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Supreme Commander 2

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Supreme Commander 2
Supreme Commander 2 cover
Developers
Gas Powered Games
macOS (OS X) Virtual Programming
Publishers
Square Enix
Release dates
Windows March 2, 2010
macOS (OS X) September 24, 2010
Reception
Metacritic 77
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Top-down view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi
Series Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander 2 on HowLongToBeat
Supreme Commander 2 on IGDB
Supreme Commander 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Supreme Commander 2 on MobyGames
Supreme Commander 2 on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Supreme Commander 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and top-down view RTS game in the Supreme Commander series.

General information

Supreme Commander 2 Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Publisher website
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Multiplayer unavailable
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The DLC includes new maps, units and upgrades.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Infinite War Battle Pack
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander 2\Game.prefs
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40100/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\SquareEnix\Supreme Commander 2\savegames
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40100/pfx/[Note 1]

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

Basic video options.
Basic video options.
Advanced video options.
Advanced video options.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
A second monitor can be used, mainly for a large and interactive map with all the functionality as the first monitor. Causes startup crash for triple screen setups in Windows 10
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Use Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
2, 4, 8, 16.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
2, 4, 8, 8Q, 16, 16Q.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Sound options.
Sound options.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Effects, music and voiceover.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Only when minimized.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Steam only; the store page does not advertise it but the depot is present.
Polish
On Steam and GOG.com; the former's store page does not advertise it but the depot is present.
Russian
On Steam and GOG.com; the former's store page does not advertise it but the depot is present.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
8 Versus
The Steam version uses Steamworks; the GOG.com version has multiplayer disabled.

Connection types

VR support

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

Issues fixed

Startup crash

Start the game in safe mode[1]
  1. Launch the game with the /SafeMode command line argument
  2. Set the desired graphics options in-game
  3. Exit the game
  4. Remove the /SafeMode command line argument

Notes

/SafeMode appears to ignore the graphics options in your configuration file. However, changes you make while running in safe mode are saved. Remove /SafeMode to use the saved graphics options.
Remove configuration file[2]
  1. Back up and delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander 2\Game.prefs

Notes

Appears to be caused by having an invalid screen resolution.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer Steamworks


System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
1.5 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3 support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40100/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. web.archive.org - last accessed on 28 May 2023
  2. SC2 game crash at startup - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)