Privateer 2: The Darkening
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Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
DOS | December 9, 1996 |
Windows | November 4, 1997 |
Windows (DOSBox) | September 19, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control, Menu-based |
Genres | Action, Business, Simulation, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space, Piracy |
Series | Wing Commander |
Privateer 2: The Darkening is a singleplayer first-person and third-person action, business, simulation and vehicle combat game in the Wing Commander series.
Use the Enhancement Patch to remove FMV interlacing and improve stability.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | DOS (original) or Windows (Deluxe). | |||
GOG.com | DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] |
Demo
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch 17.0e (Buffalo Wings, English DOS version only) is available at soggi.org.
- The GOG.com and Windows versions are already patched.
Unofficial patch
- The unofficial Enhancement Patch 3 is also available at soggi.org.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\DARK.CFG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\DARK.CFG[Note 1] |
- Settings for the Enhancement Patch are stored in
<path-to-game>\DARK.FIX
.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\GAME0*.IFF |
Windows | <path-to-game>\GAME0*.IFF[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | 640x480 only. Use the Privateer 2 Enhancement Patch for pillarboxed. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | True for DOS version (when using DOSBox), false for Windows version. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game is capped to around 30 FPS. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Toggle Flight Model Orientation in in-flight options (Alt+O). | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Space flight only. | |
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Toggle Flight Model Orientation in in-flight options (Alt+O). |
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 | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
No music during space flight (Windows)
- The Windows version only plays music when running in compatibility mode.
Install Enhancement Patch[3] |
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Install the Privateer 2 Enhancement Patch. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 60 MHz | Intel Pentium 90 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 12 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 1 MB of VRAM |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
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
- ↑ Release: Privateer 2: The Darkening - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ New Privateer 2 Patch Adds Deinterlace Feature & Makes Numerous Improvements (October 1, 2013) | Page 3 | Wing Commander CIC