Earthsiege 2
Developers | |
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Dynamix | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra On-Line |
Digital | Hi-Rez Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 19, 1996 |
Windows 3.x | March 19, 1996 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Robot |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Metaltech |
Metaltech | |
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Metaltech: Earthsiege | 1994 |
Metaltech: Battledrome | 1994 |
Earthsiege 2 | 1996 |
Starsiege | 1999 |
Tribes (series) |
Earthsiege 2 is a singleplayer first-person and third-person vehicle combat game in the Metaltech series.
The game was re-released for free by Hi-Rez Studios in 2015.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Official website | Free download. Does not include music. |
Essential improvements
Skip 256 color warning
Set ES.EXE to run in 256 color mode
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Modern Windows installer
The Sierrahelp Earthsiege 2 Installer automatically applies the latest patch, rips (or downloads) all of the music tracks in high quality MP3 to play and loop in-game properly, and adds a no-CD patch.
- Works with the freeware release.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\DATA\*.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAV\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Only supports 320x240 and 640x480. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Set in options or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
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) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German |
Issues fixed
"VSHELL.EXE - Entry Point Not Found" error on launch
- Error message: "The procedure entry point FT_Thunk could not be located in the dynamic link library".
Delete Earthsiege 2 DDRAW.DLL[1] |
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"You don't have enough virtual memory to run Earthsiege II" error on launch
Use Windows 95 compatibility mode[1] |
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Set the game to run in Windows 95 compatibility mode. |
Game refuses to run under Windows 10
See DirectDraw is broken[2] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
System requirements
Windows 3.x | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | 486 DX2 66 Mhz | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Garrett on 2016-04-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2016-03-01