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Revision as of 21:55, 21 June 2021

Stronghold 2
Stronghold 2 cover
Developers
Firefly Studios
Publishers
Retail, Collection 2K Games
Steam Edition Firefly Studios
Engines
Dragonfly
Release dates
Windows April 18, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 63
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building, RTS
Themes Europe, Medieval
Series Stronghold
Stronghold 2 on HowLongToBeat
Stronghold 2 on IGDB
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Stronghold 2 on MobyGames
Stronghold 2 on Wikipedia
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Stronghold
Stronghold (2001) 2001
Stronghold Crusader 2002
Stronghold 2 2005
Stronghold Legends 2006
Stronghold Crusader Extreme 2008
Stronghold 3 2011
Stronghold Kingdoms 2012
Stronghold Crusader 2 2014
Stronghold: Warlords 2021
Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023

Warnings

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

Key points

The Steam version has been updated for compatibility with modern versions of Windows and various graphical improvements as well as Steamworks multiplayer.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Stronghold 2 Heaven
Firefly Studios official forum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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 The Stronghold Collection.
Windows
Steam
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 Steam Edition.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The newest patch for the non-Steam version is 1.41. Patches for the game can be found here.
The Steam version received a special patch and shows version 1.5 Steam.

Skip intro videos

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\ui\frontend
  2. Rename, move or delete the file:
Stronghold2 FMV.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold 2\Stronghold2.GraphicsSettings.xml
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold 2\Saves
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings are only available in the launcher, not in-game.
Graphics settings are only available in the launcher, not in-game.
The Steam launcher shows different options.
The Steam launcher shows different options.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Non-Steam versions are stretched from 4:3. The Steam version supports widescreen resolutions.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
"Game Speed" in options menu; FPS is locked to game speed, and capped at 90.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Steam Version: Input & Game Settings.
Steam Version: Input & Game Settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Steam Version: Audio Settings.
Steam Version: Audio Settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX & Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Certain important messages not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Removed from the Steam Edition
Online play
Steam version. The retail versions used GameSpy.

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.5e[1]
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks, GameSpy Only the Steam version uses Steamworks.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.4 GHz or equivalent Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		64 MB of VRAM


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>/40960/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40960) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-08-11
    Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.