Jane's Longbow 2

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Jane's Longbow 2

Developers
	Origin Systems
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	November 13, 1997
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Helicopter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Asia, North America, Contemporary
Series	Jane's Combat Simulations

Key points

On computers running modern versions of Windows, the only usable renderer is 3dfx with a Glide wrapper such as nGlide or dgVoodoo. dgVoodoo is less stable and offers more graphical options. nGlide is more stable but has a limited range of settings.

The game takes a small amount of space and runs on most computers.

The game suffers from crashing at the end of any mission on computers running modern versions of Windows, regardless of failure or success in the mission.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		The CD installer does not work on modern Windows.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 2.09 updates the game to the latest version.

Modifications

AZER2000 - Azerbahjian Campaign add-on

AZER2000 is a replacement campaign for the Fallen Crescent campaign which provides more challenging missions as all enemy equipment is now modern.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Scales with resolution, cannot be manually edited.
Windowed		No windowed mode in the main menu. Use dgVoodoo and change Appearance from Fullscreen to Windowed to make the simulation windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use the dgVoodoo Glide wrapper and select Antialiasing [MSAA].
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Use the dgVoodoo Glide wrapper and enable Force vSync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The keys are set and cannot be changed.
Mouse acceleration		No acceleration in the menus. The mouse is not used as a looking device in game and has no acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Longbow 2 is nearly impossible to play without a HOTAS Joystick/Throttle set up.
Full controller support		Longbow 2 supports multiple popular joysticks around 1998 along with anything reported by Windows. This applies to controllers, too.
Controller remapping		All joystick keys are remappable.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		The closest to this the game offers is changing how the throttle works (Pull to gain Collective, rather than Push) by toggling "Helicopter Style Collective" in the options.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Subtitles are supported during tutorials. In-game radio messages are not supported.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		4
Online play		2

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	420 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5.0 compatible