Star Wolves 2
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| Developers | |
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| X-Bow Software | |
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| 2005-2018 | 1C Company |
| 2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
| 2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 28, 2006 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| Vehicles | Space flight |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
| Series | Star Wolves |
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| Star Wolves | |
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| Star Wolves | 2004 |
| Star Wolves 2 | 2006 |
| Star Wolves 3: Civil War | 2009 |
Star Wolves 2 is a singleplayer third-person RPG and strategy game in the Star Wolves series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] | |
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- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Official patches are available from Patches-Scrolls.
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\default.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Main.ini[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>\<user-id>.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>\profile.info[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46280/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>\Save[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46280/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Basic settings
Advanced settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | See Custom resolutions. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | In <path-to-game>\Main.ini, edit the FOV value. |
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| Windowed | |||
| 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. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | In <path-to-game>\Main.ini, add the line SyncVRefresh = 1 line under the [GRAPH] section. |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Uncapped framerate. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Custom resolutions
| Modifying configuration file[6] |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Only a menu showing default mappings is available. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Sound, music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | Retail only. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
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| Operating system (OS) | XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2.5 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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Notes
- ↑ Version 3.0 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (46280) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2022-11-26
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2022-11-26