Parkan II
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Developers | |
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Nikita Ltd. | |
Publishers | |
1C Company | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 27, 2005 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Parkan |
Parkan | |
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Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles | 1997 |
Parkan: Iron Strategy | 2001 |
Parkan II | 2005 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | English release. | |||
Retail | StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] in German and Russian releases. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII <path-to-game>\parkan2.ini[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289400/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289400/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | Syncs saved games. |
Video
Video settings (
<path-to-game>\start.exe
).
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. | ||
Multi-monitor | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Set WindowMode in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings (
<path-to-game>\start.exe
).Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Speech, Effects, Music. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Mutes and pauses. | |
EAX support | Set in launcher. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
Russian |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Issues fixed
In-game resolution option stuck at "666"
Run start.exe[citation needed] |
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White flashes and artifacts
Disable Processor Specific Graphics Pipeline (PSGP)[5] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon XP |
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System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] 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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289400/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (289400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.