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Revision as of 23:23, 31 October 2019

This page is for the original game. For the remake, see Space Rangers HD: A War Apart.

Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Space Rangers 2: Dominators cover
Developers
Elemental Games
Publishers
US Cinemaware
Europe Excalibur Publishing
Russia, Poland 1C Company
Release dates
Windows September 13, 2005
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Space Rangers 2: Dominators on Wikipedia
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Space Rangers
Space Rangers 2002
Space Rangers 2: Dominators 2004
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart 2013
Space Rangers: Quest 2016

Key points

Released as Space Rangers 2 in the UK and Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators in the US.
Re-released as Space Rangers 2: Reboot, which includes the base game and its Reboot expansion.
Wide variety of in-game graphical options.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] on the original and Special Edition.
StarForce 5 DRM for Reboot.
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
This game is not available digitally.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Reboot
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro cutscenes

Modify config file[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open cfg.txt.
  3. Find the line which contains SkipIntro. If the line does not exist, add it to the bottom of the file.
  4. Change the line you found to the following: SkipIntro=True

Smooth font replacement

smooth font

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\cfg.txt[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46330/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\questcomplete.dat[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\robotcomplete.dat[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46330/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Space and planetary battles use different screen resolution settings.
General settings from expansion.
General settings from expansion.
Video settings from expansion for Space battles.
Video settings from expansion for Space battles.
Video settings from expansion for Planetary battles.
Video settings from expansion for Planetary battles.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen patch
  1. Download the patch from PCGamingWiki.
  2. Unrar and start SR2ResolutionPatch.exe
  3. Select the game folder, preferred resolution and additional settings and click "Install".
  4. The patch will create a RangersNewRes.exe file, always start the game via this exe file to achieve widescreen.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

All in-game dialogue is text-based.
Sounds and music settings are set separately for Space and Planetary battles.
Video settings from expansion for Space mode.
Video settings from expansion for Space mode.
Video settings from expansion for Planetary mode.
Video settings from expansion for Planetary mode.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian

Issues fixed

Game displays blank screen

The game renders nothing to the screen under Windows 7 and higher.
Modify config file[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open cfg.txt.
  3. Find the line which contains Window.
  4. Change the line you found to the following: Window=True
Set compatibility settings[5]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Right-click on Rangers.exe and select Compatibility Options from the menu which appears.
  3. Click the Compatibility tab.
  4. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for: checkbox.
  5. In the drop-down menu uUnderneath the checkbox you just checked, select Windows 98/ME.
  6. Click the OK button.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 8 Space battles uses DX7, Planetary battles uses DX8[5]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Xvid

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 450 MHz Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB 1.4 GB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Minimum system requirements do not support planetary battles.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/46330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (46330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References