Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
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Developers | |
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Massive Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra Entertainment |
Digital | Rebellion Developments |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 18, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | April 23, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Ground Control |
Ground Control | |
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Ground Control | 2000 |
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus | 2004 |
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
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 5 DRM. | |||
GamersGate | Also bundled with the original game. | |||
GOG.com | A unique multiplayer key can be requested here. Mac version is available once added to your library despite the store page showing Windows only and not Mac (except for a small Mac notice under the system requirements section). | |||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) |
- Free demo versions are available from SierraHelp.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\profiles\0[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254840/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254840/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Interface scales poorly. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA, up to 4x. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Retail only. | |||
French | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
German | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Retail version only. Localization can be downloaded here | |||
Spanish | Retail and GOG.com only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Windows
Increased gamespeed on multicore-processor
Assign one core to the game[3] |
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Extreme mouse latency
Change mouse driver settings[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [5] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy | No longer available. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 3 800 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AGP and Hardware Transform and Lighting 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0b-compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (254840) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ GCVets.net Board | Increase multicore-processor gamespeed
- ↑ GOG.com | Community Discussions - Fix mouse latency
- ↑ Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus Special Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-08
- "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."