Panzer General II
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| Developers | |
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| SSI Special Projects Group | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Strategic Simulations Inc. |
| Digital | Ubisoft |
| Engines | |
| Living Battlefield | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 22, 1997 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | TBS |
| Themes | World War II |
| Series | Panzer General |
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| Panzer General | |
|---|---|
| Panzer General | 1994 |
| Allied General | 1995 |
| Star General | 1996 |
| Fantasy General (series) | |
| Pacific General | 1997 |
| Panzer General II | 1997 |
| People's General | 1998 |
| Panzer General 3D Assault | 1999 |
| Panzer General III: Scorched Earth | 2000 |
General information
- Released as Panzer General IIID in Germany (not to be confused with Panzer General 3D Assault) and Operation Panzer in France.
- Panzer General II Wiki
- Die PanzerLiga, a multiplayer community for Five-Star General, Panzer Corps and Strategic Command series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Contains both the official 1.02 and the unofficial 2.2 versions. Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper. | |
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| Ubisoft Store | |
Included with Ubisoft+. | |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
| Subscription gaming service | Available via Ubisoft+. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.02, and can be downloaded from Die PanzerLiga website. Information is available here.
Unofficial patches
- The unofficial 2.2 patch is available here with the changelog here. The GOG.com distribution already includes this version alongside the official 1.02 version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | Added on 11 January 2022[1] | |
| Ubisoft Connect | [2] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| German |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | 4 | |||
| Online play | ||||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | Play by email. | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DirectDraw |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz or greater | |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 525 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | SVGA 1 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).
References
- ↑ Changelog, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2022-01-11
- ↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18