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.
Key points
- Some mods are available, and a somewhat active modding community still exists.
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).
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the retail release is 1.2. Digital releases are already patched.
Mission mods
- Destination Paris is a mod that makes the game more challenging.
- A modding community for the game still exists.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
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 (you might need to run the editor as an administrator).
- 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 color you chose, with a new string corresponding to the horizontal resolution you want:
- 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 color you chose, with a new string corresponding to the vertical resolution you want:
- 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 your changes and close the hex editor.
- Run the game, and under "Options" select (one of) the resolution(s) you hacked (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, just press Alt+↵ Enter at any time in-game.
Permanently enabling windowed[citation needed]
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- Go to the save game data location.
- Open
COMM2.CFG for editing
- Change
.INICIAR_EN_FULL_SCREEN 1 to .INICIAR_EN_FULL_SCREEN 0
- Save your edit
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Local retail release only. |
Spanish |
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Retail version, download |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Videos don't work
Run the game with Windows 2000 compatibility[5]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
7 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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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