Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
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Developers | |
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GRIN | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Diesel 2.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 28, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
IGDB | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America, Sci-fi |
Series | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | The executable is DRM-free.[1] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [2] | |||
Steam (unavailable) | ||||
Ubisoft Store (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.05, available from Ubisoft's patch repository and Patches-Scrolls (international | Russian).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\GRAW2\data\settings\renderer_settings.xml %LOCALAPPDATA%\GRAW2\settings\profiles\<user-id>\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13510/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\GRAW2\settings\profiles\<user-id>\savegames |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13510/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Image is stretched from 16:9. Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Entire HUD scales very poorly at higher resolutions. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of View. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Off, and Edge Smoothing. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Field of View
Use Flawless Widescreen[citation needed] |
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Edit configuration file |
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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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output through OpenAL. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 4.0 | |
Royalty free audio |
- OpenAL Soft 1.19.0 and 1.19.1 cause distorted audio in Diesel engine games. OpenAL Soft 1.20.1 fixes the audio.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation: download (TriboGamer) | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Dedicated server software is included in the installation folder. | |
Self-hosting | Requires either log-in to any GameSpy alternative or LAN (including through VPN) | |
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Failed to start game
- Can manifest as an error reporting that the game is already running, or Task Manager/Process Explorer showing the game in the task list briefly before it is closed.
Restart Steam[citation needed] |
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Startup crash
Startup crashes pertain to PhysX v2.7.1.
Uninstall PhysX, and install the latest Nvidia PhysX System Software. |
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Crash at launch: Unhandled exception - divide by zero (integer)
Use the patch by indiaZaop (requires patch 1.05)[4] |
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Crash during campaign briefing - PhysX
Adjust physics options[5] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | 2.7.1.6 |
Audio | OpenAL | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.6b |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon | Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 ATI Radeon X850 DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 2400 |
Other | 128 Kbps Broadband Internet connection or faster | 512 Kbps upload rate for a server on a full game |
- Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (13510) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ The Ubi DRM-Free Games List - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 007: Blood Stone - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2022-01-31
- ↑ [[missing url] Ghost Recon Downloads » Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 » Miscellaneous GRAW 2 Files » GRAW2 (Divide Zero) Fix] - last accessed on 2024-02-24
- ↑ Game keeps crashing when I try to play the first mission, any ideas? - Steam Community