Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos

Independence War
Independence War	1997
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos	2001

Key points

For Windows 8 and later apply the low frame rate fix.

Released as Edge of Chaos: Independence War 2 in Europe and Galaxy Commander: Edge of Chaos for the German re-release.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\movies\
Delete or rename Infogrames.bik, intro.bik, and psys.bik.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\flux.ini

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)		See the WSGF entry.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		On/off only; only applies to HUD lines and orb stalks.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		For Windows 8 and later apply the low frame rate fix.
120+ FPS

Anti-aliasing (AA)[edit]

By default, the game's AA can only be toggled on/off for the in-game HUD lines and orb stalks.

Force Anti-aliasing (AA) using either the NVIDIA Control Panel or AMD Catalyst Control Center^{[citation needed]}

Windowed[edit]

Set windowed mode in flux.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>.
Edit flux.ini
Change full_screen = 1 to full_screen = 0
Save your changes and close the file.

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Other
Touchscreen optimised

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Speech, Music, Movie, and Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed[edit]

Low frame rate in fullscreen mode[edit]

This issue occurs on Windows 8 and later.

Use low frame rate fix

Apply the low frame rate fix

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Input	DirectInput
Cutscenes	Bink

System requirements[edit]

These requirements are for the GOG.com release.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.8GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 8 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

References

Developers

	Particle Systems Ltd.
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	June 28, 2001