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A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars
Developers

	SkyRiver Studios
Publishers
2006-2018	1C Company
2018-2022	1C Entertainment
2022-present	Fulqrum Publishing
Release dates
Windows	February 17, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person, Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	A.I.M.

A.I.M.
A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines	2004
A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars	2006
A.I.M. Racing	2007
A.I.M.3: War Protocol	TBA

Contents 1 Availability 2 Essential improvements 2.1 Patches 2.2 General stability 2.2.1 Crashes and compatibility 2.2.2 Looping music and crashes caused by it 2.3 Skip intro videos 3 Game data 3.1 Configuration file(s) location 3.2 Save game data location 3.3 Save game cloud syncing 4 Video 4.1 Anti-aliasing (AA) 5 Input 6 Audio 6.1 Localizations 7 Other information 7.1 API 7.2 Middleware 8 System requirements 9 Notes 10 References

A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars is a singleplayer first-person, third-person and cinematic camera adventure and RPG game in the A.I.M. series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		English and German releases.
Retail		StarForce 5 DRM in Russian release; removed with patch 1.3.25.
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam
ZOOM Platform
Amazon.com (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)
Publisher website (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available here.

General stability

Crashes and compatibility

Force game to run on a single processor core/thread.^[1]

Looping music and crashes caused by it

Rename or delete Music folder^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Data` Delete or rename `Music` directory.

Skip intro videos

Modify configuration file^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG`. Open `cfg.ini`. Enter `Video=0` right under the `[CONFIG]` header. Save and close the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289180/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVES\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289180/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See field of view for details.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use FOV Fix. It's for 1.4 Steam version only!
Windowed	Requires `Windowed=1` to be set in `<path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\cfg.ini` under `[CONFIG]` section. Windowed mode is fixed at 1024x768 resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Windowed mode is unconditionally borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify configuration file^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\` Open `cfg.ini`. Find the line which starts with `Antializing`. Change the line to read `Antializing=XX`, where `XX` is the desired number of AA samples. Save and close the file. Notes Valid values are 0-15.

Modify configuration file^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\
Open cfg.ini.
Find the line which starts with Antializing.
Change the line to read Antializing=XX, where XX is the desired number of AA samples.
Save and close the file.

Notes

Valid values are 0-15.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Menu navigation (except opening and closing) is possible only with mouse.
Controller remapping		Essentially everything is remappable, except sticks' directions. Unlike left stick, right stick's directions are left completely unused.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Russian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1	^[3] The GOG release comes with DirectDraw and Direct3D 8 wrappers.
DirectDraw

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	768 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 7500 DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 ATI Radeon 9800

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).
↑ ^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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289180/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (289180) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Streef on 2022-11-26
↑ Steam Community Guide - 8x anti-aliasing/ 8x сглаживание - last accessed on 2016-08-21
↑ Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2024-03-11
Traced with dgVoodoo2 2.82.3

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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Third-person, Cinematic camera }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure, RPG }}
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 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Sci-fi }}
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+|mobygames    = 36203
 |strategywiki = A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars
 |wikipedia    =
-|winehq       =
+|winehq       = 18743
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 43: / Line 53: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | English release. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | English and German releases. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|StarForce|5}} in Russian release. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|StarForce|5}} in Russian release; removed with [[#Patches|patch 1.3.25]]. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| publisher | https://fulqrumpublishingstore.com/rpg/aim2-clan-wars | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GamersGate | aim-2 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | aim_2_clan_wars | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
@@ Line 53: / Line 62: @@
 {{Availability/row| Amazon | B003HKS142 | DRM-free | | | Windows | unavailable }}
 {{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-AIM2 | DRM-free | | | Windows | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| publisher | https://fulqrumpublishingstore.com/rpg/aim2-clan-wars | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }}
 }}
 ==Essential improvements==
+===Patches===
+{{ii}} Patches are available [http://mx.skyriver.ru/faq_mech2.phtml here].
+===General stability===
+====Crashes and compatibility====
+{{Fixbox|description=Force game to run on a [[Windows#Force_CPU_affinity|single processor core/thread]].|ref=<ref name="Streef_20221126">{{Refcheck|user=Streef|date=2022-11-26|comment=Comment (optional)}}</ref>|fix=
+}}
+====Looping music and crashes caused by it====
+{{Fixbox|description=Rename or delete Music folder|ref=<ref name="Streef_20221126"/>|fix=
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\Data}}
+# Delete or rename {{Folder|Music}} directory.
+}}
 ===Skip intro videos===
-{{Fixbox|description=Delete/rename video files|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Modify configuration file|ref=<ref name="Streef_20221126"/>|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Data\Video\</code>
+# Go to {{folder|{{P|game}}\Data\CONFIG}}.
-# Delete or rename {{file|1c.bik}} and {{file|srs.bik}}.
+# Open {{File|cfg.ini}}.
+# Enter <code>Video=0</code> right under the <code>[CONFIG]</code> header.
+# Save and close the file.
 }}
@@ Line 104: / Line 130: @@
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = Use [https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=164332#p164332 FOV Fix].
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = See <i>field of view</i> for details.
 |4k ultra hd                = unknown
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = Use [https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=164332#p164332 FOV Fix].
+|fov notes                  = Use [https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=164332#p164332 FOV Fix]. {{ii}} It's for 1.4 Steam version only!
-|windowed                   = false
+|windowed                   = true
-|windowed notes             =
+|windowed notes             = Requires <code>Windowed=1</code> to be set in <code>{{P|game}}\Data\CONFIG\cfg.ini</code> under <code>[CONFIG]</code> section. Windowed mode is fixed at 1024x768 resolution.
-|borderless windowed        = false
+|borderless windowed        = true
-|borderless windowed notes  =
+|borderless windowed notes  = Windowed mode is unconditionally borderless.
 |anisotropic                = true
 |anisotropic notes          =
 |antialiasing               = hackable
 |antialiasing notes         = See [[#Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]].
-|vsync                      = false
+|vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
@@ Line 123: / Line 149: @@
 |120 fps                    = true
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
-|color blind                = unknown
+|color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 146: / Line 172: @@
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
-|acceleration option       = unknown
+|acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
 |mouse sensitivity         = true
@@ Line 158: / Line 184: @@
 |controller support        = true
 |controller support notes  =
-|full controller           = unknown
+|full controller           = false
-|full controller notes     =
+|full controller notes     = Menu navigation (except opening and closing) is possible only with mouse.
-|controller remap          = unknown
+|controller remap          = true
-|controller remap notes    =
+|controller remap notes    = Essentially everything is remappable, except sticks' directions. Unlike left stick, right stick's directions are left completely unused.
 |controller sensitivity    = true
 |controller sensitivity notes=
-|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
+|invert controller y-axis  = false
 |invert controller y-axis notes=
 |xinput controllers        = unknown
@@ Line 190: / Line 216: @@
 |controller hotplug        = unknown
 |controller hotplug notes  =
-|haptic feedback           = unknown
+|haptic feedback           = true
 |haptic feedback notes     =
-|simultaneous input        = unknown
+|simultaneous input        = true
 |simultaneous input notes  =
 |steam input api           = unknown
@@ Line 213: / Line 239: @@
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = n/a
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = n/a
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = true
+|mute on focus lost       = unknown
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
@@ Line 227: / Line 253: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = German
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
@@ Line 235: / Line 269: @@
   |language  = Russian
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = false
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
@@ Line 245: / Line 279: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 7, 8
+|direct3d versions      = 8.1
-|direct3d notes         = D3D7 used for in-game rendering, D3D8 used for menus<ref>{{Refsnip|url=https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=523451&sid=32c1150bf9df21d04efa21e86abef263#p523451|title=Re: dgVoodoo 2 for DirectX 11|date=2016-08-30|snippet=Menu screen is corrupt because of a problem when loading .dds surfaces through into D3D8.<br/>It's fixed, but indeed, the game uses D3D8 for menus and DDraw/D3D for ingame and that part doesn't show up.}}</ref>
+|direct3d notes         = <ref>{{Refcheck|user=Eddmanx|date=2024-03-11|comment=Traced with dgVoodoo2 2.82.3}}</ref><br>The GOG release comes with DirectDraw and Direct3D 8 wrappers.
-|directdraw versions    =
+|directdraw versions    = true
 |directdraw notes       =
 |opengl versions        =
@@ Line 265: / Line 299: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =