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Revision as of 11:46, 25 January 2022
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Developers | |
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Monolith Productions | |
Publishers | |
GT Interactive | |
Atari | |
Engines | |
LithTech 1.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 25, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy, Horror |
Series | Blood |
Blood | |
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Blood | 1997 |
Blood II: The Chosen | 1998 |
Blood: Fresh Supply | 2019 |
Warnings
Key points
- Poor performance on modern systems.
- Crashes on certain resolutions.
- The polling rate of the mouse must not exceed 125 Hz, otherwise your mouse movement will jump around, causing difficulty in aiming.
- The game was designed to work at a locked 60 FPS; See Cutscenes play too fast.
General information
- Blood Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Includes "The Nightmare Levels" expansion. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Includes "The Nightmare Levels" expansion. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Nightmare Levels |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Blood II v2.1 fixes various issues (requires Patch v2.0).
Skip intro videos
Delete file[citation needed] |
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Run Blood II on modern systems
Use Peixoto's patch[citation needed] |
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Or dgVoodoo2[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/299050/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/299050/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Widescreen patch only supports up to 1440p. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Windowed | Setup dgVoodoo to enable Alt+↵ Enter shortcut. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Setup dgVoodoo to enable MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. Can be forced off. | ||
60 FPS | Setup dgVoodoo for stable performance. | ||
120+ FPS | Game logic is tied to frame rate. At over 60 fps, mouse is jerky and cutscenes are too fast cutting off characters' voice lines. At extremely high frame rates, game runs inhumanly fast.See Cutscenes play too fast. |
Widescreen resolution
- Blood 2 hard crashes when vertical resolution exceeds 1000p, and resolutions wider than 4:3 are simply a stretched image. Fixes can be installed to correct both issues.
Fix crashes and stretching[4] |
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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 | The GOG.com version has trouble detecting any joysticks.[5] | |
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 | ||
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.0, EAX (2.0 update required)[6] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | Versus, Co-op For co-op use the Co-op addon. |
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Online play | 32 | Versus, Co-op For co-op use the Co-op addon. |
Issues unresolved
Crashes on focus lost
- Whenever using Alt+Tab ↹, the game crashes with the error message: "Client MFC Application has stopped working".
Issues fixed
Poor performance on modern systems
Setup dgVoodoo2[3] |
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Crashes on certain resolutions
- Crashes with 1000+ pixel height resolutions by default.
Fix resolution crash[3] |
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"ERROR - Unable to set the video mode. (6929314)" error
Use Windows 10 patch[7] |
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Music doesn't play in game
Fix missing music[citation needed] |
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Cutscenes play too fast
- Game logic is tied to frame rate. At over 60 fps, mouse is jerky and cutscenes are too fast cutting off characters' voice lines. At extremely high frame rates, game runs inhumanly fast.
Limit frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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See Frame rate capping. |
Set monitor 60hz[citation needed] |
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Always starts on second monitor
Set display manually[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Window positioned off-screen
- Occurs with dgVoodoo's windowed mode.
Software workaround[citation needed] |
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Error 0xc0000022 on launch
Other information
Run without the launcher
Start with batch file[8] |
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@echo off cd "path-to-game" start /affinity 1 client.exe -rez BLOOD2.REZ -rez SOUND.REZ -rez Custom/WidescreenPatch.REZ exit @echo off cd "path-to-game" start /affinity 1 client.exe -rez BLOOD2.REZ -rez BLOOD2NM.REZ -rez SOUND.REZ -rez Custom/WidescreenPatchNM.REZ exit |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
- An Intel Pentium II 233 MHz or equivalent is required for software rendering
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 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 (299050) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 VOGONS • View topic - Blood 2: The Chosen On Windows 8, 8.1
- ↑ Blood II: The Chosen | WSGF
- ↑ Using a joystick with Blood II - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Games Tech Help: Blood 2: The Chosen - Vortex of Sound (retrieved)
- ↑ Blood II The Chosen · elishacloud/dxwrapper Wiki
- ↑ Ultimate Fix Blood 2 :: Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion General Discussions