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Battlezone II: Combat Commander

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Battlezone II: Combat Commander
Battlezone II: Combat Commander cover
Developers
Pandemic Studios
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Zero
Release dates
Windows December 30, 1999
Battlezone II: Combat Commander guide on StrategyWiki
Battlezone II: Combat Commander on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Battlezone
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Battlezone II: Combat Commander 1999
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This page is for the original release. For the remake, see Battlezone: Combat Commander.

Key points

Two original developers released further patches to bring fixes and newer OS compatibility
Newer patches moved multiplayer from the outdated GameSpy to RakNet
Quite mod-friendly

General information

Battlezone forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch can be found on the 1.3 patch series website.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Battlezone II

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Default windowed resolution is 640x480, but it can be edited in a config file.
Edit render.cfg to change a windowed resolution[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit render.cfg.
  3. Change WindowedWidth = and WindowedHeight = to the resolution you want.
  4. Press Alt+↵ Enter in-game to switch to windowed mode.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed

Installer doesn't work

Skip the installer launcher[2]

Original launcher for the installer is written in 16bits, which means it's impossible to use it on 64-bit operating systems.

  1. Go to My Computer.
  2. Right click on your DVD drive and choose Open.
  3. Go into the Setup folder and launch Setup.exe.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) ATI Rage 128
Riva TNT

References