A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars

A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars

Developers
	SkyRiver Studios
Publishers
2006-2018	1C Company
2018-2022	1C Entertainment
2022-present	Fulqrum Publishing
Release dates
Windows	February 17, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person, Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	A.I.M.

A.I.M.
A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines	2004
A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars	2006
A.I.M. Racing	2007
A.I.M.3: War Protocol	EA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		English and German releases.
Retail		StarForce 5 DRM in Russian release; removed with patch 1.3.25.
Publisher website
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam
ZOOM Platform
Amazon.com (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available here.

General stability

Crashes and compatibility

Force game to run on a single core/thread
Go to <path-to-game> (where AIMII.exe is located). Create a Batch script called AIMII.bat with content start /affinity 1 AIMII.exe. Run game through the script.

Looping music and crashes caused by it

Rename Music folder
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\ Delete or rename Music directory.

Skip intro videos

Disable publisher and developer intros
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\ Open cfg.ini. Enter Video=0 right under the [CONFIG] header. Save and close the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289180/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVES\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289180/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See field of view for details.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use FOV Fix. It's for 1.4 Steam version only!
Windowed		Requires Windowed=1 to be set in <path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\cfg.ini under [CONFIG] section. Windowed mode is fixed at 1024x768 resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Windowed mode is unconditionally borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify configuration file
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG\ Open cfg.ini. Find the line which starts with Antializing. Change the line to read Antializing=XX, where XX is the desired number of AA samples. Save and close the file. Notes Valid values are 0-15.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Menu navigation (except opening and closing) is possible only with mouse.
Controller remapping		Essentially everything is remappable, except sticks' directions. Unlike left stick, right stick's directions are left completely unused.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian
German

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	768 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 7500 DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 ATI Radeon 9800