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{{Infobox game/row/developer|KraiSoft Entertainment}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Space flight}}
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|mobygames    = atomaders-2
 
|mobygames    = atomaders-2
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\Save.cdf<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Stormshadow429|date=2023-03-27|comment=The game loses its current configuration if this file is reset or deleted.}}</ref>}}
 
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|antialiasing              = false
 
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|antialiasing notes        =  
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==Input==
 
==Input==
{{Image|atomaders2input.png|The help section of Atomaders 2 showing the controls for different kinds of game controllers, namely a mouse, keyboard, and controller, they cannot be remapped}}
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{{Image|atomaders2input.png|The help section of Atomaders 2 showing the controls for different kinds of game controllers, namely a mouse, keyboard, and controller, the controls are not possible to be remapped}}
 
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|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          = The game has its own custom cursor.
 
|mouse menu notes          = The game has its own custom cursor.
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
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|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
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|controller sensitivity    = false
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
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|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
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|xinput controllers        = unknown
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|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    = The game has seperate volume controls for Sound and Music.
 
|separate volume notes    = The game has seperate volume controls for Sound and Music.
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|surround sound notes      =  
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|closed captions notes    =  
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==Issues unresolved==
 
===Energy Storm is not dropping===
 
{{ii}}Energy Storm, a certain power-up shown in the help section doesn't seem to appear anywhere within the game, it must be a bug or power-up intended for testing
 
 
===Help section typographical error===
 
{{ii}}The Help section of the game, specifically page 5, has a bad typographical error, it may be possible to fix it unofficially by editing the in-game resources, which no one has probably done yet
 
  
 
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  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
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  |audio    = n/a
  |subtitles = unknown
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==Issues unresolved==
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===Help section typographical error<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Stormshadow429|date=2022-01-20|comment=While typographical issues can be ignored most of the time, this one shouldn't be an exception as the typographical error is showing profanity}}</ref>===
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{{ii}}The Help section of the game, specifically page 5, has a bad typographical error, it may be possible to fix it unofficially by editing the in-game resources, which no one has probably done yet
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==Issues resolved==
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===Energy Storm is not dropping<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Stormshadow429|date=2022-01-20|comment=I've played and finished the game 2 times, and I've only witnessed this power-up years later by brute forcing the game.}}</ref>===
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{{ii}}Energy Storm, a certain power-up shown in the help section doesn't seem to appear anywhere within the game, while this may be the case, the power-up simply has a really low drop rate for some reason, it will start appearing in Sector 8, 8-5 specifically, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBfY6Fzp5Hs here] is a video showing what it does.
  
 
==Other information==
 
==Other information==
 
===API===
 
===API===
 
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
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|windows arm app        = unknown
 
|windows arm app        = unknown
 
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Latest revision as of 03:03, 27 March 2023

Atomaders 2
Atomaders 2 cover
Developers
KraiSoft Entertainment
Release dates
Windows 2008
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade
Vehicles Space flight
Art styles Pre-rendered graphics
Themes Space
Series Atomaders
Atomaders 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Atomaders 2 on MobyGames
Atomaders
Atomaders 2002
Atomaders 2 2008

Atomaders 2 is a singleplayer top-down view arcade game in the Atomaders series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
Requires online activation
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save.cdf[1][Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save.cdf[Note 1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
The game doesn't show any setting for it, but when the game is starting it shows up in Windowed mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
The game is most likely running at 60 FPS locked.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

The help section of Atomaders 2 showing the controls for different kinds of game controllers, namely a mouse, keyboard, and controller, the controls are not possible to be remapped
The help section of Atomaders 2 showing the controls for different kinds of game controllers, namely a mouse, keyboard, and controller, the controls are not possible to be remapped

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
The game is following the default system settings for mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
The game has its own custom cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
The help section of the game indicates that it supports controller input
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

The sound settings of Atomaders 2, including a few more options
The sound settings of Atomaders 2, including a few more options

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
The game has seperate volume controls for Sound and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues unresolved

Help section typographical error[2]

The Help section of the game, specifically page 5, has a bad typographical error, it may be possible to fix it unofficially by editing the in-game resources, which no one has probably done yet

Issues resolved

Energy Storm is not dropping[3]

Energy Storm, a certain power-up shown in the help section doesn't seem to appear anywhere within the game, while this may be the case, the power-up simply has a really low drop rate for some reason, it will start appearing in Sector 8, 8-5 specifically, here is a video showing what it does.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 220 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 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

  1. Verified by User:Stormshadow429 on 2023-03-27
    The game loses its current configuration if this file is reset or deleted.
  2. Verified by User:Stormshadow429 on 2022-01-20
    While typographical issues can be ignored most of the time, this one shouldn't be an exception as the typographical error is showing profanity
  3. Verified by User:Stormshadow429 on 2022-01-20
    I've played and finished the game 2 times, and I've only witnessed this power-up years later by brute forcing the game.