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Revision as of 14:10, 23 December 2022
Developers | |
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Legend Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Infogrames |
Unreal Anthology | Midway Games |
Digital | Epic Games |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 3, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Unreal |
Unreal | |
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Unreal | 1998 |
Unreal Tournament | 1999 |
Unreal Tournament 2003 | 2002 |
Unreal II: The Awakening | 2003 |
Unreal Tournament 2004 | 2004 |
Unreal Tournament 3 | 2007 |
Unreal Tournament 4 | Cancelled |
General information
- Liandri Archives - A dedicated Unreal wiki site that collects information about all the games in the series
- Unreal Wiki - A wiki on how to use Unreal Editor, UnrealScript and other technical aspects of Unreal Engine
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM disc check. Disc check removed from Unreal Anthology version. | |||
GOG.com (unavailable) | Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition. Includes the eXpanded MultiPlayer (XMP) expansion. Delisted on December 23, 2022.[1] |
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GamersGate (unavailable) | Unavailable in Germany. | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Expanded Multiplayer (XMP) | Available for free. Included with Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition. See Expanded Multiplayer (XMP) for details. |
Demos
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest version available is v1403 (only needed for retail versions).
The patch is available for the following versions:
- North America (US)
- Europe (UK)
They can be downloaded from the Files section.
Expanded Multiplayer (XMP)
- The expansion cannot be installed with the Steam version nor the retail Anthology release
Included with Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition, it is an official expansion to the game adding multiplayer functionality (with 8 maps). The expansion is available for free for regular copies of the game. Note that the PLAY disk for Unreal II: The Awakening is required to install the expansion.
A community version exists, made for users of the Steam version and the retail Anthology release.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\System\Unreal2.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13200/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1] <path-to-game>\System\User.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13200/pfx/[Note 2] |
- The save files do not store which story missions you have unlocked. That is stored with the user's input settings in
<path-to-game>\System\User.ini
, in the variableAutoSaveIndex=0
. For example, if you have finished the game and unlocked all the chapters it will beAutoSaveIndex=22
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Image is Vert-. FOV can be increased to compensate. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Multi-monitor | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Defaults to 90° vertical. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | <path-to-game>\System\Unreal2.ini → LevelOfAnisotropy | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Nvidia cards can force MSAA, TrSSAA, SGSSAA, OGSSAA, etc. through Nvidia Profile Inspector without compatibility bits.[2] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Vsync doesn't work in Windows 10. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. |
Field of view (FOV)
Set FOV in console[3] |
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Set FOV in User.ini |
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- If adjusting FOV to obtain Hor+ scaling for widescreen or ultra-widescreen, to maintain identical vertical FOV to the default 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use
106.270273206
. At 21:9 resolutions, use121.66
.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output; see Surround sound.[4] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3.[5] Update the game to fix crashes | |
Royalty free audio |
Surround sound
- By default the game ouput to stereo on modern versions of Windows. This will force the game to use the system OpenAL device as ouput and restore surround sound.
- Forcing the game to use system OpenAL device may lead to audio dropouts, missing and substituted audio samples.
Restore surround sound |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | Retail version only. | |||
German | Retail version only. | |||
Italian | Retail version only. | |||
Spanish | Retail version only. |
Network
- Requires the eXpanded MultiPlayer (XMP) expansion (included with Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition and available as a free upgrade)
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | A guide can be found here | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Open the console (~) and enter open followed by the IP and port. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 7777, 7778, 27900, 28900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | |||
TriDef 3D | |||
iZ3D | |||
vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires D3D8to9 , see here |
Issues fixed
Steam Screenshot Fix
Edit user.ini[citation needed] |
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Long Load Screens
Disable Vsync/remove frame cap[citation needed] |
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Windows 10 D3DERR_DEVICELOST
This option also seems to have fixed the random mouse jump/spin problem.
Edit Unreal2.ini[citation needed] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Maximum selectable refresh rate is 85 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set your monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitor.
Set fullscreen refresh rate[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Vsync doesn't work in Windows 10
Use Crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | |
Shader Model support | 1.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL |
Bonus Content
Solaris Base Bonus Map is an additional map created by Matthias Worch.
Unreal Editor
Unreal Editor is the official modding program for the Unreal 2 engine. It is used to create professional levels and full scale conversions for the game.
Version 3 of the editor comes bundled with all versions of Unreal 2.
It can be found in the Systems folder in the installation folder.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 733 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 1.2 GHz AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 384 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce2 MX 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (13200) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Delisting: Unreal games - Unreal Tournament 2004, UT GOTY, Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition, Unreal Gold, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2022-12-20
- ↑ http://min.us/mtretumRdIufa
- ↑ Unreal II: The Awakening | WSGF
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ EAX Featured Game: Unreal II: The Awakening - EAX.CREATIVE.COM (retrieved)