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Revision as of 04:12, 11 September 2015

Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: Battlefront II cover
Developers
Pandemic Studios
Publishers
LucasArts
Engines
Zero
Release dates
Windows October 31, 2005
Star Wars: Battlefront II on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Star Wars: Battlefront
Subseries of Star Wars
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) 2015
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) 2017
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024

Key points

Online multiplayer does not work since GameSpy servers shut down, but this can be fixed using third-party applications or mods. See Online Play.
Crashes often on more modern systems. See Crash to desktop after loading a map.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Official LucasArts Battlefront II Forums
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
CD-ROM edition with 4 discs and a DVD-ROM version.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Retail version.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
Icon overlay.png
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Icon overlay.png
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1. The Steam version is already up to date.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Only two bindings can be assigned to a single command.

Template:Input settings

Correctly binding the controller's movement axis

Instructions

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Use the Join or Create buttons in order to skip the main GameSpy login prompt.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
64 Use GameMaster or GameRanger in order to play Online. GameMaster isn't well populated for this game, GameRanger is a better choice.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Use the +connect parameter followed by the IP and the port.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 3658-3659, 6500, 27900
UDP 3658-3659, 6500, 27900
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Audio looping and stuttering

Instructions

Crash to desktop after loading a map

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Low frame rate and long loading times

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 1.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

Mods

A collection of mods listed by a redditor can be found here
For more general mods go here.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4.3 GB (plus 200 MB extra for game data)
Video card (GPU) Hardware T&L capable
64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References