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{{ii}} Victoria II's expansion, A House Divided, adds a new starting point in the American Civil War and includes numerous gameplay improvements, overhauls, and bugfixes.
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{{ii}} Victoria II has two expansions, A House Divided and Heart of Darkness, which add a new starting point in the American Civil War and includes numerous gameplay improvements, overhauls, and bugfixes.
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
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{{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}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{Availability Table/row| [http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-V2/victoria-2GamersGate GamersGate] | {{ID|GamersGate}} | }}
 
{{Availability Table/row| [http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-V2/victoria-2GamersGate GamersGate] | {{ID|GamersGate}} | }}
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}}
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==Essential improvements==
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===Skip intro videos===
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{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox/fix|Disable intro video}}
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# Navigate to <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 2</code>
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# Rename or delete the <code>movies</code> folder
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}}
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==Game data==
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{{Game Location Table|
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{{Game Location Table/row|Save game location|C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 2\save games}}
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{{Game Location Table/row|Save game location (mods)|%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\[MOD NAME]}}
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{{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}}
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{{Game Location Table/row|Configuration files location (mods)|%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\[MOD NAME]}}
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}}
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==Video settings==
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{{Video settings
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|widescreen resolution      = true
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|widescreen resolution notes=
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|multimonitor              = unknown
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|multimonitor notes        =
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|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
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|ultrawidescreen notes      =
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|4k ultra hd                = unknown
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|4k ultra hd notes          =
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|fov                        =
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|fov notes                  =
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|windowed                  = hackable
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|windowed notes            = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
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|borderless windowed        = false
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|borderless windowed notes  =
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|anisotropic                = hackable
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|anisotropic notes          = See [[#Anisotropic filtering (AF)|Anisotropic filtering (AF)]].
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|antialiasing              = unknown
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|antialiasing notes        = Controlled by '''multisample level'''
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|vsync                      = false
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|vsync notes                =
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|oculus rift                =
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|oculus rift notes          =
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|120hz                      =
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|120hz notes                =
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|color blind                = false
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|color blind notes          =
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}}
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===Windowed===
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{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox/fix|Enable windowed mode}}
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# Navigate to <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</code>
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# Open <code>settings.txt</code>
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# Change <code>fullScreen=yes</code> to <code>fullScreen=no</code>
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}}
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===Anisotropic Filtering (AF)===
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{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox/fix|Enable anisotropic filtering}}
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# Navigate to <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2</code>
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# Open <code>settings.txt</code>
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# Change <code>anisotropic_filtering = 0</code> to a value between 1 and 16
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}}
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==Input settings==
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{{Input settings
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|key remap                = false
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|key remap notes          =
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|acceleration option      = false
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|acceleration option notes =
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|mouse menu                = true
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|mouse menu notes          =
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|invert mouse y-axis      = false
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|invert mouse y-axis notes = Not applicable; entire game is driven with your mouse cursor.
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|controller support        = false
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|controller support notes  =
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|full controller          = false
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|full controller notes    =
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|controller remap          = false
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|controller remap notes    =
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|invert controller y-axis  = false
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|invert controller y-axis notes=
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|touchscreen              = unknown
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|touchscreen notes        =
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}}
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==Audio settings==
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{{Audio settings
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|separate volume          = true
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|separate volume notes    =
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|surround sound          = unknown
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|surround sound notes    =
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|subtitles                = false
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|subtitles notes          = No voiced audio.
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|closed captions          =
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|closed captions notes    =
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|mute on focus lost      = false
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|mute on focus lost notes =
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|eax support              =
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|eax support notes        =
 
}}
 
}}
  

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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
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General information

Victoria II has two expansions, A House Divided and Heart of Darkness, which add a new starting point in the American Civil War and includes numerous gameplay improvements, overhauls, and bugfixes.

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Template:Game Location Table

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)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon X1900 or above