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Delta Force
Delta Force	1998
Delta Force 2	1999
Delta Force: Land Warrior	2000
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger	2002
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down	2004
Delta Force: Xtreme	2005
Delta Force: Xtreme 2	2009

Delta Force 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Delta Force series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Oversized DRM (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method)
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

A free demo version is available from GameFront.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 1.06.15 (a.k.a. 8A or 030700), available from Patches-Scrolls and GameFront.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Aside from disabling the intro video this fix is also known to resolve an issue where BINKPLAY.exe throws an error when starting the game.

Go to <path-to-game>.
Delete or rename DF2INTRO.BIK.

No sound in game

Delete/rename dsound.dll^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Delete or rename `dsound.dll`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\df2.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32630/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\df2plyrs.sav^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32630/pfx/^{[Note 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		Might disable mouse
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

Support for 1024x768

The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.

Increase Resolution to 1024x768^[1]
Open the `<path-to-game>\df2.cfg` file with a text editor. Find the `game_res` value and change it to 6.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Called flip mouse
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Doesn't pause on lost focus
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Ukrainian				Fan translation and full dubbing by TSF, download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		50
Online play		50	The official multiplayer service was shut down; use the NovaHQ lobby. Already applied to the GOG.com version, others are required to follow this guide.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Self-hosting

Issues unresolved

Broken hardware renderer

The hardware renderer is broken on modern operating systems, causing severe graphical corruption and depth buffer problems. Using dgVoodoo 2 helps these issues partially, but does not fix the depth errors. A patch by Dege which improved the depth buffer problems to some extent is available in this Vogons thread.

Crash when switching to the Voice-over-Net settings

When switching through the settings tabs, the Voice-over-Net tab causes the game to crash or freeze on modern systems. Some users report that running the game in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode prevents this.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Software renderer		Glitchy on modern hardware, but playable

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Steam

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista (in XP compatibility mode)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	530 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible

Disc Version

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, NT
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	120 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA-compatible	Nvidia Riva TNT DirectX 6 compatible
Other		3D accelerator card not required but recommended.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32630) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-08-25

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (32630) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (32630) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2021-08-25-3] Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-08-25

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

Developers

	NovaLogic
Publishers
1999-2016	NovaLogic
2016-present	THQ Nordic
Engines
	Voxel Space 32
Release dates
Windows	November 3, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic, Voxel art
Themes	Africa, Asia, Contemporary
Series	Delta Force

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
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+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|NovaLogic|1999-2016}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|THQ Nordic|2016-present}}
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 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 3, 1999}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic, Voxel art }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Africa, Asia, Contemporary }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Delta Force }}
 |steam appid  = 32630
 |steam appid side =
 |gogcom id    = 2014697223
+|hltb         = 2421
 |strategywiki =
+|mobygames    = 2009
 |wikipedia    = Delta Force 2
 |winehq       = 367
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|Delta Force}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 24: / Line 48: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | cd | Standard CD check. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | cd | Oversized {{term|DRM}} (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method) | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| 1=developer | 2=https://www.novaworld2.com/index.php?idtag=4d3a39bf2ef88&do=/public/store/catalog/ | 3=unknown | 4= | 5= | 6=Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Gamersgate | delta-force-2 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | delta_force_2 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GMG | delta-force-2 | Steam | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Humble | delta-force-2 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 32630 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 }}
+{{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://www.gamefront.com/games/delta-force-2-1/file/delta-force-2-demo GameFront].
 ==Essential improvements==
-*[http://www.novahq.net/?show=utilities&cmd=view_files&id=3 utilities]
+===Patches===
-*[http://www.novahq.net/?show=maps&cmd=view_maps&game=df2 maps]
+{{ii}} The latest official patch is 1.06.15 (a.k.a. 8A or 030700), available from [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1180/7/22737 Patches-Scrolls] and [https://www.gamefront.com/games/delta-force-2-1/category/official-patches-243 GameFront].
+===Skip intro videos===
+{{Fixbox|description=Delete/rename video files|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+Aside from disabling the intro video this fix is also known to resolve an issue where BINKPLAY.exe throws an error when starting the game.
+# Go to {{file|{{p|game}}|folder}}.
+# Delete or rename {{file|DF2INTRO.BIK}}.
+}}
+===No sound in game===
+{{Fixbox|description=Delete/rename dsound.dll|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+# Go to {{file|{{p|game}}|folder}}.
+# Delete or rename {{file|dsound.dll}}.
+}}
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 47: / Line 87: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = unknown
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           = false
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|steam cloud notes     =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
+|steam cloud               = false
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 78: / Line 124: @@
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = unknown
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
+|vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
@@ Line 94: / Line 143: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+===Support for 1024x768===
-{{Input settings
+The game supports the 1024x768 resolution but a config file needs to be changed.
+{{Fixbox|description=Increase Resolution to 1024x768|ref=<ref name="2021-08-25">{{Refcheck|user=Nessy|date=2021-08-25|comment=}}</ref>|fix=
+# Open the {{file|{{p|game}}\df2.cfg}} file with a text editor.
+# Find the <code>game_res</code> value and change it to 6.
+}}
+==Input==
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
 |acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = true
 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
 |mouse menu                = true
@@ Line 158: / Line 214: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = true
-|mute on focus lost notes = Doesn't pause on focus lost
+|mute on focus lost notes = Doesn't pause on lost focus
 |eax support              =
 |eax support notes        =
+|royalty free audio       = always on
+|royalty free audio notes =
 }}
@@ Line 178: / Line 236: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Ukrainian
+ |interface = hackable
+ |audio     = hackable
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Fan translation and full dubbing by [https://tsfukraine.wixsite.com/main?lang=en TSF], [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HjPl2h903FwojBqhe2IGU5pd67mR4k1A/view?usp=sharing download].
+ |fan       = true
 }}
 }}
@@ Line 195: / Line 261: @@
 |lan play modes       =
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = unknown
+|online play          = hackable
 |online play players  = 50
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    =
+|online play notes    = The official multiplayer service was shut down; use the [https://nw.novahq.net/df2 NovaHQ lobby]. Already applied to the GOG.com version, others are required to follow [https://novahq.net/pages.php?ID=108 this guide].
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 208: / Line 274: @@
 |dedicated          =
 |dedicated notes    =
-|self-hosting       =
+|self-hosting       = true
 |self-hosting notes =
 |direct ip          =
@@ Line 218: / Line 284: @@
 }}
-==Issues fixed==
+==Issues unresolved==
-===Broken 3D Acceleration===
+===Broken hardware renderer===
-{{--}} 3D Acceleration is broken on modern operating systems, causing severe graphical corruption.
+{{--}} The hardware renderer is broken on modern operating systems, causing severe graphical corruption and depth buffer problems. Using [[dgVoodoo 2]] helps these issues partially, but does not fix the depth errors. A patch by Dege which improved the depth buffer problems to some extent is available in [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=52136 this Vogons thread].
-{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo 2 and fixed hw_d3d.dll|fix=
+===Crash when switching to the Voice-over-Net settings===
-# Download DgVoodoo2 from the [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html official website].
+{{--}} When switching through the settings tabs, the Voice-over-Net tab causes the game to crash or freeze on modern systems. Some users report that running the game in Windows XP SP2 [[Windows Compatibility Mode|compatibility mode]] prevents this.
-# Download [http://dege.fw.hu/temp/DF2Hw_d3d.zip fixed hw_d3d.dll].
-# Replace the default {{File|hw_d3d.dll}} with the fixed one.
-# Extract the contents of dgvoodoo to the folder of your choice.
-# Copy the contents of <code>MS</code> folder into your Delta Force 2 directory
-# Open {{File|dgVoodooCpl.exe}} and click the <code>DirectX</code> tab.
-# Under <code>Videocard</code> select <code>dgvoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card</code> from the drop-down menu.
-'''Notes'''
-{{ii}} Some voxels will still have incorrect depth.
-}}
 ==Other information==
@@ Line 239: / Line 295: @@
 {{API
 |direct3d versions      = 7
-|direct3d notes         = Hardware acceleration is broken
+|direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
 |directdraw notes       =
@@ Line 260: / Line 316: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
 ==System requirements==
+===Steam===
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = Windows
+|minOS    = 2000, XP, Vista (in XP compatibility mode)
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
+|minRAM   = 64 MB
+|minHD    = 530 MB
+|minVRAM  = 16 MB
+|minGPU   = SVGA
+|minDX    = 7
+|recOS    =
+|recCPU   =
+|recRAM   =
+|recHD    =
+|recGPU   =
+}}
+===Disc Version===
 {{System requirements
 |OSfamily = Windows