Difference between revisions of "Blood Bowl 2"

Latest revision as of 09:55, 31 January 2024

Blood Bowl
Subseries of Warhammer
Blood Bowl	1995
Blood Bowl (2009)	2009
Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition	2012
Blood Bowl 2	2015
Blood Bowl: Death Zone	2019
Blood Bowl 3	2023

Key points

Many outstanding bugs and rule miscalculations from previous titles have been fixed.

Lacking a significant number of league management features from previous titles.

Various players and rules have been changed from the standard tabletop rules.^[2]^[3]

General information

Official forums

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate		Legendary Edition also available.
		Legendary Edition also available.
GOG.com		Legendary Edition.
Green Man Gaming		Legendary Edition also available.
Humble Store		Legendary Edition also available.
Steam		Legendary Edition also available.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable)

All macOS versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Legendary Edition includes the base game and all DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Team Pack	Contains up to 8 DLC (Lizardmen, Wood Elves, Norse, Undead, Necromantic, Nurgle, Chaos Dwarfs and Khemri). Price adjusts depending on the number of DLC already owned.^[4]
Lizardmen	Adds Lizardmen as playable race. Previously available as pre-order bonus.
Wood Elves	Adds Wood Elves as playable race. Previously available as pre-order bonus.
Norse	Adds Norse as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release.
Undead	Adds Undead as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release.
Necromantic	Adds Necromantic as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release.
Nurgle	Adds Nurgle as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release.
Chaos Dwarfs	Adds Chaos Dwarfs as playable race.
Khemri	Adds Khemri as playable race.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BloodBowl2\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/236690/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BloodBowl2\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/236690/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Video settings.

Graphical presets in-game do not explain feature differences between them.

Numerous standard options are missing in-game and are exclusive to the config files.

The UI does not properly scale for Nvidia DSR/AMD VSR resolutions beyond native.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Default maximum of 3200x2400. See Widescreen resolution to override.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Defaults to borderless windowed mode
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Default mode. See Widescreen resolution to override.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	4x maximum in config files. Force higher via graphics control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	4x MSAA maximum in config files. Force higher via graphics control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Default disabled. See Vertical sync (Vsync) or force via graphics control panel.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Locked to 60 FPS; no config file option to remove.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

XML files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Data\
Open Options.xml with your text editor of choice.
Find the line <Limits>.
Change the <Min></Min>, <Max></Max>, and <Range></Range> values to accommodate your desired resolution size and refresh rate.
Save and exit the text editor.
Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BloodBowl2\Config.xml
Change the <Resolution>(XXXX,YYYY)</Resolution>, <Frequency>X</Frequency>, and <Fullscreen>X</Fullscreen> values as desired.
Save and exit the text editor.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

XML file^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Data\` Open `Config.xml` with your text editor of choice. Find `<PresentationInterval>0</PresentationInterval>`. Change the value to `1` to enable it. Save and exit the text editor.

Input

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		`<Vibrations>` section in Data\Options.xml
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Sound settings.

Subtitles can be mistranslated from actual speech for certain languages.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound and Commentators
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Hot seat
LAN play
Online play	2	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Matchmaking done within the league your team is registered.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

A specific API cannot be forced via the config files.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	3.3
Shader Model support	4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 5670 768 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.3 compatible DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

Despite stated system requirements, game will not run without DirectX 11 or OpenGL 3.3 support.

Notes

↑ 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>/236690/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (236690) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Mac version is now available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Blood Bowl 2 - last accessed on May 2023
↑ bloodbowl-game.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ thenaf.net - last accessed on May 2023
↑ http://forum.bloodbowl-game.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=8472

[gamedir-5] 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).

[Proton_path_note-6] 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>/236690/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (236690) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/236690/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (236690) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Mac version is now available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Blood Bowl 2 - last accessed on May 2023

[2] wl-game.com - last accessed on May 2023

[3] thenaf.net - last accessed on May 2023

[4] ttp://forum.bloodbowl-game.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=8472

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|September 22, 2015}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|May 17, 2016|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/games/236690/announcements/detail/826786894635818752 Mac version is now available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Blood Bowl 2]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|May 17, 2016|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/games/236690/announcements/detail/826786894635818752|title=Mac version is now available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Blood Bowl 2|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
 |reception    =
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|blood-bowl-2|76}}
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|1629/blood-bowl-ii|71}}
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|blood-bowl-2|69}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Multiplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Turn-Based }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-Eye View}}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and Select }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Strategy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Cartoon }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Blood Bowl }}
 |steam appid  = 236690
-|gogcom id    =
+|gogcom id    = 1150455200
 |official site= http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/en/bloodbowl2
 |hltb         = 30491
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = blood-bowl-ii
+|mobygames    = 82226
 |wikipedia    = Blood Bowl 2
 |winehq       = 18396
+|lutris       = blood-bowl-2
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|Blood Bowl}}
 '''Key points'''
 {{++}} Many outstanding bugs and rule miscalculations from previous titles have been fixed.
 {{--}} Lacking a significant number of league management features from previous titles.
-{{ii}} Various players and rules have been changed from the standard tabletop rules.<ref>http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/files/RulebookBB2.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.thenaf.net/blood-bowl/online/bb2/</ref>
+{{ii}} Various players and rules have been changed from the standard tabletop rules.<ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/files/RulebookBB2.pdf|title=bloodbowl-game.com|date=May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.thenaf.net/blood-bowl/online/bb2/|title=thenaf.net|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 '''General information'''
 {{mm}} [http://forum.bloodbowl-game.com/viewforum.php?f=59 Official forums]
+{{GOG.com links|1150455200}}
 {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/236690/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
@@ Line 38: / Line 52: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| Amazon.com | B012DD4V4W | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | blood-bowl-ii | Steam | {{store link|GamersGate|blood-bowl-ii-legendary-edition|Legendary Edition}} also available. | | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| Amazon.co.uk | B010MNKDYW | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 2849-1 | Steam | {{store link|Gamesplanet|2849-12|Legendary Edition}} also available. |  | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-BB2GAME | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | blood_bowl_2_legendary_edition | DRM-free | Legendary Edition. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 2849-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| GMG | blood-bowl-2 | Steam | {{store link|GMG|blood-bowl-2-legendary-edition|Legendary Edition}} also available. | | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| GMG | blood-bowl-2 | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Humble | blood-bowl-2 | Steam | {{store link|Humble|blood-bowl-2-legendary-edition|Legendary Edition}} also available. | | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| Humble | blood-bowl-2 | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 236690 | Steam | {{store link|Steam-sub|192166|Legendary Edition}} also available. | | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 236690 | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Amazon.com | B012DD4V4W | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| Amazon.co.uk | B010MNKDYW | Steam |  | | Windows, OS X | unavailable }}
 }}
-{{ii}} All versions require {{DRM|Steam}}.
+{{ii}} All macOS versions require {{DRM|Steam}}.
+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} The '''Legendary Edition''' includes the base game and all DLC.
+==Monetization==
 {{DLC|
 {{DLC/row| Team Pack | Contains up to 8 DLC (Lizardmen, Wood Elves, Norse, Undead, Necromantic, Nurgle, Chaos Dwarfs and Khemri). Price adjusts depending on the number of DLC already owned.<ref>http://forum.bloodbowl-game.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=8472</ref>  | Windows, OS X }}
@@ Line 75: / Line 94: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             =
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = true
+|steam cloud               = true
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Blood Bowl 2 Settings General.jpg|General settings.}}
 {{Image|Blood Bowl 2 Settings Graphics.jpg|Video settings.}}
@@ Line 97: / Line 116: @@
 {{--}} Numerous standard options are missing in-game and are exclusive to the config files.
 {{--}} The UI does not properly scale for Nvidia DSR/AMD VSR resolutions beyond native.
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/blood-bowl-2/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = gold
@@ Line 120: / Line 139: @@
 |anisotropic notes          = 4x maximum in config files. Force higher via graphics control panel.
 |antialiasing               = hackable
-|antialiasing notes         = 4x MSAA maximum in config files. Force higher via graphics control panel.
+|antialiasing notes         = 4x [[MSAA]] maximum in config files. Force higher via graphics control panel.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = hackable
 |vsync notes                = Default disabled. See [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]] or force via graphics control panel.
@@ Line 152: / Line 174: @@
 # Save and exit the text editor.}}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
 {{Image|Blood Bowl 2 Settings Controller.jpg|Controller settings.}}
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 177: / Line 199: @@
 |touchscreen               = false
 |touchscreen notes         =
-|xinput controllers        = unknown
+|xinput controllers        = true
 |xinput controllers notes  =
-|xbox prompts              = unknown
+|xbox prompts              = true
 |xbox prompts notes        =
 |impulse triggers          = unknown
@@ Line 199: / Line 221: @@
 |other button prompts      = unknown
 |other button prompts notes=
-|button prompts            = Xbox
-|button prompts notes      =
 |controller hotplug        = true
 |controller hotplug notes  =
@@ Line 209: / Line 229: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Blood Bowl 2 Settings Sound.jpg|Sound settings.}}
 {{--}} Subtitles can be mistranslated from actual speech for certain languages.
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Music, Sound and Commentators
@@ Line 224: / Line 244: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 335: / Line 357: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|mac os x powerpc app   =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux powerpc app      =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 351: / Line 376: @@
 |minOS    = Vista, 7, 8, 10
-|minCPU   = AMD Dual-Core 2.5 GHz
+|minCPU   = 2.5 GHz Dual Core
-|minCPU2  = Intel Dual-Core 2.5 GHz
+|minCPU2  =
-|minRAM   = 3072 MB
+|minRAM   = 3 GB
 |minHD    = 8 GB
-|minGPU   = ATI Radeon HD 5670
+|minGPU   = Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
-|minGPU2  = Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
+|minGPU2  = ATI Radeon HD 5670
 |minVRAM  = 768 MB
 |minDX    = 10
@@ Line 366: / Line 391: @@
 {{References}}
+{{GOG.com Enhancement Project}}

Developers

	Cyanide Studio
Publishers
	Focus Home Interactive
Engines
	Cyatech
Release dates
Windows	September 22, 2015
macOS (OS X)	May 17, 2016^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	69
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Blood Bowl