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Difference between revisions of "Victoria II"

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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
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{{ii}} Some configuration files are stored in <code>{{p|game}}\save games</code>
 
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===Save game data location===
 
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==Video settings==
 
==Video settings==
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{{Fixbox/fix|Enable windowed mode}}
 
{{Fixbox/fix|Enable windowed mode}}
# Navigate to <code>%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</code>
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# Go to <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</code>
 
# Open <code>settings.txt</code>
 
# Open <code>settings.txt</code>
 
# Change <code>fullScreen=yes</code> to <code>fullScreen=no</code>
 
# Change <code>fullScreen=yes</code> to <code>fullScreen=no</code>
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{{Fixbox/fix|Enable anisotropic filtering}}
 
{{Fixbox/fix|Enable anisotropic filtering}}
# Navigate to <code>%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</code>
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# Go to <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</code>
 
# Open <code>settings.txt</code>
 
# Open <code>settings.txt</code>
 
# Change <code>anisotropic_filtering = 0</code> to a value between 1 and 16
 
# Change <code>anisotropic_filtering = 0</code> to a value between 1 and 16
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# Go to the installation folder.
 
# Go to the installation folder.
 
# Go into the <code>map</code> folder and delete the <code>cache</code> folder.
 
# Go into the <code>map</code> folder and delete the <code>cache</code> folder.
# Go to <code>%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\map</code>
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# Go to <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\map</code>
 
# Delete the <code>cache</code> folder, if it exists.
 
# Delete the <code>cache</code> folder, if it exists.
 
# Start Victoria II again and let it regenerate the map cache.
 
# Start Victoria II again and let it regenerate the map cache.

Revision as of 08:02, 12 May 2014

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Victoria II
Victoria II cover
Developers
Paradox Development Studio
Publishers
Paradox Interactive
Engines
Clausewitz
Release dates
Windows August 13, 2010
macOS (OS X) September 17, 2010
Victoria II on Wikipedia
Victoria
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun 2003
Victoria II 2010
Victoria 3 2022

Key points

Some bug fixes, improvements and overhauls are only available to owners of the expansions. [citation needed]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42960/pfx/[Note 1]
Some configuration files are stored in <path-to-game>\save games
Mod configuration files are stored in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42960/pfx/[Note 1]
Mod saves are stored in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Crashing on Windows 8/Exception in virtualfilesystem.cpp

This crash is caused by map cache data from an old version downloading with the game on Steam.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon X1900 or above


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