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Revision as of 22:14, 21 June 2021
This page is for the Battle.net-compatible and GOG.com enhanced releases. For the original release, see Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.
Developers | |
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Blizzard Entertainment | |
Beyond the Dark Portal | Cyberlore Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 30, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | October 4, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Warcraft |
Warcraft | |
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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans | 1994 |
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | 1995 |
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans | Cancelled |
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition | 1999 |
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | 2002 |
World of Warcraft | 2004 |
Hearthstone | 2014 |
Warcraft III: Reforged | 2020 |
General information
- Developer site
- Wargus & Stratagus patch - For playing on modern systems (in Wargus patch setup select Warcraft II - it's a hidden option).
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Original 1999 retail disc release. | |||
GOG.com | Enhanced 2019 GOG.com release. Includes a key to play online through Battle.net. Warcraft I & II Bundle is also available. |
Version differences
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition (1999, retail disc)
- Released September 30, 1999.
- First Windows version of Warcraft II to have TCP/IP internet play through Battle.net.
- Uses disc check and CD key DRM.
- Limited to 640x480 resolution and exclusive fullscreen mode.
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition (2019, GOG.com release)
- Released March 28, 2019.
- Includes both the classic version with Battle.net access, and a modern OS compatible enhanced version.
- Enhanced version uses a DirectX wrapper for better graphical compatibility in modern operating systems.
- Both versions use an IPX wrapper to provide IPX/SPX support for LAN multiplayer.
- No disc check DRM.
- No CD key DRM for the enhanced version.
- The enhanced version does not have Battle.net access, although the included classic version does.
- CD key DRM for online play through Battle.net in the classic version.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The most up-to-date standalone installer version for the retail release is 2.02.
Operating System | Download Link | |
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Windows | Blizzard FTP Server | |
Mac | Blizzard FTP Server |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft II\ |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | The GOG.com enhanced version has stretch full-screen, pillarboxed full-screen, and pixel-based scaling as options. | ||
Multi-monitor | The GOG.com enhanced version has stretch full-screen with options that allow multi-monitor resolutions. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | The GOG.com enhanced version has stretch full-screen with options that allow ultrawidescreen resolutions. | ||
4K Ultra HD | The GOG.com enhanced version supports 4K resolutions. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use Window Mode for WarCraft 2. The GOG.com enhanced version supports windowed mode. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | The GOG.com enhanced version supports borderless full-screen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | The GOG.com enhanced version supports up to 16x anisotropic filtering. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | The GOG.com enhanced version supports up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | The GOG.com enhanced version supports vsync. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | The GOG.com enhanced version supports greater than 60 FPS. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Screen edge map scroll speed can be adjusted. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Separated into music and all other game audio. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Forced. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Russian | Unofficial translation by GSC Game World. Download and information |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | See Issues fixed. | ||
Online play | 8 | Via Battle.net Classic |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 6112-6119 |
UDP | 6112-6119 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game uses IPX for multiplayer
- The retail releases use IPX for LAN multiplayer, meaning Windows Vista and higher cannot play LAN multiplayer.[citation needed]
- The Battle.net Edition added TCP/IP multiplayer via Battle.net.
- The GOG.com release comes prepackaged with a wrapper which repackages IPX traffic as UDP traffic to enable LAN multiplayer.
Use IPX tunneling (Windows)[citation needed] |
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Game crashes on startup or refuses to start
- An issue in the code causes the game to trigger Data Execution Prevention protections.
Fix Data Execution Prevention setting |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) setting is set to Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only or add a DEP Exception for Warcraft II BNE.exe and Warcraft II BNE_dx.exe and reboot the system. |
No Audio In-Game
- If the operating system is set to use surround sound audio, game audio may not play.
Change operating system audio mode to stereo |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 2 | GOG.com enhanced version uses/requires D3D9 wrapper. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video, Smacker Video Technology | |
Multiplayer | Battle.net Classic |
Cover Art Gallery
System requirements
Original Retail Release
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | NT |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium-class | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA-compliant video card |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 601 | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 colors |
GOG.com Digital Re-release
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz or faster | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver |
- The GOG.com release does not support Mac OS nor OS X.
Notes
- ↑ 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).