Knights of the Temple II

Knights of the Temple II

Developers
	Cauldron
Publishers
Retail	Playlogic Entertainment
Retail	Akella
Digital	TopWare Interactive
Release dates
Windows	November 24, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	53
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Fantasy, Middle East, Medieval
Series	Knights of the Temple

Knights of the Temple
Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade	2004
Knights of the Temple II	2005

Warnings

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

Knights of the Temple II is a singleplayer third-person ARPG game in the Knights of the Temple series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.6 DRM .
Retail		Covermount by magazine "Giochi" (n. 44, 2008)
ZOOM Platform
GamersGate (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
(unavailable)

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 here.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Video\. Move, delete or rename cauldron.wlt, playlogic.wlt, tdk.wlt.

Remove logo

Method 1: Extract this patch to the installation directory[citation needed]

Method 2: Hex editing[citation needed]
Open KOTT2.exe with a hex editor. On offset 00045AE0, change 7B to EB and save.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\KOTT2.set

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix to set a custom FOV value.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Maximum of 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix
Notes Fixes the resolution, aspect ratio and FOV. Customizable FOV and resolution.

Permanently patch
Download Patch and extract to <path-to-game>. Start the game smf change game resolution to 640x480. Notes This method only stretches the image without adapting the aspect ratio. To edit it manually, download this file and follow the instructions. More values are available here.

Windowed

Force windowed mode
Download ThirteenAG's D3D9 wrapper and extract to <path-to-game>. Open d3d9.ini with a text editor. Change the ForceWindowedMode value from 0 to 1. Save the file.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only for keyboard and controller (it is not working in modern OS and with X360 controller).
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		Separate settings for sound and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Download
Simplified Chinese				Retail only.
Czech				Fan translation; download.
French				Download
German				Download
Italian				Download
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Was released under title Тамплиеры 2: Портал Тьмы
Russian				Fan translation; download
Spanish				Download

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Anaglyph. Use -sv launch parameter.

Issues fixed

StarForce Protection Technology

Update the StarForce driver[citation needed]

Cutscenes play too fast, and jumping doesn't work properly leading to random deaths

This is caused by extremely high non-Vsync framerates, especially if the framerate reaches 4 digits.

The ZOOM Platform release had this issue fixed on September 28, 2022.

Cap the framerate to 150 or less[citation needed]

Force Vsync[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE, ME		2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz		Intel Pentium 4 2.4 Athlon XP 2400+
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce 3 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		ATI Radeon 9800 Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 DirectX DirectX 9.0c-compatible compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0b-compatible
Other	DVD-ROM