Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War
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Developers | |
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Taldren | |
14 Degrees East | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 20, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Star Trek: Starfleet Command |
Warnings
Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and top-down view vehicle combat game in the Star Trek: Starfleet Command series.
As of Windows 10, the game crashes in the early game after a few commands are entered, which can be resolved with a single configuration file change.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.com.
Essential improvements
Official patches
- Patch 2.036 is the latest official patch.
Official bonus missions
- A set of official bonus missions featuring Captain Hikaru Sulu has been released, available here. They also have a patch released for them.
Game freezes when trying to start a match on Windows 10 and newer
Edit the configuration file[1] |
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Skip intro video
Use different executable |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\sfc.ini[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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 | General, music, speech. Accessible only within a match from the bottom control tab | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | The in-game settings menu tab allows for setting how long subtitles stay on screen before clearing. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Separate US and UK releases. | |||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | Versus, Co-op |
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Online play | Versus, Co-op The official GameSpy server has been shut down; use the SFC Launcher. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium III 500 MHz (without acceleration), Pentium II 350 MHz (with acceleration) | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
References
- ↑ GOG.com forums - Potential Windows 10 flickering fix - last accessed on May 2023