Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
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| Origin Systems | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1991 |
| Windows | October 15, 1996 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | August 25, 2011 |
| macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | October 18, 2012[1] |
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Key points
- Characters can be imported from Wing Commander (see Import characters).
General information
- Wing Commander Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Use DOSBox. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes both expansions and Wing Commander. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] | |
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| Origin | |
Included with EA Play. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | |
Version differences
- The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Speech Accessory Pack | Adds digital voices to wingmen during firefights. | |
| Special Operations 1 | |
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| Special Operations 2 | |
Essential improvements
Import characters
| Copy SAVEGAME.WLD[citation needed] |
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Patches
- The Wing Commander II Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
- The Special Operations 1 Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
- Reduced Asteroid Damage Patch (DOS, unofficial)
- Crosshair Patch
- DirectDraw Hack (Windows, unofficial)
Special Operations 1 and 2 (The Kilrathi Saga)
- Special Operations 1 and 2 adds the missions from the original expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run
SO12Inst.exe. - The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander II must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer doesn't see the installation, see Special Operations won't install.
Game data
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | <path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WC2 |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WC2[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Origin |
Video
GOG.com Graphic Mode Setup.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox). | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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| Red Book CD audio | FM Towns version only. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DOS video modes |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Issues fixed
EXE has stopped working (The Kilrathi Saga)
| Set Windows 95 compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Special Operations won't install
| Install Special Operations manually[citation needed] |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_savesfolder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).