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Revision as of 15:27, 16 April 2022
Developers | |
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Intelligent Games | |
Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
First 1998 prints only | Virgin Interactive |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 4, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Dune |
Dune | |
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Dune | 1992 |
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty | 1992 |
Dune 2000 | 1998 |
Emperor: Battle for Dune | 2001 |
Frank Herbert's Dune | 2001 |
OpenRA (unofficial) | 2010 |
Dune: Spice Wars | 2023 |
Dune: Imperium | 2024 |
Dune: Awakening | 2025 |
Key points
- Installing on 64-bit systems requires a workaround. See Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows.
General information
- Dune Wiki - The Duniverse
- Dune2K.com (a.k.a. FED2K) - A major Dune fansite with an active community
- D2K+ - A modding site
- CnCNet (multiplayer replacement)
- Dune 2000 section on CNC.community
- Dune 2000 section on C&C Communications Center
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Disc required for single player and multiplayer hosting. |
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest official patch
- Patch 1.06 brings multiplayer fixes and improvements, as well as new multiplayer-only units.
Unofficial 1.06p patch
- Enables high resolutions, a no-CD option, and windowed mode. Comes with a Configuration Tool for compatibility settings.
Playing without the CD
Follow the procedure[1] |
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data\ data\movies\ data\music\ data\missions\ data\maps\ 4. Install the official 1.06 patch. |
Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\dune2000.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\GameSave[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use the unofficial 1.06p patch | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | High Resolution Patch allows to experiment with any resolution | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use the unofficial 1.06p patch | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use the unofficial 1.06p patch | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use the unofficial 1.06p patch | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Use the unofficial 1.06p patch | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Sensitivity only applies to scrolling speed | |
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 | Music and SFX. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Portuguese | Fan translation.[3] Download. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | 1. Unofficial localization by «Fargus Multimedia» 2. Unofficial localization by «GSC Game World» |
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Russian | Fan voice-over by «ENPY Studio» |
Network
- LAN play supports spawn installs; only the hosting player needs to have the CD inserted.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 6 | Use CnCNet, a modern lobby for classic Westwood games. | ||
Online play | 6 | Use CnCNet, a modern lobby for classic Westwood games. |
Issues fixed
Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows
By using a custom installer[citation needed] |
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Manual method[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | VQA | |
Multiplayer | Westwood Online |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | Intel Pentium 133 MHz or better |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5 compatible | 2 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-10-18
- ↑ Installing from CD? - CnCNet Community forums
- ↑ YouTube
- ↑ Installing from CD? - CnCNet Community forums