Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War

Star Trek: Starfleet Command II -
Empires at War

Developers
	Taldren
	14 Degrees East
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Space flight
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Star Trek: Starfleet Command

Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Subseries of Star Trek
Star Trek: Starfleet Command	1999
Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War	2000
Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates	2001
Star Trek: Starfleet Command III	2002

Warnings

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

Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and top-down view vehicle combat game in the Star Trek: Starfleet Command series.

As of Windows 10, the game crashes in the early game after a few commands are entered, which can be resolved with a single configuration file change.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

A free demo version is available from GameFront.com.

Essential improvements

Official patches

• Patch 2.036 is the latest official patch.

Official bonus missions

• A set of official bonus missions featuring Captain Hikaru Sulu has been released, available here. They also have a patch released for them.

Game freezes when trying to start a match on Windows 10 and newer

Edit the configuration file
Open <path-to-game>\sfc.ini. Under the [Mouse] entry, set the async value to 0 and hwblit to 1. Save the file and run the game.

Skip intro video

Use different executable
Run the game from Starfleet2.exe instead of SFC2.exe (which launches sfc2intro.exe and Starfleet2.exe in that order).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\sfc.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>

Video

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game settings menu tab (Federation UI skin)

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		General, music, speech. Accessible only within a match from the bottom control tab
Surround sound
Subtitles		The in-game settings menu tab allows for setting how long subtitles stay on screen before clearing.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Separate US and UK releases.
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play		Versus, Co-op
Online play		Versus, Co-op The official GameSpy server has been shut down; use the SFC Launcher.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III 500 MHz (without acceleration), Pentium II 350 MHz (with acceleration)
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible