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Virtua Cop 2

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Virtua Cop 2
Virtua Cop 2 cover
Developers
Sega AM2
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows November 25, 1997
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Arcade, Rail shooter
Series Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop 2 on IGDB
Virtua Cop 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Virtua Cop 2 on MobyGames
Virtua Cop 2 on Wikipedia
Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop 1996
Virtua Cop 2 1997

Key points

Also known as Virtua Squad 2 in United States
Some copies don't have music included in the CD, meaning no music during gameplay.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\PROJECT\vcop2.ini[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 640x480 is available
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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 and 120+ FPS
Locked at 30 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
Full controller support
Closing the game as well as graphical and control settings require the keyboard.
Controller remapping
Only four face buttons can be mapped.
Controller sensitivity
There's a button that when pressed makes the movement faster.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
2 Co-op
Accessed by pressing F9
Online play

DirectDraw Init FAILED SetDisplayMode

Use dgVoodoo 2

Issues Fixed

Screen cropped

Playing on Windows 10 causes the top of the in-game screen to be hidden behind the menu and title bar - concealing some parts of the HUD. Additional symptoms is the game window not properly filling the screen.

Application compatibility fix[1]
  1. Download and install the compatibility fix from https://classicgamefixes.wixsite.com/home/virtua-cop-2

Notes:

  • Compatibility shim is "ForceSimpleWindow".

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
DirectDraw 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 5 compatible
Other 2x Speed CD Drive, Keyboard/Joypad or joystick


Notes

  1. 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Virtua Cop 2 Windows 10 - Matt's Classic PC Gaming