Difference between revisions of "The Guild II"

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The Guild
Europa 1400: The Guild	2002
The Guild II	2006
The Guild II: Pirates of the European Seas	2007
The Guild II: Venice	2008
The Guild II: Renaissance	2010
The Guild 3	2022

The Guild II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view business, RPG and strategy game in the The Guild series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM in international releases. StarForce 4 DRM^{[Note 1]} in Russian releases.
GamersGate

		Platinum Edition
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Platinum Edition

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Installing the Steam version will also install Xvid which is bundled with some unnecessary applications and can safely be uninstalled.^[3]

Platinum Edition includes the base game, Pirates of the European Seas and Venice.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Move, delete or rename folder `Movie` to disable intros.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\userconfig.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39650/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Savegames\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39650/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Runs, no GUI scaling
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be forced through Nvidia control panel
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Edit userconfig.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Edit `userconfig.ini`. Change `FullScreen = 1.000000` to `FullScreen = 0.000000` and save the changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, Music, Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz	2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 1.1 support	Shader model 2 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
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 (39650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 28 May 2023

[3] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-5] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-6] 3.0 ^3.1 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 (39650) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[6] The app ID (39650) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-1] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-2] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[4] Steam Community - last accessed on 28 May 2023

[Note 1]

[3]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[1]

[2]

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Developers

	4 Head Studios
Publishers
2006-2011	JoWood Productions
2011-2016	Nordic Games
2016-present	THQ Nordic
Engines
	Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows	September 29, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Business, RPG, Strategy
Themes	Medieval
Series	The Guild