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Carnivores 2

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Carnivores 2
Carnivores 2 cover
Developers
Action Forms
Publishers
Infogrames
Engines
AtmosFear
Release dates
Windows 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Hunting, Shooter, Sports, Simulation
Series Carnivores
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Carnivores 2 on Wikipedia
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Carnivores 2 is the second game in the Carnivores series of dinosaur hunting games by Action Forms.

Key points

Small but dedicated modding community.[1]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Carnivores Modders Edition

A more flexible engine for Carnivores mod-creators.
Carnivores Modders Edition currently has a bug where the game crashes to the hunt menu after playing for about 5 minutes, for now it is recommended to use this unofficial fix.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\trophy**.sav[Note 1]
The game allows up to 5 save slots.
Profiles can be manually renamed by editing the first line of code when opening trophy**.sav
Save slots can be manually rearranged by renaming the respective trophy**.sav file correspondingly (for example, renaming trophy00.sav to trophy01.sav will move it from the first save slot to the second save slot).

Video

Options menu.
Options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 4:3 supported natively. Menus always run in 800x600.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
No volume sliders at all.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

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

Modifications

Carnivores has garnered a small but dedicated following which includes a very active modding community.

Below are some basic recommendations.

Notes

Most mods are completely standalone and don't require the original game to play or install over.

Carnivores: Legacy

A total conversion mod for Carnivores 2 built on the Modders Edition Engine, intended to reimagine and expand on the vision of the original Carnivores.

Carnivores Triassic

Considered by many to be the 4th unofficial Carnivores game, featuring a new setting on the planet FMM-UV32: a region of arid deserts, ruled by Permian and Triassic reptiles.

Mandibles

The sequel to Carnivores Triassic. Explore a new region of planet FMM-UV32, the Eos Sector, where giant arthropods abound amidst primordial swamps.

Jurassic Park Hunter Legends

A total conversion mod based on the first 3 Jurassic Park films.
Latest release (Special Edition) runs on Modders Edition base, boasting a huge amount of new content.

Jurassic Park Revolution

A total conversion mod based on the Jurassic Park series, taking inspiration from various related media.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233
System memory (RAM) 32MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 6.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) EAX/A3D/DS3D sound card


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. Mods - Carnivores 2 - Mod DB - last accessed on November 2023