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Star Ruler 2

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Star Ruler 2
Star Ruler 2 cover
Developers
Blind Mind Studios
Glacicle
Engines
Starflare
Release dates
Windows March 27, 2015[1]
Linux March 27, 2015[1]
Taxonomy
Modes Multiplayer
Series Star Ruler
Star Ruler 2 on MobyGames
Star Ruler
Star Ruler 2010
Star Ruler 2 2014

Key points

Released as open source, with assets (excluding music).[2]

General information

Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Linux
64-bit macOS files are present on Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Wake of the Heralds
Windows
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Star Ruler 2\
Linux $HOME/.starruler2/
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Star Ruler 2\
Linux $HOME/.starruler2/saves/

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

General settings.
General settings.
Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
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)
2x-8x MSAA, 2X FSAA (Supersampling)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Configurable frame rate cap from 24-200 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keybindings.
Keybindings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Cannot be disabled.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
All information is text-based.

Network

It is recommended for games above 8 players or in galaxies of several hundred systems to play on LAN.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
28
Online play
28

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 2.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) SSE2 Capable
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) AMD or Nvidia
512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible
64-bit recommended.


References