Earthsiege 2
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| Developers | |
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| Dynamix | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Sierra On-Line |
| Digital | Hi-Rez Studios |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 19, 1996 |
| Windows 3.x | March 19, 1996 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Metaltech |
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| Metaltech | |
|---|---|
| Metaltech: Earthsiege | 1994 |
| Metaltech: Battledrome | 1994 |
| Earthsiege 2 | 1996 |
| Starsiege | 1999 |
| Tribes (series) | |
Key points
- Re-released as a free download for the series' 20th anniversary.[1]
- Very difficult to get running on modern hardware and operating systems.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| Official website | |
Free download. Does not include music. | |
Essential improvements
Skip 256 color warning
Go to the compatibility settings for ES.EXE and set 256 color mode.
Modern Windows installer
The Sierrahelp Earthsiege 2 Installer automatically applies the latest patch, rips (or downloads) all of the music tracks in high quality MP3 to play and loop in-game properly, and adds a no-CD patch.
- Works with the freeware release.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\DATA\*.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAV\[Note 1] |
Video
General settings (launcher).
General settings (in-game).
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Only supports 320x240 and 640x480. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Set in options or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
| 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) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
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 | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German |
Issues fixed
"VSHELL.EXE - Entry Point Not Found" error on launch
- Error message: "The procedure entry point FT_Thunk could not be located in the dynamic link library".
| Delete Earthsiege 2 DDRAW.DLL[2] |
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"You don't have enough virtual memory to run Earthsiege II" error on launch
| Use Windows 95 compatibility mode[2] |
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Set the game to run in Windows 95 compatibility mode. |
Game refuses to run under Windows 10
| See DirectDraw is broken[3] |
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Other information
API
| Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
System requirements
| Windows 3.x | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 486 DX2 66 Mhz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16 MB | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Tribes Universe
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Garrett on 2016-04-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2016-03-01