General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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Updates require a serial key and Stardock account. |
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Developer website |
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GamersGate |
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Ultimate Edition |
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GOG.com |
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Ultimate Edition |
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Green Man Gaming |
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Ultimate Edition |
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Steam |
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Ultimate Edition. The base game executable does not require the Steam client to run, but the expansion one (which is launched by default) does. |
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Version differences
- Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe is a standalone retail-only version from 2008 which contains both expansion packs but not the base game content.
- The Ultimate Edition includes the base game content and both expansions.
Monetization
Type |
Notes |
Expansion pack
| The expansion packs include new features, technologies, campaigns, victory conditions, units, and more. |
One-time game purchase
| The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Dark Avatar |
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Twilight of the Arnor |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename movie files[1]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Movies\ .
- Delete or rename
GC2_intro.bik .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, event music (includes main menu music), sound effects |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Russian |
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Fan translation, available here or alternative version here. |
Issues unresolved
Dread Lords reports an old video card on a modern system
On Windows 10 and 11, possibly also with recent-enough drivers for other systems as well, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords will report that it considers the video card to be too old to run upon launch. This warning can be ignored, but it will occur every time this version of the game is launched.
Neither expansion pack suffers from this issue, so it is best to run them instead.
Issues resolved
Flickering mouse issues on Windows 10 and 11
Use hardware cursor[3]
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- Go to the game's options menu.
- In the Video tab, check the "Hardware mouse cursor" option.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or AMD equivalent
| Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB (98/ME/2000) 512 MB (XP) 1 GB (Vista or newer) |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References