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PlanetSide 2

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PlanetSide 2
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Developers
Sony Online Entertainment
Engines
Forgelight Engine
Release dates
Windows November 20, 2012
PlanetSide 2 on Wikipedia
PlanetSide
PlanetSide 2003
PlanetSide 2 2012
PlanetSide Arena Cancelled

Key points

Offers a strong level of graphical customisation.
Regularly updated and to be officially supported until 2025.[1]
Players are reporting extremely poor CPU optimization.[2][3][4] A response by the development team acknowledges these claims.[5] The developers temporarily stopped working on content and focused entirely on optimization. The first patch of 3 to improve optimization was released recently.[6] Reports from players vary from very little improvement up to an increase of 50%.

General information

Official website
Official forum
PlanetSide 2 Wiki - a good place to get gameplay-related information.
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
Windows
Steam
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Steam version does not work with ProSieben Sat.1 accounts; migrate at PlanetSide 2 EU.
Windows
All versions require a Daybreak Account.
ProSiebenSat.1 accounts are no longer supported as of September 29, 2014.[7]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/218230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.
FoV comparison - 74 (top) against 100.
FoV comparison - 74 (top) against 100.
Top: 4000x900 (limited at 110 hFoV without PS2FOV), Middle 4000x900 (automatically set correctly at 135 hFOV with PS2FOV), Bottom 1444x900 (automatically set correctly at 80 hFOV for comparison) Game is set to 59 vertical FoV
Top: 4000x900 (limited at 110 hFoV without PS2FOV), Middle 4000x900 (automatically set correctly at 135 hFOV with PS2FOV), Bottom 1444x900 (automatically set correctly at 80 hFOV for comparison) Game is set to 59 vertical FoV

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Field of view (FOV)

Options menu features an FoV slider with values of 55 up to 74.
The adjustable Field of view (FOV) setting in this game is vertical FoV (like in Battlefield: Bad Company 2) rather than horizontal FoV like in most other games.
Vertical field of view calculator http://www.rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php
FoV can be tweaked to values higher than in-game maximum or lower than the in-game minimum.
Instructions
Horizontal FoV is fixed at 80 inside vehicles and limited to 110 when on foot. This presents a significant problem for multi-monitor setups, even with a low vertical FoV set in the game.
This can be remedied with a tool called PS2FOV.
Instructions

Input settings

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Controller support

Logitech 3D Pro POV pad

If you only use the ingame key bindings, the pad will just stop working after a few seconds. In order to use the POV pad of the joystick for the cockpit view, follow these steps[8]

Instructions

Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

All ground and units disappear

Often during morning and midday, all foreground objects disappear. This includes the units, world and building. Icons remain and the map etc. stays available. This bug fixes itself after about 30 seconds.

Issues fixed

Cannot install game (Steam)

Instructions

Planetside2.exe has stopped working

Instructions
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Instructions

Low frame rate

Instructions
Instructions

Game download starts over after ProSiebenSat.1 account migration

Instructions

Other information

SweetFX

Use of SweetFX is officially listed as a banned client modification.[9]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 / AMD Phenom II X2
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / AMD Radeon HD4850

Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/218230/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (218230) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References