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AirStrike 2

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Key points

Game requires workarounds to function properly on modern versions of Windows.[1]
AirStrike 2
AirStrike 2 cover
Developers
DivoGames
Release dates
Windows April 2004
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Genres Shooter
Vehicles Helicopter
Art styles Realistic
Series AirStrike
AirStrike 2 on MobyGames
AirStrike
AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T 2002
AirStrike 2 2004
AirStrike 2: Gulf Thunder 2005

AirStrike 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view shooter game in the AirStrike series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
Publisher website
DRM details are not known
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Graphics options from external settings utility.
Graphics options from external settings utility.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Options for different camera perspective which does not affect FOV.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Can be enabled through external configuration utility. Disabled by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Uncapped.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Certain functions such can't be remapped in-game. Tutorial still refers to default bindings.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Can't be used to control player's helicopter. Mouse buttons can still be use to fire or shoot missile.
Mouse input in menus
Cursor follows Windows' mouse acceleration settings.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Supported via DirectInput.
Full controller support
Cannot pause game with a button on controller. Menu navigation are unresponsive due to left/right behaves erratically, and certain menu still requires a mouse to operate.
Controller remapping
Only joystick's axis can be mapped to movement.
Controller sensitivity
Fixed speed with no acceleration present.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Playable with default configuration.
Xbox button prompts
Game still refers keyboard buttons in information screen and tutorials.
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Game still refers keyboard buttons in information screen and tutorials.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
In-game speech, plot points are provided via texts.
Polish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Supports a combination of mouse/keyboard and a controller, or two controllers.

Issues fixed

Game refuses to run on modern version of Windows

Use QindieGL.[2]
Vendor independent which works across modern hardware.
Enable Extension Limit via Nvidia Profile Inspector[3]
For Nvidia graphics only.
  1. Add the game to Nvidia Control Panel's profile.
  2. Open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  3. Select the game from User modified profiles menu.
  4. Set Extension Limit to Enabled
  5. Click Apply Changes.

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio BASS
Input DirectInput

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium or Athlon 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB TNT2-class or other OpenGL 1.1+ compliant video card


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. Verified by User:Fudgesiclesxd on 2021-12-13
    Tested on Windows 10.
  2. Verified by User:Fudgesiclesxd on 2021-12-15
  3. Verified by User:Fudgesiclesxd on 2021-12-15.