Difference between revisions of "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2"
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Revision as of 07:21, 13 January 2022
Developers | |
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GRIN | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Diesel 2.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 28, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
IGDB | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon |
Warnings
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | The .exe file is DRM-free.[1] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Steam (unavailable) | ||||
Ubisoft Store (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Patches
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13510/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\GRAW2 |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13510/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Image is stretched from 16:9. Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Entire HUD scales very poorly at higher resolutions. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Flawless Widescreen; alternatively, FOV be modified by editing <path-to-game>Data\settings\renderer_settings.xml and changing the value of "aspect ratio" . A value of 2 to 2.5 is recommended for 16:9 displays, with 2.3 being ideal with minimal clipping of weapon models.[2] For example, <variable name="aspect_ratio" value="0"/> becomes <variable name="aspect_ratio" value="2.3"/> |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Under Texture filtering | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Off, and Edge Smoothing. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Under advanced settings. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output through OpenAL. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 4.0 (under advanced settings.) |
- OpenAL Soft 1.19.0 and 1.19.1 cause distorted audio in Diesel engine games. OpenAL Soft 1.20.1 fixes the audio.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation: download (TriboGamer) | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | ZeroTier and other VPNs can allow for creating LAN games that work over the Internet | ||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Dedicated server software is included in the installation folder. | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Failed to start game (app already running) error
Additional symptom: Task manager (or Process Explorer) shows the game appear in the task list, but it closes immediately.
Restart Steam.
Startup crash
Startup crashes pertain to PhysX v2.7.1. Uninstall PhysX, and install the latest Nvidia PhysX System Software.
Crash at launch: Unhandled exception - divide by zero (integer)
Use the patch by indiaZaop found at ghostrecon.net.
- Only intended for GRAW2 v1.05
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon | Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 ATI Radeon X850 DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 2400 |
Other | 128 Kbps Broadband Internet connection or faster | 512 Kbps upload rate for a server on a full game |
- Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (13510) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.