Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos

Independence War
Independence War	1997
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos	2001

Key points

For Windows 8 and later apply the low frame rate fix.

To run the game, you need to have an optical drive or simulate one (e.g. with WinCDEmu). See here for more info.

General information

Released as Edge of Chaos: Independence War 2 in Europe and Galaxy Commander: Edge of Chaos for the German re-release.

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Technical FAQ

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.
GamersGate		Includes the GOG.com installer.

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam

A free demo can be downloaded from Archive.org.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\flux.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/359630/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/359630/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Saving is only possible at main base. Dock at the base, then hit Esc to save. If saving there does not work, use the solution in the FAQ.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry.
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	On/off only; only applies to HUD lines and orb stalks. For advanced AA, see Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	For Windows 8 and later apply the low frame rate fix.

Widescreen resolution

Resolution can be raised up to 1920x1080.

FOV needs to be adjusted (otherwise it is Vert-). See the WSGF entry or the technical FAQ.

Cutscenes are heavily stretched. 16:9 cutscenes can be downloaded here. Use them to replace the default ones in <path-to-game>\movies, and back up the original ones.

New AI upscaled cinematics and other FMV elements can be downloaded here. Resolution is limited to a maximum of 1080p due to the limitations of the used Bink Video version.

HUD becomes very small at high resolutions.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

By default, the game's AA can only be toggled on/off for the in-game HUD lines and orb stalks.

Force Anti-aliasing (AA) using either the Nvidia Control Panel or AMD Catalyst Control Center^[1]

Windowed

Set windowed mode in flux.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Edit `flux.ini`. Change `full_screen = 1` to `full_screen = 0` Save the changes and close the file.

Ultra-widescreen

Use DDrawCompat^{[citation needed]}

Download the DDrawCompat wrapper by narzoul.
Place the ddraw.dll file to <path-to-game>\bin\release.
Launch the game and change the resolution in the options menu.
Make sure the graphics card is correctly selected.

Note

A crash can occur once loading the game if the selected graphics card in flux.ini is not available anymore. Return to the game options, select the available graphics card and try again.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Edit `configs\default.ini`.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Edit `configs\default.ini`.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Advanced keybinds can be found in the <path-to-game>\readme.html under CONTROLS.

Additional settings, like setting up joystick deadzones, can be found in the <path-to-game>\technical_faq.html.

Keyboard reference card

Joystick and cockpit reference card

Cutscenes and dialogues can be skipped with Space ␣.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Speech, Music, Movie, and Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Alt-tabbing crashes the game in fullscreen mode.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Fan translation based on unofficial translation by Fargus Multimedia

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Issues fixed

Check the official FAQ for more bug fixes.

Low frame rate in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and later

Apply the low frame rate fix

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Game runs with: `"<path-to-game>\bin\release\loader.exe" -ac iwar2.icGame -dl 3`

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	DirectInput
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 400 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Riva TNT 2 or better DirectX 8.0 compatible

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%\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>/359630/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (359630) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Stuttgart on 2021-11-16

[gamedir-1] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/359630/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (359630) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Verified by User:Stuttgart on 2021-11-16

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Developers

	Particle Systems
Publishers
2001-2003	Infogrames
2003-present	Atari
Release dates
Windows	June 28, 2001
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Vehicle combat, Sandbox
Vehicles	Space flight
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Independence War