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AquaNox
Archimedean Dynasty	1996
AquaNox	2001
AquaNox 2: Revelation	2003
Aquanox: Deep Descent	2020

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Demo

A demo is available in English and in German.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch the game with the `-nologo` command line argument^{[citation needed]}

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\AquaNox2\Config.txt
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\AquaNox2\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

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

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)	Use this Cheat Engine table.
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Start the game in windowed mode^[1]
Launch the game with the command line argument `-windowsize YYxZZ` where `YY` is the width of the screen resolution and `ZZ` is the height of the screen resolution, e.g. `-windowsize 1024x768`.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Under Game tab there is a slider to configure the amount of auto-aiming.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
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

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)		Doesn't hook the joystick.
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Adjustable volume of sounds effects, music, radio messages and dialogues.
Surround sound		Uses EAX. Use ALchemy or IndirectSound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4. See important instructions here, 3D screenshots samples here. `Note:` Profile may not produce stereo output with newer versions of DGVoodoo2.

Issues fixed

Black screen

Disable other screens^[2]
If multiple screens are in use, disable all but the one used to play the game on.

Disable Visual Themes and Desktop Compositions^[1]
Go to the installation folder. Right click on `AquaNox 2 Revelation.exe` and choose Properties. Go to Compatibility tab. In there, check Disable Visual Themes and Disable Desktop Composition.

Edit configuration file^[1]

If all of that won't help, edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\AquaNox2\Config.txt
Scroll to the very end of the file. There, the settings for the rendering resolution can be found - dsp_height and dsp_width.
Edit their values to match the resolution of the screen in use. e.g. for 1440x900 the fragment should look like this:

[CVar196]
{
	Name = "dsp_height"
	Type = "s32"
	Value = 900
}

[CVar197]
{
	Name = "dsp_width"
	Type = "s32"
	Value = 1440
}

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 750 MHz AMD Athlon 750 MHz	Intel Pentium 1 GHz AMD Athlon 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB (Windows 98) 256 MB (Windows 2000/NT/XP)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible	64 of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (39640) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-19
↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/aquanox_series/aquanox_2_black_screen

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (39640) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (39640) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Sui-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-19

[3] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/aquanox_series/aquanox_2_black_screen

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
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 |taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
@@ Line 18: / Line 20: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Naval/watercraft }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | AquaNox }}
 |steam appid  = 39640
 |gogcom id    = 1207658851
@@ Line 45: / Line 49: @@
 }}
 ===Demo===
-A demo is available [https://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=3328 in English] and [https://www.4players.de/services/downloadmanager/download.php?action=start_now&DOWNLOADID=4250 in German] (copy and paste link).
+A demo is available [https://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=3328 in English] and [https://www.4players.de/services/downloadmanager/download.php?action=start_now&DOWNLOADID=4250 in German].
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Skip intro videos===
-{{Fixbox|description=Launch a game with a <code>-nologo</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]|ref={{cn|date=November 2017}}}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Launch the game with the <code>-nologo</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]|ref={{cn|date=November 2017}}}}
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 120: / Line 124: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
 {{Fixbox|description=Start the game in windowed mode|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Suicide_machine|date=2016-08-19}}</ref>|fix=
-* Launch the game with the [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]] <code>-windowsize '''YY'''''x'''''ZZ'''</code> where <code>YY</code> is width of screen resolution and <code>ZZ</code> is height of screen resolution, e.g. <code>-windowsize 1024x768</code>.
+* Launch the game with the [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]] <code>-windowsize '''YY'''''x'''''ZZ'''</code> where <code>YY</code> is the width of the screen resolution and <code>ZZ</code> is the height of the screen resolution, e.g. <code>-windowsize 1024x768</code>.
 }}
@@ Line 193: / Line 197: @@
 |separate volume notes    = Adjustable volume of sounds effects, music, radio messages and dialogues.
 |surround sound           = true
-|surround sound notes     = Uses EAX, use ALchemy or IndirectSound
+|surround sound notes     = Uses EAX. Use ALchemy or IndirectSound
-|subtitles                = true
+|subtitles                = always on
-|subtitles notes          = Can not be disabled.
+|subtitles notes          =
 |closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = true
+|mute on focus lost       = always on
-|mute on focus lost notes = Can not be disabled.
+|mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = false
 |eax support notes        =
@@ Line 248: / Line 252: @@
 |vorpx                       = hackable
 |vorpx modes                 = G3D
-|vorpx notes                 = User created profile, requires [[DgVoodoo 2|DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4]]. See important instructions [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/search/Aquanox_2_/ here], 3D screenshots samples [http://rjkole.com?g=128 here]. <code>Note:</code> Profile may not produce stereo output with newer versions of DGVoodoo2.
+|vorpx notes                 = User created profile, requires [[DgVoodoo 2|DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4]]. See important instructions [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/search/Aquanox_2_/ here], 3D screenshots samples [https://rjkole.com?g=128 here]. <code>Note:</code> Profile may not produce stereo output with newer versions of DGVoodoo2.
 |htc vive                    =
 |htc vive notes              =
@@ Line 278: / Line 282: @@
 ===Black screen===
 {{Fixbox|description=Disable other screens|ref=<ref>https://www.gog.com/forum/aquanox_series/aquanox_2_black_screen</ref>|fix=
-* If you're using multiple screens, disable all but the one you're planning to use to play the game.
+* If multiple screens are in use, disable all but the one used to play the game on.
 }}
 {{Fixbox|description=Disable Visual Themes and Desktop Compositions|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix=
@@ Line 288: / Line 292: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Edit configuration file|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix=
 # If all of that won't help, edit <code>{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\AquaNox2\Config.txt</code>
-# Scroll to the very end of the file. There, you should find settings for rendering resolution - <code>dsp_height</code> and <code>dsp_width</code>.
+# Scroll to the very end of the file. There, the settings for the rendering resolution can be found - <code>dsp_height</code> and <code>dsp_width</code>.
-# Edit their values to match the resolution of a screen you're using. e.g. for 1440x900 the fragment should look like this:
+# Edit their values to match the resolution of the screen in use. e.g. for 1440x900 the fragment should look like this:
 <pre>[CVar196]
 {

Developers

	Massive Development
Publishers
	Encore Software
	JoWood Productions
Engines
	KRASS Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 22, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	69
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series	AquaNox