Difference between revisions of "Castles II: Siege and Conquest"

Revision as of 03:14, 27 August 2022

Castles
Castles	1991
Castles II: Siege and Conquest	1992

Key points

Using the "Save before quitting" feature may cause gameplay issues when the saves are loaded.^[3] It's recommended that you don't use this feature.^[4]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Floppies or CD-ROM. Run in DOSBox.
Epic Games Store
GOG.com		Bundled with Castles. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[5]
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit C2CD.BAT^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Edit `C2CD.BAT`. Change `c2cdtool quickfades firsttime` to `c2cdtool quickfades startagain` Save your changes. The game will now go directly to the main menu.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\OPTIONS.DAT
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/670180/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

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
DOS	<path-to-game>\*.GAM
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/670180/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music has a volume control; speech is on/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Save games don't work correctly

Using the save before quitting feature may break saves, causing issues with gameplay when the saves are loaded.^[3]

To avoid this issue simply save the game manually, then quit and choose Don't Save when prompted.^[4]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	730 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
↑ ^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 (670180) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[DOSBox_mounted-6] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[Proton_path_note-7] 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 (670180) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[5] The app ID (670180) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] New release: Castles and Castles 2 - GOG.com

[2] Changelog - Castles 2, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[save_issue-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Technical Issues with Castles 2, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[save_fix-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Technical Issues with Castles 2, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com

[GOG.com-5] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | castles_castles_2 | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Castles]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref name="GOG.com">[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 670180 | Steam |  |  | Windows, OS X }}

Developers

	Quicksilver Software
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS	1992
Mac OS (Classic)	April 1994
Windows (DOSBox)	October 21, 2008^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	2012
Linux (DOSBox)	February 14, 2017^[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Castles