Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Developers | |
---|---|
GSC Game World | |
Publishers | |
cdv Software Entertainment | |
Digital | GSC World Publishing |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 26, 2005 |
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 | |
---|---|
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: Napoleonic Wars is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Cossacks series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GOG.com | Sold together with Cossacks II: Battle for Europe. | |||
Steam |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Can be found here.
- 1.1 (2006): Game less slow, bug fixes, balancing changes.
- 1.2 (2006): Bug fixes, balancing changes.
Skip intro videos
From a file manager, open the folder: "Program Files/GSC Game World/Cossacks II/Data/" Rename the following file names (you may add "_off" for example):
- 1.bik (it is the CDV video)
- 2.bik (it is the GSC video)
- 3.bik (it is the game intro video)[citation needed]
Mouse click sound being too loud
From a file manager, open the folder: "Program Files/GSC Game World/Cossacks II/Data/Sound/interface" Rename the file interf_click1.wav to select1.waw (less noisy). You must provide a sound file for "select1.wav" otherwise the game will not start.[citation needed]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115200/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Save\Camp\[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115200/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
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 |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
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. | |||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Ukrainian | Retail and Steam only. |
Issues unresolved
"There are too much handlers"
When playing the campagin following "liberation", an error window appears (titled "FMManager Error") with the message "There are too much handlers: 1237240". Workaround : cheat code (press Enter) "walkover".[5] Note: It occurs also with the latest latest patch and even with 8 GB RAM.[citation needed]
"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. »
There was a patch.[6] Note: as of 2018 it seems not downloadable anymore from this website, but it is downloadable from another.[7][citation needed]
Desktop resolution switching to 1280x1024
The game starts (v1.2) but sets a wrong refresh rate (not 60 Hz) and changes the Desktop resolution. If the OS is Linux then running 'winecfg' to force the display to a 'Emulate a Virtual desktop' (example 1024x768) might help.[citation needed]
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+ |
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2800+ |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 768 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce2 Ti ATI Radeon 7500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 ATI Radeon 9600 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 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 (115200) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ http://autunnois.forumactif.com/t5153-fmmanager-error
- ↑ https://www.moddb.com/games/cossacks-ii-napoleonic-wars/downloads/modern-graphic-cards-fix
- ↑ http://files.gsc-game.com/cs2/c2-hoae-3d-patch.zip