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Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords cover
Developers
Stardock
Publishers
Stardock
Paradox Interactive
Release dates
Windows February 21, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 86
Taxonomy
Monetization Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres 4X, TBS
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Galactic Civilizations
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords on HowLongToBeat
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords on IGDB
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords on MobyGames
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords on Wikipedia
Galactic Civilizations
Galactic Civilizations 2003
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords 2006
Galactic Civilizations III 2015
Galactic Civilizations IV 2022

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
CD key
Updates require a serial key and Stardock account.
Windows
Developer website
Icon overlay.png
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Ultimate Edition
Windows
Green Man Gaming
Icon overlay.png
Ultimate Edition
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Ultimate Edition
Windows
A special retail release labeled as Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe from 2008 is a standalone version of both expansion packs, but without the base game content.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Dark Avatar
Windows
Twilight of the Arnor
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Movies\.
  2. Delete or rename GC2_intro.bik.

Game data

Game settings.
Game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor\Prefs.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202200/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor\*.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202200/pfx/[Note 1]

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.
Interface settings.
Interface settings.

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

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Event Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian
Fan translation, available here or alternative version here.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM) 512 MB (XP)
1 GB (Vista or newer)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-09
  2. Verified by User:Nico 0 on 2020-06-08
    Seems to stutter between 110-120 FPS, capped at 120