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Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Developers

	Pyro Studios
macOS (OS X)	Zonic Limited
Publishers
Retail, original digital	Eidos Interactive
Second digital	Merge Games
Third digital	Kalypso Media
OS X	Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 20, 2001
macOS (OS X)	June 15, 2005
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Stealth, Strategy
Vehicles	Automobile, Naval/watercraft, Tank
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Oceania, World War II
Series	Commandos

Commandos
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines	1998
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty	1999
Commandos 2: Men of Courage	2001
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin	2003
Commandos: Strike Force	2006
Commandos 2 HD Remaster	2020
Commandos 3 HD Remaster	2022
Commandos: Origins	2024

Contents 1 Availability 2 Essential improvements 2.1 Patches 2.2 Mission mods 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 Widescreen resolution 4.2 Windowed 5 Input 6 Audio 6.1 Localizations 7 Network 7.1 Multiplayer types 7.2 Connection types 8 Issues fixed 8.1 Videos don't work 9 Other information 9.1 API 10 System requirements 11 Notes 12 References

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.

This page is for the original release. For the HD Remaster, see Commandos 2 HD Remaster.

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

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM^{[Note 1]}. OS X version only available bundled with Commandos 3: Destination Berlin.
GamersGate
GOG.com		Bundled with Commandos 3: Destination Berlin. Cannot be purchased in Germany.^[3]
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Commandos Collection
Steam
ZOOM Platform

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

System	Location
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Commandos II\OUTPUT\COMM2.CFG <path-to-game>\Legacy\OUTPUT\COMM2.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game>\OUTPUT\COMM2.CFG^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6830/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Commandos II\OUTPUT\ <path-to-game>\Legacy\OUTPUT\
Windows	<path-to-game>\OUTPUT\^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6830/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

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 options

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Horizontal resolutions above 1440px not working properly. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

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]}
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).

Overriding built-in resolutions^{[citation needed]}

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).

Windowed

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]}
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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only the keyboard hot-keys are remappable.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effects, Voice, Cutscenes
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Spanish				Retail only; download for digital releases.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play		Co-op
Online play		Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Videos don't work

Install Indeo video codec^[4]

Run the game with Windows 2000 compatibility^[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7

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

System requirements

Windows
	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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Herzlich Willkommen! GOG.com goes German ● GOG.com
↑ All You Need to Fix and Modernize all Commandos Games in One Thread (Save/Resolution) - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ commandos 2 FMV sequences aren't playing - Steam Users' Forums(retrieved)