Ground Control II: Operation Exodus

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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Ground Control
Ground Control	2000
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus	2004

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM.
GamersGate
GamersGate		Also bundled with the original game.
GOG.com		A unique multiplayer key can be requested here.
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\profiles\0^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254840/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254840/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.

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Audio settings

Sound settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Retail version only. Localization can be downloaded here

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Windows

Increased gamespeed on multicore-processor

Assign one core to the game^[3]
Open "Processes" tab in Task Manager Select gcii.exe Set affinity to one processor

Extreme mouse latency

Change mouse driver settings^[4]
Open "Pointer Movement Settings" Uncheck Use OS native drivers for pointer speed and acceleration"

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			^[5]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy	No longer available.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 3 800 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	AGP and Hardware Transform and Lighting 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	128 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0b-compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/254840/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254840) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ GCVets.net Board | Increase multicore-processor gamespeed
↑ GOG.com | Community Discussions - Fix mouse latency
↑ Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus Special Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-08
"Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."

[gamedir-2] 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/254840/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254840) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com

[4] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[5] GCVets.net Board | Increase multicore-processor gamespeed

[6] GOG.com | Community Discussions - Fix mouse latency

[7] Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus Special Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-08
"Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."

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[Note 2]

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Developers

	Massive Entertainment
Publishers
	Vivendi Universal
	Rebellion Developments
Release dates
Windows	June 18, 2004
macOS (OS X)	April 23, 2013^[1]