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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|April 28, 2006}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Stealth, Strategy }}
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'''Key points'''
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{{Introduction
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{{--}} Heavy graphical corruption on modern AMD systems. See [[#Issues unfixed|Issues unfixed]].
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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [https://discord.gg/desperados Official Discord server] for game series
 
{{GOG.com links|1207658985|desperados_series|for game series}}
 
{{GOG.com links|1207658985|desperados_series|for game series}}
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/9710/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 
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{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-DES2 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
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{{Image|Desperados2videosettings.png|Video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Desperados2videosettings.png|Video settings.}}
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==Input settings==
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{{Image|Desperados2controlsettings.png|Input settings.}}{{Image|Desperados2mousesettings.png|Mouse settings.}}
 
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==Issues unfixed==
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===Graphical glitches with AMD GPUs===
 
===Graphical glitches with AMD GPUs===
 
{{ii}} Starting with the release of driver version 14.9, the game shows heavy graphical corruption on Windows systems.
 
{{ii}} Starting with the release of driver version 14.9, the game shows heavy graphical corruption on Windows systems.
 
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Latest revision as of 16:36, 28 July 2023

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge cover
Developers
Spellbound Entertainment
Publishers
2006-2013 Atari
2013-2016 Nordic Games
2016-present THQ Nordic
Engines
Vision
Release dates
Windows April 28, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 66
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Stealth, Strategy
Themes Western
Series Desperados
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Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on HowLongToBeat
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on IGDB
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Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge guide on StrategyWiki
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on MobyGames
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on Wikipedia
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Desperados
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive 2001
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge 2006
Helldorado 2007
Desperados III 2020

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge is a singleplayer bird's-eye view stealth and strategy game in the Desperados series.

The game suffers from heavy graphical corruption on systems running modern AMD graphics cards. See Issues unresolved.

General information

Official Discord server for game series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM DRM or TAGES 5.5 DRM.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
A demo can be downloaded from the Internet Archive.

Essential improvements

Patches

The v1.01 Patch updates the retail game to the latest version. In-game version will be shown as v1.48.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\configuration\game\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cooper's Revenge\Savegame\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9710/pfx/[Note 2]

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

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
See the WSGF topic.
Windowed
See Windowed.
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 and 120+ FPS
Limiting the frame rate or forcing Vsync is recommended, as the game has no set FPS limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in settings.xml[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit settings.xml.
  3. Set the ENGINE_RESOLUTION_X and ENGINE_RESOLUTION_Y values to the resolution you want.
  4. Save the changes and close the file.

Windowed

Modify settings.xml[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit settings.xml.
  3. Set the ENGINE_FULLSCREEN value to 0.
  4. Save the changes and close the file.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Mouse settings.
Mouse settings.

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

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound FX, Ambient, PC Speech, UI Sound, Cutscene.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Not during FMVs.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Local retail version only.
German
Local retail version only.
Italian
Local retail version only.
Spanish
Local retail version only.

Issues unresolved

Graphical glitches with AMD GPUs

Starting with the release of driver version 14.9, the game shows heavy graphical corruption on Windows systems.
Insert older OpenGL driver[2]
  1. Download the OpenGL driver files of version 14.8.
  2. Extract the files atig6txx.dll, atigktxx.dll, atio6axx.dll and atioglxx.dll to <path-to-game>.

Notes

This fix may not work with the most recent AMD cards or on Windows 10.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL 3.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.9 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1900
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | WSGF
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2018-11-18
    Tested on Windows 7 with R9 580X