Difference between revisions of "Cossacks II: Battle for Europe"
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 12 February 2023
Developers | |
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GSC Game World | |
Publishers | |
Retail | cdv Software Entertainment |
Digital | GSC Game World |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 19, 2006 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Europe |
Series | Cossacks |
Cossacks | |
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Cossacks: European Wars | 2000 |
Cossacks: The Art of War | 2002 |
Cossacks: Back to War | 2002 |
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars | 2005 |
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe | 2006 |
Cossacks 3 | 2016 |
Warnings
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Cossacks series.
General information
- Standalone expansion pack for Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars; does not require the original game to run.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GOG.com | Sold together with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars. | |||
Steam |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the Russian release (1.4) can be found here.
- The official modern graphics card fix can be found here.
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\settings.xml[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4890/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4890/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | The main menu is hardcoded to a low resolution, however. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Uncapped. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[6] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
"Video memory ... AGP 256 ..."
- The full content of the error windows that appears when launching the game:
Engine.exe detected, that video memory is not configured properly. Please restart computer and set AGP Aperture size = 256 MB or more in BIOS configuration program. Usually you can enter BIOS configuration utility by pressing 'DEL' while computer restart.
Apply official graphics card fix |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c (actually uses DirectX 8) compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (4890) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.