Space Rangers 2: Dominators

This page is for the original game. For the remake, see Space Rangers HD: A War Apart.

Space Rangers 2: Dominators

Developers
	Elemental Games
Publishers
US	Cinemaware
Europe	Excalibur Publishing
Russia, Poland	1C Company
Release dates
Windows	September 13, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Genres	RPG, Strategy
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Space Rangers

Space Rangers
Space Rangers	2002
Space Rangers 2: Dominators	2004
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart	2013
Space Rangers: Quest	2016

Warnings

StarForce DRM may not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).

Space Rangers 2: Dominators is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG and strategy game in the Space Rangers series.

The game was released as Space Rangers 2 in the UK and Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators in the US. It was re-released as Space Rangers 2: Reboot, which includes the base game and its Reboot expansion.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM on the original and Special Edition. StarForce 5 DRM for Reboot.
GOG.com (unavailable)		Reboot.
Steam (unavailable)		Reboot.

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

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

This game is no longer available digitally.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Reboot

Essential improvements

Skip intro cutscenes

Modify config file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open cfg.txt. Find the line which contains SkipIntro. If the line does not exist, add it to the bottom of the file. Change the line you found to the following: SkipIntro=True

Smooth font replacement

smooth font

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\cfg.txt
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46330/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save <path-to-game>\questcomplete.dat <path-to-game>\robotcomplete.dat
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46330/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Space and planetary battles use different screen resolution settings.

General settings from expansion.

Video settings from expansion for Space battles.

Video settings from expansion for Planetary battles.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		800x600 or 1024x768
Field of view (FOV)		Not applicable due to the gameplay
Windowed		Auto-minimizes on focus loss.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Unknown for planetary battles
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No FPS lock (unknown for planetary battles) No FPS lock (unknown for planetary battles)
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen patch
Download the patch from PCGamingWiki. Unrar and start SR2ResolutionPatch.exe Select the game folder, preferred resolution and additional settings and click "Install". The patch will create a RangersNewRes.exe file, always start the game via this exe file to achieve widescreen.

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

All in-game dialogue is text-based.

Sounds and music settings are set separately for Space and Planetary battles.

Video settings from expansion for Space mode.

Video settings from expansion for Planetary mode.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sounds, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles		Intro cutscene and planetary battle announcer lack subtitles. All other dialog is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - Reboot Rise Of The Dominators
Russian

Issues fixed

Game displays blank screen

The game renders nothing to the screen under Windows 7 and higher.

Blank screen: Workaround 1
This workaround needs to be applied upon every startup, increasing loading time substantially Start the game normally Press R, then ↵ Enter. This will load a random planetary battle Open menu (Esc) and exit planetary battle mode. You'll end up in the main menu Close "Pick planetary battle" submenu and you're good to go

Blank screen: Workaround 2

This workaround breaks edge-scrolling in the minimap space travel mode Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open cfg.txt. Find the line which contains Window. Change the line you found to the following: Window=True Go to the installation folder. Right-click on Rangers.exe and select Compatibility Options from the menu which appears. Click the Compatibility tab. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for: checkbox. In the drop-down menu underneath the checkbox you just checked, select Windows 98/ME. Click the OK button.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9	D3D8 for Space battles, D3D9 for Planetary battles

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Xvid

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98		2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz		Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB		512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	800 MB		1.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible

Minimum system requirements do not support planetary battles.