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Revision as of 04:02, 31 August 2014

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Empire Earth II
Empire Earth II cover
Developers
Mad Doc Software
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Engines
Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows April 26, 2005
Empire Earth II on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Empire Earth
Empire Earth 2001
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World 2003
Empire Earth II 2005
Empire Earth III 2007

Key points

GameSpy online server browser has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

~eW`~>FORUM - Empire Earth 2
~eW`~>FORUM - Help, Questions & Problems. Empire Earth II Support
~eW`~>FORUM - EE2 files, modding, maps, etc.
Empire Earth Heaven
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Gold Edition - Includes the expansion pack The Art of Supremacy
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Green Man Gaming
DRM-free
 Gold Edition - Includes the expansion pack The Art of Supremacy
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Add s_skipIntro = 1 to myconfig.cfg (located in the installation folder).

Patches

Patches can be found here. Remember to download the right version for your game localization.

An unofficial patch (1.5) exists for the game claimed to fix a Visual C++ error, remove the need of the CD, fix compatibility issues with Windows 8 / 8.1 and much more. Recommended.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Unofficial Patch (1.5) supports 42 screen resolutions, including 4k resolutions. Recommended.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Add the following lines to myConfig.cfg or myConfig_EE2X.cfg (located in the installation folder)[1]

g_bFullscreen = 0
g_allowWindowedMode = 1
g_ConstrainCursor = 0
s_windowXOffset = 10
s_windowYOffset = 10
s_adapterIndex = 0
s_adapterIndex controls on which screen (for multi monitor configurations) the game will be displayed

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy servers have been shut down.

Issues fixed

The unofficial patch (1.4) fixes many of the game problems

Issues unresolved

Game minimizes after loading screen and will not run (Windows 8)

Download Windows 8/8.1 FIX by Dr.MonaLisa

(This solution will work with LAN programs like: GameRanger, Tunngle, etc.) Recommended.


or: Not recommended.

Open Notepad and paste the following text:

taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe EE2.exe Start explorer.exe

Now Save As [All Files] EE2.bat into your EE2 directory that contains EE2.exe. Right-drag that batch file onto your desktop and create a shortcut. You can right click on the shortcut and choose Properties to change the icon to the one in the EE2 directory (EE2.ico). You can do the same for the expansion (EE2x.exe) if you have it.

Then check the compatibility (right click on EE2.exe in game dir and choose properties, compatibility, check the box run in compatibility mode and choose Windows 7.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium IV 1.5 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce3 with Hardware T&L
64 MB of VRAM

References