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Virtua Fighter 2

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Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Fighter 2 cover
Developers
Sega AM2
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows June 26, 1996
Virtua Fighter 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Virtua Fighter 2 on Wikipedia
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Key points

Port of the Sega Saturn game with the same name [1].
Learning AI system cannot be managed using Windows 7 compatibility mode; see Play in 16-bit color depth.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Disc Check
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\VF2.ini[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\option.dat[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\VF2.GID[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\LEARNING\*.VFL[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\PLAYBACK\*.VFP[Note 1]

Video settings

Screen Mode Settings
Screen Mode Settings

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Choosing any Frame Mode other than AUTO or SYNC renders the game too fast to play.

Input settings

Key Assignment Settings
Key Assignment Settings

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Function Keys

The following keys can be used at all times during the game, unless otherwise specified:
  • F1: Open Help
  • Alt+F2: Reset the game to the title screen (only during character select screen, during a match, and during replays)
  • F3: Pause the game
  • Alt+F4: Quit the game
  • F5: Options menu (only during title and character select screens)
  • F6: Screen Mode menu
  • F11: Chat window (only during a multiplayer session)
  • Alt+P: Save replay data (only during the playback of a replay)

Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
10 Hot seat, Versus
LAN play
10 Versus
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, dialup modem, or serial connection
Online play
HEAT.net[2], provided by Sega. This was shut down October 31, 2000.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Provided by the defunct HEAT.net service.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
The defunct HEAT.net service was managed by SegaSoft.
Self-hosting
One player is selected as the host during Team Battle for Multiplayer mode.
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Play in 16-bit color depth

Learning AI system only runs properly in 16-bit color depth mode. Windows 7 only provides compatibility mode with 8-bit color depth (256 colors).
12noon's Display Changer and the Windows batch script below can be used switch the system display to 16-bit during the game automatically and switch back to 32-bit, without manually changing the Windows display modes.
Automatic 16-bit mode instructions[3]
  1. Download and install Display Changer.
  2. Copy 
    64-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\12noon Display Changer\dccmd.exe
    or 
    32-bit: C:\Program Files\12noon Display Changer\dccmd.exe
    to <path-to-game>.
  3. Open Notepad or your favorite text editor and insert:
@echo off
dccmd.exe -depth=16
vf2.exe
dccmd.exe -depth=32
@echo on

4. Save this to <path-to-game> as VF2.BAT or something else.
5. Start using your new script file to play your game.
6. (Optional) Make a shortcut for VF2.BAT to your Desktop or Start Menu, for easier access.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 45 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 3.0 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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).

References