X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

Developers
	Raven Software
Online	SuperVillain Studios
Windows	Beenox Shift
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Vicarious Visions Alchemy
Release dates
Windows	September 20, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	78

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

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

Key points

A port of X-Men Legends II: Rise of the Apocalypse. It features exclusive two characters (Sabretooth and Pyro).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit intro_normal.py
Go to <path-to-game>\Scripts\menus\. Open intro_normal.py with Notepad. Delete all lines starting with startMovie and waitsignal. Save your changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\X-Men Legends 2\Save\

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Hor+
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Capped 60fps
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Full remapping with 2 output devices por each player
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Controller avilable in-game, menus and configurations.
Controller remapping		Full remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate Effects and Music volume control
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game Crashing Randomly

This can occur if your stash and inventory is full or near full.

Clear out your stash back at base and keep your inventory and stash low if this happens. The crash will occur when a item drops from a enemy or object that is destroyed due to the game exceeding the item limit and not knowing what to do. Keeping these low can help prevent this.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Story and minigames.
LAN play
Online play		4	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1500+	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 256 MB of VRAM