (RAM)	512 MB		768 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce2 Ti ATI Radeon 7500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible		Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM