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Revision as of 06:58, 13 May 2021

For the 2005 game, see Star Wars: Battlefront II.

Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Battlefront II cover
Developers
Campaign Motive Studios[1]
Multiplayer DICE[1]
Vehicle mechanics Criterion Games[1]
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows November 17, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 65
OpenCritic 68
IGDB 72
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Vehicles Space flight
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) on HowLongToBeat
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) on IGDB
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) guide on StrategyWiki
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) on MobyGames
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) on Wikipedia
Star Wars: Battlefront
Subseries of Star Wars
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) 2015
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) 2017
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
Origin
Windows
Epic Games Store
Origin
Celebration Edition.
Windows
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Origin
Windows
Humble Store
Origin
Celebration Edition also available.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Celebration Edition also available, included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
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Origin
Celebration Edition. Included with EA Play (Steam).
Windows
All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM[citation needed].

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\STAR WARS Battlefront II\settings\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1237950/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1237950/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
HUD is not centered.
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ gameplay and pillarboxed 16:9 cutscenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
47-110° vertical FOV via slider scale.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Not selectable in-game, but setting exists in configuration file.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA Low, TAA High and resolution scale for SSAA. Cannot be disabled.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode
Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
5.1 and 7.1 options
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Issues fixed

Freezing and stuttering in Windows 10

Disable Game mode[citation needed]
  1. Open the Settings menu by clicking the cogwheel icon in the start menu.
  2. Click on game settings
  3. Select the Gaming section of the settings menu.
  4. Navigate to the Game Mode section in the side bar.
  5. Click to toggle Game Mode on or off.

Unable to move mouse in Main Menu

Disable Discord Overlay[citation needed]
  1. Open Discord user settings by clicking the cog next to your Discord username, on the bottom left.
  2. Click on "Game Activity."
  3. Find "STAR WARS Battlefront II."
  4. Click on the monitor icon to the right of the game entry to toggle the overlay.
  5. Restart the game if it is running.

White artifacting on shiny surfaces with AMD Graphics Cards

Set Post Process Quality to Low[citation needed]
  1. Open up "Options" from either the Escape Menu or from the Main Menu.
  2. Click on "Video."
  3. Scroll to "Advanced Settings" and find "Post Process Quality."
  4. Change setting to "Low."

Long loading times

Limit FPS[citation needed]
  1. Open up Notepad.
  2. Copy and paste "gametime.maxvariablefps 60" with your monitor refresh rate.
  3. Save as user.cfg in game folder.
  4. This caps the FPS and limits excessive CPU usage in loading screens

Excessive Bloom/HDR brightness issues

Disable full-screen optimisation[citation needed]
  1. Open local game files.
  2. Right-click "starwarsbattlefrontii.exe" (game executable).
  3. Go to "Compatability" tab and tick box "Disable full-screen optimisations."
  4. Test in a level which had the issue (such as Yavin 4 temple, transitioning between indoor hanger and outdoors) and you should be able to see more details between high and low light areas without contrast issues.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: STAR WARS Battlefront II (DX11).
vorpX
G3D, Z3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-6600K
AMD FX-6350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/1237950/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1237950) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References