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Overlord II

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Overlord II
Overlord II cover
Developers
Triumph Studios
macOS (OS X) Virtual Programming[1]
Linux Virtual Programming[1]
Publishers
Codemasters
Release dates
Windows June 23, 2009
macOS (OS X) July 26, 2016
Linux July 26, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 79
IGDB 79
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Overlord
Overlord II on HowLongToBeat
Overlord II on IGDB
Overlord II on MobyGames
Overlord II on Wikipedia
Overlord
Overlord (2007) 2007
Overlord II 2009
Overlord: Fellowship of Evil 2015

Overlord II is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and RPG game in the Overlord series.

The version of PhysX that Steam installs is outdated and causes the game to crash on newer Windows systems. See Assertion Failure At Launch to fix it.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
SecuROM v7 DRM.[2]
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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The store lists the game as Windows-only as of 27 June 2022,[3] but the macOS and Linux depots still exist.[4]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Developer website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Official store of OS X/Linux porter.
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macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
ZOOM Platform (unavailable)
DRM-free
Delisted on March 31, 2023.[5]
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

The sole DLC "Battle Rock Nemesis" is available only on consoles.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename Title_***.bik in the installation folder[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Video.
  2. Delete or rename all Title_***.bik files.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Overlord II\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/vpltd/Overlord2/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Overlord II\Profiles\
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Overlord II\Save - *\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/vpltd/Overlord2/
The save location folder name will change depending on the profile used

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher and in-game video settings.
Launcher and in-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Resolution is changed by dragging window borders or maximizing. Steam Overlay must be closed for this to work.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Seems to be capped at 100FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.
Launcher input settings.
Launcher input settings.

Audio

Launcher and in-game audio settings.
Launcher and in-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, music and speech sliders.
Surround sound
Up to 8.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation.
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Russian
Official localization by «Новый диск» (ND) – retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Russian
1) Fan translation by «SyS-team»
2) Fan voice-over by Отряд «Пионеры»

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Split-screen.
LAN play
Online play
Co-op
Multiplayer servers are down

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Assertion Failure At Launch

Caused by the game installing a old PhysX version that is not fully compatible with the game.
A system restart may have to be performed after fixing this.
Download and install the two legacy PhysX installers from the PCGamingWiki info page[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The configuration utility and crash reporter each have both 32-bit and 64-bit executables, but the game itself is a 32-bit executable only.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP SP2+
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X1600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible


References