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Parkan
Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles	1997
Parkan: Iron Strategy	2001
Parkan II	2005

Parkan II is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action and strategy game in the Parkan series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		English release.
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM^{[Note 1]} in German and Russian releases.
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam
ZOOM Platform

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\movies`. Delete or rename `1.bik`, `nikita.bik`, and `p2_Title.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII <path-to-game>\parkan2.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289400/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289400/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Syncs saved games.

Video

Video settings (in-game).

$Video settings (<path-to-game>\start.exe).$

Video settings (<path-to-game>\start.exe).

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+.
Multi-monitor		Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+.
Ultra-widescreen		Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+.
4K Ultra HD		Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Set `WindowMode` in `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII`>
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	No frame rate cap.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
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

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio settings (in-game).

$Audio settings (<path-to-game>\start.exe).$

Audio settings (<path-to-game>\start.exe).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Speech, Effects, Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Mutes and pauses.
EAX support		Set in launcher.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Russian

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Issues fixed

In-game resolution option stuck at "666"

Run start.exe^{[citation needed]}
Run `<path-to-game>\start.exe` Choose Options. Set the resolution and choose OK. The new resolution will take effect in-game.

White flashes and artifacts

Disable Processor Specific Graphics Pipeline (PSGP)^[5]
Run `<path-to-game>\start.exe`. Choose Options. Uncheck Processor Specific Graphics Pipeline (PSGP). Click OK to save the changes.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon XP
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289400/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (289400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[5] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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-7] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289400/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (289400) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289400/.

[6] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[7] The app ID (289400) may differ in some cases.

[8] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[9] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[StarForce_Windows_Vista-1] Windows Vista support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_7-2] Windows 7 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-3] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-4] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[8] Getting graphics artifacts, white flashes. Help? :: Parkan 2 General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[5]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

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 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C Company}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C Company|2005-2018}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C Entertainment|2018-2022}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Fulqrum Publishing|2022-present}}
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+|taxonomy     =
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, Strategy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Sci-fi, Space }}
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-{{Series|Parkan}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 23: / Line 47: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | English release. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-PARKAN2-STEAM | Steam | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | {{DRM|StarForce|3}} in German and Russian releases. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | parkan-2 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 1066-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | parkan_2 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GMG | parkan-2 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 289400 | Steam | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| ZOOM | parkan-2 | DRM-free |  | | Windows }}
 }}
@@ Line 34: / Line 60: @@
 ===Skip intro videos===
 {{Fixbox|description=Delete/rename video files|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\movies\</code>
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\movies}}.
 # Delete or rename {{file|1.bik}}, {{file|nikita.bik}}, and {{file|p2_Title.bik}}.
 }}
@@ Line 51: / Line 77: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = true
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           = true
+|gog galaxy                = true
-|steam cloud notes     = Syncs saved games.
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               = true
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         = Syncs saved games.
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Parkan II video settings.png|Video settings (in-game).}}
-{{Image|Parkan II launcher video settings.png|Video settings (<code>{{p|game}}\start.exe</code>).}}
+{{Image|Parkan II launcher video settings.png|Video settings ({{file|{{p|game}}\start.exe}}).}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/parkan-ii/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = limited
@@ Line 83: / Line 113: @@
 |fov notes                  =
 |windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             = Set <code>WindowMode</code> in <code>{{p|hkcu}}\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII</code>
+|windowed notes             = Set <code>WindowMode</code> in {{registry|{{p|hkcu}}\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII}}>
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
@@ Line 90: / Line 120: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 102: / Line 135: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
 {{Image|Parkan II input settings.png|Input settings.}}
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 167: / Line 200: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Parkan II audio settings.png|Audio settings (in-game).}}
 {{Image|Parkan II launcher audio settings.png|Audio settings (<code>{{p|game}}\start.exe</code>).}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Speech, Effects, Music.
@@ Line 182: / Line 215: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes = Mutes and pauses.
 |eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        = Set in launcher.
+|eax support notes         = Set in launcher.
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 235: / Line 270: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 263: / Line 301: @@
 ===In-game resolution option stuck at "666"===
 {{Fixbox|description=Run start.exe|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Run <code>{{p|game}}\start.exe</code>
+# Run {{file|{{p|game}}\start.exe}}
 # Choose Options.
-# Set your resolution and choose OK. The new resolution will take effect in-game.
+# Set the resolution and choose OK. The new resolution will take effect in-game.
 }}
 ===White flashes and artifacts===
-{{Fixbox|description=Disable Processor Specific Graphics Pipeline (PSGP)|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/289400/discussions/0/522729358517320982/#c522730701039553108 Getting graphics artifacts, white flashes. Help? :: Parkan 2 General Discussions]</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Disable Processor Specific Graphics Pipeline (PSGP)|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/289400/discussions/0/522729358517320982/#c522730701039553108|title=Getting graphics artifacts, white flashes. Help? :: Parkan 2 General Discussions|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
-# Run <code>{{p|game}}\start.exe</code>
+# Run {{file|{{p|game}}\start.exe}}.
 # Choose Options.
 # Uncheck Processor Specific Graphics Pipeline (PSGP).
-# Click OK to save your changes.
+# Click OK to save the changes.
 }}
@@ Line 280: / Line 318: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = XP, 7, 8
+|minOS    = 2000, XP
 |minCPU   = Intel Pentium 4
 |minCPU2  = AMD Athlon XP
-|minRAM   = 1 GB
+|minRAM   = 512 MB
-|minHD    = 4 GB
+|minHD    = 2.5 GB
-|minGPU   =
+|minGPU   = Nvidia GeForce 2
+|minVRAM  = 64 MB
 |minDX    = 9.0c

Developers

	Nikita Ltd.
Publishers
2005-2018	1C Company
2018-2022	1C Entertainment
2022-present	Fulqrum Publishing
Release dates
Windows	May 27, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	Action, Strategy
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Parkan