Difference between revisions of "The Guild II: Renaissance"

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The Guild
Europa 1400: The Guild	2002
The Guild II	2006
The Guild II: Pirates of the European Seas	2007
The Guild II: Venice	2008
The Guild II: Renaissance	2010
The Guild 3	2022

The Guild II: Renaissance is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view business, RPG and strategy game in the The Guild series.

The game is the third standalone expansion pack for The Guild II.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v7 DRM
Amazon.com
GamersGate

GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit configuration file^[1]
Edit `config.ini` Change `SplashScreen = 1` to `SplashScreen = 0` and save your changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\userconfig.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39680/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegames\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39680/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Possible by editing the `userconfig.ini` file.
4K Ultra HD		UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Edit userconfig.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Edit `userconfig.ini`. Change `FullScreen = 1.000000` to `FullScreen = 0.000000` and save your changes.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Functioning using Borderless Gaming.

Mouse offset may be 15px off vertically.

Configuring Borderless Gaming^{[citation needed]}
Follow the instructions at Windowed to make the game run in a window. Add `GuildII` to the Favorites list in Borderless Gaming. Right click on `GuildII` in Favorites and make sure `Full Screen` is selected. Mouse offsets should be normal now.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, Music, Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

Black screen on startup

Skip intro videos^{[citation needed]}

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz	2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 1.1 support	Shader model 2 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 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
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39680) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mrazgrs on July 3, 2019

[gamedir-2] 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-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (39680) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[5] The app ID (39680) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Mrazgrs-1] Verified by User:Mrazgrs on July 3, 2019

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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 |cover        = The Guild II - Renaissance cover.jpg
@@ Line 5: / Line 4: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|4 Head Studios}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|JoWood Productions|2010-2011}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games|2011-2016}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|THQ Nordic|2016-present}}
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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|July 27, 2010}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|the-guild-2-renaissance|56}}
+|taxonomy     =
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Business, RPG, Strategy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Medieval }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | The Guild }}
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 |winehq       = 4854
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|The Guild}}
-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
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+|introduction      =
+|release history   = The game is the third standalone expansion pack for [[The Guild II]].
+|current state     =
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 '''General information'''
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 {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|SecuROM|v7}} | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Amazon | B008DW9800 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | the-guild-ii-renaissance | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 2226-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
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-{{Availability/row| GMG | the-guild-2-renaissance | Playfire | {{DRM|SecuROM PA}}. | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | the-guild-ii-renaissance | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 39680 | Steam | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GMG | the-guild-2-renaissance | Playfire | {{DRM|SecuROM PA}}. | | Windows | unavailable }}
 }}
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Skip intro videos===
-{{Fixbox|description=Disable Intro|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Edit configuration file|ref=<ref name="Mrazgrs">{{Refcheck|user=Mrazgrs|date=July 3, 2019}}</ref>|fix=
-# Go to the installation folder.
+# Edit {{file|config.ini}}
-# Delete or rename the <code>Movie</code> folder.
+# Change <code>SplashScreen			= 1</code> to <code>SplashScreen			= 0</code> and save your changes.
 }}
@@ Line 56: / Line 81: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
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+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           = false
+|gog galaxy                = false
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+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               = false
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|The Guild II - Renaissance video settings.png|Video settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 80: / Line 109: @@
 |multimonitor               = unknown
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Possible by editing the {{file|userconfig.ini}} file.
 |4k ultra hd                = true
 |4k ultra hd notes          = UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K.
@@ Line 109: / Line 138: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Edit userconfig.ini|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
 # Go to the installation folder.
-# Edit <code>userconfig.ini</code>
+# Edit {{file|userconfig.ini}}.
 # Change <code>FullScreen = 1.000000</code> to <code>FullScreen = 0.000000</code> and save your changes.
 }}
@@ Line 124: / Line 153: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = unknown
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 188: / Line 217: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|The Guild II - Renaissance audio settings.png|Audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Sound effects, Music, Speech.
@@ Line 197: / Line 226: @@
 |subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = true
@@ Line 284: / Line 313: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      =
+|direct3d versions      = 9
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 304: / Line 333: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|windows 32-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|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 app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
 |linux executable notes =
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Black screen on startup===
+{{Fixbox|description=[[#Skip intro videos|Skip intro videos]]|ref={{cn|December 2023}}|fix=
 }}
@@ Line 319: / Line 354: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = XP
+|minOS    = XP, Vista
-|minCPU   = 1.8 GHz
+|minCPU   = 2 GHz
 |minRAM   = 512 MB
 |minHD    = 3.5 GB
@@ Line 326: / Line 361: @@
 |minDX    = 9
 |minSM    = 1.1
-|minaudio = DirectX 9
+|minaudio = DirectX 9.0 compatible
+|recOS    =
 |recCPU   = 2.8 GHz
 |recRAM   = 1 GB
-|recSM    = 2/3
+|recSM    = 2
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	4 Head Studios
Publishers
2010-2011	JoWood Productions
2011-2016	Nordic Games
2016-present	THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows	July 27, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	56
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Business, RPG, Strategy
Themes	Medieval
Series	The Guild