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Revision as of 00:09, 11 June 2023
Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Origin Systems |
Digital | Electronic Arts |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1991 |
Windows | October 15, 1996 |
Windows (DOSBox) | August 25, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | October 18, 2012[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Wing Commander |
Key points
- Characters can be imported from Wing Commander (see Import characters).
General information
- Wing Commander Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Use DOSBox. | |||
GOG.com | Includes both expansions and Wing Commander. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] | |||
Origin | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Version differences
- The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Speech Accessory Pack | Adds digital voices to wingmen during firefights. | |
Special Operations 1 | ||
Special Operations 2 |
Essential improvements
Import characters
Copy SAVEGAME.WLD[citation needed] |
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|
Patches
- The Wing Commander II Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
- The Special Operations 1 Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
- Reduced Asteroid Damage Patch (DOS, unofficial)
- Crosshair Patch
- DirectDraw Hack (Windows, unofficial)
Special Operations 1 and 2 (The Kilrathi Saga)
- Special Operations 1 and 2 adds the missions from the original expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run
SO12Inst.exe
. - The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander II must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer doesn't see the installation, see Special Operations won't install.
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WC2 |
Windows | <path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WC2[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
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 | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
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 | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
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 |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | FM Towns version only. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Issues fixed
EXE has stopped working (The Kilrathi Saga)
Set Windows 95 compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Special Operations won't install
Install Special Operations manually[citation needed] |
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System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | MS-DOS 3.3 | MS-DOS 5.0 (for EMM386) |
Processor (CPU) | 80286 12 MHz | 80386, 80486 16 MHz+ |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | 2 MB expanded Memory (EMS) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 MB | 21 MB |
Video card (GPU) | EGA | VGA |
Sound (audio device) | Adlib, Soundblaster, Roland | |
Controller | Joystick | |
Other | Soundblaster for Digitized Speech |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023