Difference between revisions of "Delta Force 2"

Revision as of 15:22, 25 August 2021

Delta Force
Delta Force	1998
Delta Force 2	1999
Delta Force: Land Warrior	2000
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger	2002
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down	2004
Delta Force: Xtreme	2005
Delta Force: Xtreme 2	2009

Key points

The Hardware Renderer has known issues on modern systems, particularly depth buffer problems that cause clipping. It is recommended to use the Software Renderer along with DgVoodoo 2 instead.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Standard CD check.
Developer website
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Support for 1024x768

The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.

Increase Resolution to 1024x768^[1]
Open the df2.cfg file that is located in the game folder. Find the game_res value and change it to 6.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Delete or rename `DF2INTRO.BIK`

Various other mods

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\df2.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32630/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\df2plyrs.sav^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32630/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Might disable mouse
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Called flip mouse
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Doesn't pause on lost focus

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		50
Online play		50

Issues unresolved

Broken Hardware Renderer

The Hardware renderer is broken on modern operating systems, causing severe graphical corruption and depth buffer problems. Using DgVoodoo 2 helps these issues partially but does not fix the depth errors. A patch by Dege which improved the depth buffer problems to some extent used to be available (hw_d3d.dll), but the domain has since expired. See the original forum topic.

Crash when switching to the Voice-over-Net settings

When switching through the settings tabs, the Voice-over-Net tab causes the game to crash or freeze on modern systems. Some users report that running the game in Windows XP compatibility mode prevents this.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Software renderer		Glitchy on modern hardware, but playable

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, NT
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	120 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA-compatible	Nvidia Riva TNT DirectX 6 compatible
Other		3D accelerator card not required but recommended.

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^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 (32630) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-08-25

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 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 (32630) 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] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (32630) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[2021-08-25-1] Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-08-25

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 3, 1999}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic, Voxel art }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Africa, Asia, Contemporary }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Delta Force }}
 |steam appid  = 32630
 |steam appid side =
@@ Line 17: / Line 30: @@
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|Delta Force}}
+'''Key points'''
+{{--}} The Hardware Renderer has known issues on modern systems, particularly depth buffer problems that cause clipping. It is recommended to use the Software Renderer along with [[DgVoodoo 2]] instead.
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 32: / Line 47: @@
 ==Essential improvements==
-*[http://www.novahq.net/?show=utilities&cmd=view_files&id=3 utilities]
+===Support for 1024x768===
-*[http://www.novahq.net/?show=maps&cmd=view_maps&game=df2 maps]
+The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.
+{{Fixbox|description=Increase Resolution to 1024x768|ref=<ref name="2021-08-25">{{Refcheck|user=Nessy|date=2021-08-25|comment=}}</ref>|fix=
+# Open the df2.cfg file that is located in the game folder.
+# Find the game_res value and change it to 6.
+}}
 ===Skip intro videos===
@@ Line 41: / Line 59: @@
 # Delete or rename <code>DF2INTRO.BIK</code>
 }}
+===Various other mods===
+*[https://www.novahq.net/?show=utilities&cmd=view_files&id=3 Utilities]
+*[https://www.novahq.net/?show=maps&cmd=view_maps&game=df2 Maps]
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 71: / Line 93: @@
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 92: / Line 114: @@
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = unknown
+|vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
@@ Line 108: / Line 130: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 172: / Line 194: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
 |closed captions          = unknown
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = true
-|mute on focus lost notes = Doesn't pause on focus lost
+|mute on focus lost notes = Doesn't pause on lost focus
 |eax support              =
 |eax support notes        =
@@ Line 192: / Line 214: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 232: / Line 254: @@
 }}
-==Issues fixed==
+==Issues unresolved==
-===Broken 3D Acceleration===
+===Broken Hardware Renderer===
-{{--}} 3D Acceleration is broken on modern operating systems, causing severe graphical corruption.
+{{--}} The Hardware renderer is broken on modern operating systems, causing severe graphical corruption and depth buffer problems. Using [[DgVoodoo 2]] helps these issues partially but does not fix the depth errors. A patch by Dege which improved the depth buffer problems to some extent used to be available (hw_d3d.dll), but the domain has since expired. See [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=52136 the original forum topic].
-{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo 2 and fixed hw_d3d.dll|fix=
+===Crash when switching to the Voice-over-Net settings===
-# Download DgVoodoo2 from the [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html official website].
+{{--}} When switching through the settings tabs, the Voice-over-Net tab causes the game to crash or freeze on modern systems. Some users report that running the game in Windows XP compatibility mode prevents this.
-# Download [http://dege.fw.hu/temp/DF2Hw_d3d.zip fixed hw_d3d.dll].
-# Replace the default {{File|hw_d3d.dll}} with the fixed one.
-# Extract the contents of dgvoodoo to the folder of your choice.
-# Copy the contents of <code>MS</code> folder into your Delta Force 2 directory
-# Open {{File|dgVoodooCpl.exe}} and click the <code>DirectX</code> tab.
-# Under <code>Videocard</code> select <code>dgvoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card</code> from the drop-down menu.
-'''Notes'''
-{{ii}} Some voxels will still have incorrect depth.
-}}
 ==Other information==
@@ Line 253: / Line 265: @@
 {{API
 |direct3d versions      = 7
-|direct3d notes         = Hardware acceleration is broken
+|direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
 |directdraw notes       =

Developers

	NovaLogic
Engines
	Voxel Space 32
Release dates
Windows	November 3, 1999
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic, Voxel art
Themes	Africa, Asia, Contemporary
Series	Delta Force