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|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Paradox Development Studio}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Paradox Development Studio}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/porter|Virtual Programming|OS X}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Paradox Interactive}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Paradox Interactive}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 13, 2010}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 13, 2010}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|September 17, 2010}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|September 17, 2010}}
 +
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, DLC }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Top-down view }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Strategy, Simulation }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Victorian, Historical }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Victoria }}
 
|steam appid  = 42960
 
|steam appid  = 42960
−
|gogcom page  =  
+
|gogcom id    = 1406936107
 +
|gogcom id side = 1693075652,1983877888
 +
|strategywiki =
 +
|lutris      = victoria-ii
 +
|mobygames    = 52074
 
|wikipedia    = Victoria II
 
|wikipedia    = Victoria II
 +
|winehq      = 11924
 +
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Series|Victoria}}
 
  
−
'''Key points'''
+
{{Introduction
−
{{ii}} Some bug fixes, improvements and overhauls are only available to owners of the expansions. {{CN}}
+
|introduction      =
 +
 
 +
|release history  =
 +
 
 +
|current state    = Some bug fixes, improvements and overhauls are only available to owners of the expansions. See [[Victoria II#Essential improvements|Essential Improvements]] for details.
 +
}}
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
−
{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/42960/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
+
{{mm}} [https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/victoria-2.443/ Paradox Interactive Forums]
 +
{{GOG.com links|1406936107|victoria_ii}}
 +
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/42960/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 +
{{Availability|
 +
{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | English and German releases | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | Russian release | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Amazon | B003FHAVLI | unknown | Steam and Amazon versions, as well as retail are all available. Select which one you want from the box | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 1873-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | victoria_ii_civil_war_edition | DRM-free | Civil War Edition. Multiplayer is unavailable. | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| GMG | victoria-ii | Steam | | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Humble | victoria-ii | Steam | | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Steam | 42960 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Games for Windows Marketplace | GFWL | GFWL | <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228085120/http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/PC/Games|title=Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace|date=20 August 2022}}</ref> | | Windows | unavailable }}
 +
{{Availability/row| MacApp | id405944247 | MacApp | | | OS X | unavailable }}
 +
}}
  
−
{{Availability Table|
+
===Version differences===
−
{{Availability Table/row| Retail | }}
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{{ii}} The '''Civil War Edition''' includes the base game and '''A House Divided''' DLC.
−
{{Availability Table/row| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/42960/ Steam] | {{ID|Steam}} |}}
+
 
−
{{Availability Table/row| [http://www.amazon.com/Victoria-II-Pc/dp/B003FHAVLI Amazon] | {{ID|Amazon}} {{ID|Steam}} | Steam and Amazon versions, as well as retail are all available. Select which one you want from the box}}
+
==Monetization==
−
{{Availability Table/row| [http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-V2/victoria-2GamersGate GamersGate] | {{ID|GamersGate}} | }}
+
{{DLC|
 +
{{DLC/row| A House Divided | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Heart of Darkness | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| German Unit Pack | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Interwar Artillery Sprite Pack | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Interwar Cavalry Unit Pack | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Interwar Engineer Unit Pack | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Interwar Planes Spritepack | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Interwar Spritepack | | Windows, OS X }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Songs of the Civil War | | Windows, OS X }}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
 +
{{ii}} The expansions add some extremely important features and quality-of-life changes, such as being able to manufacture war justifications against other states, managing rebellious movements, the ability to actually see the player's infamy score and a colonisation mechanic among other needed changes.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://vic2.paradoxwikis.com/Victoria_II#Expansion_packs|title=More info on the official wiki|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 +
 
===Skip intro videos===
 
===Skip intro videos===
−
{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox|description=Move, delete or rename movies folder|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
−
{{Fixbox/fix|Disable intro video}}
+
# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
−
# Navigate to <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 2</code>
+
# Delete or rename the {{folder|movies}} folder.
−
# Rename or delete the <code>movies</code> folder
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
−
{{Game Location Table|
+
===Configuration file(s) location===
−
{{Game Location Table/row|Save game location|C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 2\save games}}
+
{{Game data|
−
{{Game Location Table/row|Save game location (mods)|%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\[MOD NAME]}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\}}
−
{{Game Location Table/row|Configuration files location|C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 2\save games and %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2}}
+
{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
−
{{Game Location Table/row|Configuration files location (mods)|%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\[MOD NAME]}}
 
 
}}
 
}}
 +
{{ii}} Some configuration files are stored in {{folder|{{p|game}}\save games}}
 +
{{ii}} Mod configuration files are stored in {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2}}
  
−
==Video settings==
+
===Save game data location===
−
{{Video settings
+
{{Game data|
 +
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\save games}}
 +
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 +
}}
 +
{{ii}} Mod saves are stored in {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2}}>
 +
 
 +
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 +
{{Save game cloud syncing
 +
|discord                  =
 +
|discord notes            =
 +
|epic games launcher      =
 +
|epic games launcher notes =
 +
|gog galaxy                = true
 +
|gog galaxy notes          =
 +
|origin                    =
 +
|origin notes              =
 +
|steam cloud              = false
 +
|steam cloud notes        =
 +
|ubisoft connect          =
 +
|ubisoft connect notes    =
 +
|xbox cloud                =
 +
|xbox cloud notes          =
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Video==
 +
{{Video
 +
|wsgf link                  =
 +
|widescreen wsgf award      =
 +
|multimonitor wsgf award    =
 +
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 +
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
 
|multimonitor              = unknown
 
|multimonitor              = unknown
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
−
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+
|ultrawidescreen            = true
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
−
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+
|4k ultra hd                = true
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
−
|fov                        =  
+
|fov                        = unknown
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
−
|windowed                  = hackable
+
|windowed                  = true
−
|windowed notes            = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
+
|windowed notes            =  
−
|borderless windowed        = false
+
|borderless windowed        = true
−
|borderless windowed notes  =  
+
|borderless windowed notes  = Can on occasion crash after an alt-tab.
 
|anisotropic                = hackable
 
|anisotropic                = hackable
 
|anisotropic notes          = See [[#Anisotropic filtering (AF)|Anisotropic filtering (AF)]].
 
|anisotropic notes          = See [[#Anisotropic filtering (AF)|Anisotropic filtering (AF)]].
−
|antialiasing              = unknown
+
|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing notes        = Controlled by '''multisample level'''.
 
|antialiasing notes        = Controlled by '''multisample level'''.
 +
|upscaling                  = unknown
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
−
|oculus rift                =  
+
|60 fps                    = true
−
|oculus rift notes         =  
+
|60 fps notes               =  
−
|120hz                      =  
+
|120 fps                    = true
−
|120hz notes               =  
+
|120 fps notes             =
 +
|hdr                        = unknown
 +
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
===[[Windowed]]===
+
===[[Glossary:Anisotropic filtering (AF)|Anisotropic filtering (AF)]]===
−
 
+
{{Fixbox|description=Enable anisotropic filtering|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
−
{{Fixbox|1=
+
# Go to {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2}}.
−
{{Fixbox/fix|Enable windowed mode}}
+
# Open {{file|settings.txt}} in a text editor.
−
# Navigate to <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</code>
 
−
# Open <code>settings.txt</code>
 
−
# Change <code>fullScreen=yes</code> to <code>fullScreen=no</code>
 
−
}}
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Anisotropic filtering (AF)]]===
 
−
{{Fixbox|1=
 
−
{{Fixbox/fix|Enable anisotropic filtering}}
 
−
# Navigate to <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</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
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
 
+
==Input==
−
==Input settings==
+
{{Input
−
{{Input settings
 
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 +
|mouse sensitivity        = true
 +
|mouse sensitivity notes  =
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = false
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = false
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes = Not applicable; entire game is driven with your mouse cursor.
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes = Not applicable; entire game is driven with your mouse cursor.
 +
|touchscreen              = unknown
 +
|touchscreen notes        =
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
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|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 +
|controller sensitivity    = unknown
 +
|controller sensitivity notes=
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
−
|touchscreen               = unknown
+
|xinput controllers        = unknown
−
|touchscreen notes        =  
+
|xinput controllers notes  =
 +
|xbox prompts              = unknown
 +
|xbox prompts notes        =
 +
|impulse triggers          = unknown
 +
|impulse triggers notes    =
 +
|dualshock 4               = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 notes        =
 +
|dualshock prompts        = unknown
 +
|dualshock prompts notes  =
 +
|light bar support        = unknown
 +
|light bar support notes   =
 +
|dualshock 4 modes         = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
 +
|tracked motion controllers= unknown
 +
|tracked motion controllers notes =
 +
|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
 +
|tracked motion prompts notes =
 +
|other controllers        = unknown
 +
|other controllers notes  =
 +
|other button prompts      = unknown
 +
|other button prompts notes=
 +
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 +
|controller hotplug notes  =
 +
|haptic feedback          = unknown
 +
|haptic feedback notes    =
 +
|simultaneous input        = unknown
 +
|simultaneous input notes  =
 +
|steam input api          = unknown
 +
|steam input api notes    =
 +
|steam hook input          = unknown
 +
|steam hook input notes    =
 +
|steam input presets      = unknown
 +
|steam input presets notes =
 +
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
 +
|steam controller prompts notes =
 +
|steam cursor detection    = unknown
 +
|steam cursor detection notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
==Audio settings==
+
==Audio==
−
{{Audio settings
+
{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
−
|separate volume notes    =  
+
|separate volume notes    = Global/SFX/Music
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles notes          = No voiced audio.
 
|subtitles notes          = No voiced audio.
−
|closed captions          =  
+
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|mute on focus lost      = false
 
|mute on focus lost      = false
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
−
|eax support notes        =  
+
|eax support notes         =
 +
|royalty free audio       = unknown
 +
|royalty free audio notes  =
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
{{L10n|content=
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = English
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = unknown
 +
|subtitles = unknown
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = French
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = unknown
 +
|subtitles = unknown
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = German
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = unknown
 +
|subtitles = unknown
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Hungarian
 +
|interface = hackable
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = false
 +
|notes    = [https://magyaritasok.hu/magyaritasok/victoria-2/victoria-2/1317 Fan translation.]
 +
|fan      = true
 +
}}
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Network==
 +
{{Network/Multiplayer
 +
|local play          =
 +
|local play players  =
 +
|local play modes    =
 +
|local play notes    =
 +
|lan play            = unknown
 +
|lan play players    =
 +
|lan play modes      =
 +
|lan play notes      =
 +
|online play          = true
 +
|online play players  = 32
 +
|online play modes    =
 +
|online play notes    =
 +
|asynchronous        =
 +
|asynchronous notes  =
 +
}}{{Network/Connections
 +
|matchmaking        =
 +
|matchmaking notes  =
 +
|p2p                =
 +
|p2p notes          =
 +
|dedicated          =
 +
|dedicated notes    =
 +
|self-hosting      =
 +
|self-hosting notes =
 +
|direct ip          =
 +
|direct ip notes    =
 +
}}{{Network/Ports
 +
|tcp  =
 +
|udp  =
 +
|upnp =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
 +
===Crashing on Windows 8/XP: map cache===
 +
{{ii}} This crash is caused by map cache data from an old version downloading with the game on Steam.
  
−
===Crashing on Windows 8/Exception in virtualfilesystem.cpp===
+
{{Fixbox|description=Delete and regenerate map cache folders|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
 +
# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\map}}.
 +
# Delete the {{folder|cache}} folder.
 +
# Go to {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\map}}.
 +
# Delete the {{folder|cache}} folder.
 +
# Restart the game and let it regenerate the map cache.
 +
}}
  
−
This crash is caused by map cache data from an old version downloading with the game on Steam.
+
===Crashing on Windows XP: Incompatible lua5.1.dll & lua51.dll files===
 +
This crash is caused by the included LUA scripting DLLs being incompatible with Windows XP, which prevent the game from starting.
  
−
{{Fixbox|1=
+
{{Fixbox|description=Replace files|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
−
{{Fixbox/fix|Fix crash on Windows 8}}
+
# [http://sourceforge.net/projects/luabinaries/files/5.1.4/Windows%20Libraries/lua5_1_4_Win32_dll6_lib.zip/ Download older LUA DLLs] version {{file|lua5_1_4_Win32_dll6_lib.zip}}.
−
# Navigate to <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 2\map</code>
+
# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}..
−
# Delete the <code>cache</code> folder
+
# Rename or remove the original {{file|lua5.1.dll}} and {{file|lua51.dll}} files.
−
# Navigate to <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\map</code>
+
# Extract {{file|lua5.1.dll}} and {{file|lua51.dll}} from {{file|lua5_1_4_Win32_dll6_lib.zip}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
−
# Delete the <code>cache</code> folder, if it exists
+
 
−
# Start Victoria II again and let it regenerate the map cache.
+
'''Notes'''
 +
{{ii}} Alternatively, the {{file|lua5.1.dll}} and {{file|lua51.dll}} from ''[[Hearts of Iron III]]'' can be used.
 +
{{ii}} Some versions of the game with the ''Heart of Darkness'' DLC installed may still crash in the middle of loading.
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
==Other information==
 +
===API===
 +
{{API
 +
|direct3d versions      =
 +
|direct3d notes        =
 +
|directdraw versions    =
 +
|directdraw notes      =
 +
|opengl versions        =
 +
|opengl notes          =
 +
|glide versions        =
 +
|glide notes            =
 +
|software mode          =
 +
|software mode notes    =
 +
|mantle support        =
 +
|mantle support notes  =
 +
|metal support          =
 +
|metal support notes    =
 +
|vulkan versions        =
 +
|vulkan notes          =
 +
|dos modes              =
 +
|dos modes notes        =
 +
|shader model versions  =
 +
|shader model notes    =
 +
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 +
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
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|windows exe notes      =
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|mac os x powerpc app  = unknown
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|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
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|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
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|macos arm app          = unknown
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|macos app notes        =
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|linux 32-bit executable=
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|linux 64-bit executable=
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|linux arm app          = unknown
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|linux executable notes =
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}}
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===Modifications===
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{{ii}} Active modding community found in the [https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/victoria-2-user-modifications.543 official forums] or [https://www.moddb.com/games/victoria-2-heart-of-darkness ModDB].
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{{ii}} Some brief descriptions of mods can be found on [https://vic2.paradoxwikis.com/List_of_mods the official wiki].
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{{ii}} Most mods require both expansions and the beta 3.04 branch to be set for the Steam version
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====Historical Project Mod (HPM)====
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{{ii}} Requires Heart of Darkness DLC and beta 3.04
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{{++}} Adds significant historical flavor and features to the game, particularly through events and decisions
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{{ii}} The [https://github.com/arkhometha/Historical-Project-Mod/wiki Github wiki] contains numerous minimods and addons
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{{Fixbox|description=Install HPM|fix=
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# Download the latest version of HPM from [https://www.moddb.com/mods/historical-project-mod/downloads ModDB] or [https://github.com/arkhometha/Historical-Project-Mod GitHub].
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# Extract HPM into {{folder|{{p|game}}\mod}}.
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# Click the check box next to the mod's name in the game launcher.
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}}
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====[https://www.moddb.com/mods/historical-flavour-mod Historical Flavour Mod (HFM)]====
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{{ii}} Fork of an older HPM version, adds a significant amount of nations & decisions but is considered more limiting in freedom as the events can railroad the player in historical scenarios
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{{Fixbox|description=Install HFM|fix=
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# Download the latest version of [https://github.com/SighPie/HFM HFM].
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# Extract HFM into the {{folder|{{p|game}}\mod}}.
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# Click the check box next to the mod's name in the game launcher.
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}}
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====[https://www.moddb.com/mods/victoria-2-cold-war-enhancement-mod Cold War Enhancement Mod (CWE)]====
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{{++}} Two new starting dates,1946 & 1992. Countless new events, nations, decisions and mechanics
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{{ii}} Based on [https://github.com/simsulla/nwomod New World Order (NWO)]
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{{Fixbox|description=Install CWE|fix=
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# Download the latest version of CWE from [https://github.com/settintotrieste/Victoria-2-Cold-War-Enhancement-Mod-CWE GitHub].
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# Extract CWE into the {{folder|{{p|game}}\mod}}.
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# The optional music files can be found [https://www.moddb.com/mods/victoria-2-cold-war-enhancement-mod/downloads/cwe-music-addon-pack here] and need to be extracted in {{folder|{{p|game}}\mod\CWE\music}}.
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# Click the check box next to the mod's name in the game launcher.
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}}
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====[https://github.com/schombert/Open-V2 Open-V2]====
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{{ii}} Open source re-implementation of the engine
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{{--}} Under development
  
 
==System requirements==
 
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|OSfamily = Windows
  
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|minOS    = XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8
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|minOS    = XP SP3, Vista, 7
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|minproc  = Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
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|minCPU  = Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
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|minmem   = 2GB
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|minCPU2  = AMD 3500+
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|minHD    = 2GB
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|minRAM   = 2 GB
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|minGPU  = NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon X1900 or above
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|minHD    = 2 GB
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|minGPU  = Nvidia GeForce 8800
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|minGPU2  = ATI Radeon X1900 or above
 
}}
 
}}
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{{References}}

Latest revision as of 05:37, 14 April 2024

Victoria II
Victoria II cover
Developers
Paradox Development Studio
macOS (OS X) Virtual Programming
Publishers
Paradox Interactive
Engines
Clausewitz
Release dates
Windows August 13, 2010
macOS (OS X) September 17, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Strategy, Simulation
Themes Victorian, Historical
Series Victoria
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Victoria II on MobyGames
Victoria II on Wikipedia
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Victoria
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun 2003
Victoria II 2010
Victoria 3 2022

Victoria II is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy and simulation game in the Victoria series.

Some bug fixes, improvements and overhauls are only available to owners of the expansions. See Essential Improvements for details.

General information

Paradox Interactive Forums
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
 English and German releases
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Russian release
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
 Steam and Amazon versions, as well as retail are all available. Select which one you want from the box
Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Civil War Edition. Multiplayer is unavailable.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)

Version differences

The Civil War Edition includes the base game and A House Divided DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
A House Divided
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Heart of Darkness
Windows
macOS (OS X)
German Unit Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Interwar Artillery Sprite Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Interwar Cavalry Unit Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Interwar Engineer Unit Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Interwar Planes Spritepack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Interwar Spritepack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Songs of the Civil War
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

The expansions add some extremely important features and quality-of-life changes, such as being able to manufacture war justifications against other states, managing rebellious movements, the ability to actually see the player's infamy score and a colonisation mechanic among other needed changes.[2]

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename movies folder[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Delete or rename the movies folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\
macOS (OS X)
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

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save games[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42960/pfx/[Note 1]
Mod saves are stored in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2>

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Can on occasion crash after an alt-tab.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Controlled by multisample level.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Enable anisotropic filtering[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2.
  2. Open settings.txt in a text editor.
  3. Change anisotropic_filtering = 0 to a value between 1 and 16

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
Not applicable; entire game is driven with your mouse cursor.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Global/SFX/Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
No voiced audio.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
32

Issues fixed

Crashing on Windows 8/XP: map cache

This crash is caused by map cache data from an old version downloading with the game on Steam.
Delete and regenerate map cache folders[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\map.
  2. Delete the cache folder.
  3. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\map.
  4. Delete the cache folder.
  5. Restart the game and let it regenerate the map cache.

Crashing on Windows XP: Incompatible lua5.1.dll & lua51.dll files

This crash is caused by the included LUA scripting DLLs being incompatible with Windows XP, which prevent the game from starting.

Replace files[citation needed]
  1. Download older LUA DLLs version lua5_1_4_Win32_dll6_lib.zip.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>..
  3. Rename or remove the original lua5.1.dll and lua51.dll files.
  4. Extract lua5.1.dll and lua51.dll from lua5_1_4_Win32_dll6_lib.zip to <path-to-game>.

Notes

Alternatively, the lua5.1.dll and lua51.dll from Hearts of Iron III can be used.
Some versions of the game with the Heart of Darkness DLC installed may still crash in the middle of loading.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Modifications

Active modding community found in the official forums or ModDB.
Some brief descriptions of mods can be found on the official wiki.
Most mods require both expansions and the beta 3.04 branch to be set for the Steam version

Historical Project Mod (HPM)

Requires Heart of Darkness DLC and beta 3.04
Adds significant historical flavor and features to the game, particularly through events and decisions
The Github wiki contains numerous minimods and addons
Install HPM
  1. Download the latest version of HPM from ModDB or GitHub.
  2. Extract HPM into <path-to-game>\mod.
  3. Click the check box next to the mod's name in the game launcher.

Historical Flavour Mod (HFM)

Fork of an older HPM version, adds a significant amount of nations & decisions but is considered more limiting in freedom as the events can railroad the player in historical scenarios
Install HFM
  1. Download the latest version of HFM.
  2. Extract HFM into the <path-to-game>\mod.
  3. Click the check box next to the mod's name in the game launcher.

Cold War Enhancement Mod (CWE)

Two new starting dates,1946 & 1992. Countless new events, nations, decisions and mechanics
Based on New World Order (NWO)
Install CWE
  1. Download the latest version of CWE from GitHub.
  2. Extract CWE into the <path-to-game>\mod.
  3. The optional music files can be found here and need to be extracted in <path-to-game>\mod\CWE\music.
  4. Click the check box next to the mod's name in the game launcher.

Open-V2

Open source re-implementation of the engine
Under development

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
AMD 3500+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800
ATI Radeon X1900 or above


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  2. ↑ 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).

References

  1. ↑ Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 20 August 2022
  2. ↑ More info on the official wiki - last accessed on May 2023