This page is for the original release. For the HD Remaster, see Commandos 2 HD Remaster.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
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Pyro Studios |
macOS (OS X) |
Zonic Limited |
Retail, original digital |
Eidos Interactive |
Retail re-release |
Sold Out Software |
Second digital |
Merge Games |
Third digital |
Kalypso Media |
OS X |
Feral Interactive |
Windows |
September 20, 2001 |
macOS (OS X) |
June 15, 2005 |
Monetization |
One-time game purchase |
Modes |
Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing |
Real-time |
Perspectives |
Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera |
Controls |
Point and select |
Genres |
Stealth, Strategy |
Vehicles |
Automobile, Naval/watercraft, Tank |
Art styles |
Stylized |
Themes |
Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Oceania, World War II |
Series |
Commandos |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Commandos Wiki
- Revora Commandos Modding Community (requires registration)
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo version is available from CommandosHQ.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the retail release is 1.2. Digital releases are already patched.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Example of graphical glitch experienced with horizontal resolution of 1920px.
- Widescreen-ready executables - Just pick the one you want, rename the old one, put the new executable and rename it to "comm2". When you start the game, choose 800x600 resolution.
- Retail versions need to have 1.2 patch (mirror) installed to work.
- Destination Paris will not work with this.
Manual process
- You need to override one (or more) of the four built-in resolution options with the custom resolution(s) you want.
- Horizontal resolutions above 1440px, when playing non-tutorial missions, cause major graphical glitches and also crashes the game when zooming.
Overriding built-in resolutions[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Open
comm2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Pick one of the four built-in resolutions to override with a higher/wider resolution and remember its color:
640x480 , 800x600 , 1024x768 , 1280x1024
- Search for these hexadecimal strings (which control window and viewport width, respectively):
80 02 00 00 C3 B8 20 03 00 00 C3 B8 00 04 00 00 C3 B8 00 05
80 02 00 00 EB 13 BA 20 03 00 00 EB 0C BA 00 04 00 00 EB 05 BA 00 05
- Then, for both, replace the string in the schosen color, with a new string corresponding to the desired horizontal resolution:
- For 1366px, replace with:
56 05
- For 1440px, replace with:
A0 05
- For 1920px, replace with:
80 07 (might cause glitches)
- For other values, see this list of hex values.
- Search for these hexadecimal strings (which control window and viewport height, respectively):
E0 01 00 00 C3 B8 58 02 00 00 C3 B8 00 03 00 00 C3 B8 00 04
E0 01 00 00 89 10 89 48 04 C2 04 00 8B 44 24 04 B9 58 02 00 00 89 10 89 48 04 C2 04 00 8B 44 24 04 B9 00 03 00 00 89 10 89 48 04 C2 04 00 B9 00 04
- Then, for both, replace the string in the chosen color, with a new string corresponding to the desired vertical resolution:
- For 768px, replace with:
00 03
- For 900px, replace with:
84 03
- For 1080px, replace with:
38 04
- For other values, see this list of hex values.
- Save the changes and close the hex editor.
- Run the game, and under "Options" select (one of) the hacked resolution(s) (it will still be listed as the original resolution).
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- Unfortunately, playing the game windowed appears to disable edge-scrolling.
To enable windowed mode, just press Alt+↵ Enter at any time in-game.
Permanently enabling windowed mode[citation needed]
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- Go to the save game data location.
- Open
COMM2.CFG in a text editor.
- Change
.INICIAR_EN_FULL_SCREEN 1 to .INICIAR_EN_FULL_SCREEN 0
- Save the changes.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, Music, Sound Effects, Voice, Cutscenes |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Notes |
LAN play |
| Co-op
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Online play |
| Co-op The official multiplayer service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Issues fixed
Videos don't work
Commandos 2 won't launch
Disconnect USB Corsair Watercooling cable
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
7 |
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Executable | PPC |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | |
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macOS (OS X) | | |
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This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Modifications
- Destination Paris is a mod that makes the game more challenging and includes missions from Commandos 3: Destination Berlin.
- A modding community for the game still exists.
Issues unresolved
Crash related to wireless peripherals
- The game crashes on startup if the user has wireless peripherals (headsets, mice...), either with a black screen or with an error message reporting an access violation. Before the game is run, the USB dongle needs to be unplugged, and only plugged back in when the game's intro/menu is shown.[6]
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
| Intel Pentium II 450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.5 GB |
2.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible
| 8 MB of VRAM |
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:
References