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{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = Desperados 2 cover.jpg
 
|cover        = Desperados 2 cover.jpg
 
|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
−
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Spellbound}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Spellbound Entertainment}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
−
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Atari}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Atari|2006-2013}}
−
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games|2013-2016}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|THQ Nordic|2016-present}}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
−
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Trinigy Vision Engine}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Vision}}
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|April 28, 2006}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|April 28, 2006}}
 +
|reception    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|desperados-2-coopers-revenge|66}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|desperados-2-cooper-s-revenge|70}}
 +
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Stealth, Strategy }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Western }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Desperados }}
 
|steam appid  = 9710
 
|steam appid  = 9710
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|gogcom page  = desperados_2
+
|gogcom id    = 1207658985
 +
|hltb        = 2468
 
|strategywiki = Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
 
|strategywiki = Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
 +
|mobygames    = 23268
 
|wikipedia    = Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
 
|wikipedia    = Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
 
|winehq      = 5735
 
|winehq      = 5735
 +
|license      = commercial
 +
}}
 +
 +
{{Introduction
 +
|introduction      =
 +
 +
|release history  =
 +
 +
|current state    = The game suffers from heavy graphical corruption on systems running modern AMD graphics cards. See [[#Issues unresolved|Issues unresolved]].
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Series|Desperados}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
 +
{{mm}} [https://discord.gg/desperados Official Discord server] for game series
 
{{GOG.com links|1207658985|desperados_series|for game series}}
 
{{GOG.com links|1207658985|desperados_series|for game series}}
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{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/9710/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/9710/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
−
{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | {{DRM|SecuROM}} or {{DRM|TAGES|5.5}}. | | Windows }}
+
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | {{DRM|SecuROM}} or {{DRM|TAGES|5.5}}. | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Amazon | B00KLHQ4DY | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Amazon | B00KLHQ4DY | Steam | | | Windows }}
−
{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-DES2 | GamersGate | | | Windows }}
+
{{Availability/row| GamersGate | desperados-2-coopers-revenge | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
−
{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 1310-1 | Steam | | | Windows }}
+
{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 1310-1 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | desperados_2 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | desperados_2 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| GMG | desperados-2-coopers-revenge | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| GMG | desperados-2-coopers-revenge | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 9710 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 9710 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
{{ii}} A demo can be downloaded from the [https://archive.org/details/Desperados2 Internet Archive].
 +
 +
==Essential improvements==
 +
===Patches===
 +
{{ii}} The [http://www.worthdownloading.com/download.php?gid=1732&id=7715 v1.01 Patch] updates the retail game to the latest version. In-game version will be shown as v1.48.
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
−
{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\data\configuration\game\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
−
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|userprofile\Documents}}\Cooper's Revenge\Savegame\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
−
|gog galaxy           = false
+
|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             =  
−
|xbox cloud           =  
+
|steam cloud               = false
−
|xbox cloud notes     =  
+
|steam cloud notes         =  
 +
|ubisoft connect          =  
 +
|ubisoft connect notes     =  
 +
|xbox cloud               =  
 +
|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
==Video settings==
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==Video==
 
{{Image|Desperados2videosettings.png|Video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Desperados2videosettings.png|Video settings.}}
−
{{Video settings
+
{{Video
−
|wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/desperados-2-coopers-revenge
+
|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/desperados-2-coopers-revenge
 
|widescreen wsgf award      = limited
 
|widescreen wsgf award      = limited
 
|multimonitor wsgf award    = unsupported
 
|multimonitor wsgf award    = unsupported
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|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
 
|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
−
|ultrawidescreen notes      = See the [http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=29964 WSGF topic].
+
|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
−
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+
|4k ultra hd                = hackable
−
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
+
|4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
−
|fov                        = false
+
|fov                        = hackable
−
|fov notes                  =  
+
|fov notes                  = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=29964 WSGF topic].
−
|windowed                  = false
+
|windowed                  = hackable
−
|windowed notes            =  
+
|windowed notes            = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 +
|upscaling                  = unknown
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
−
|60 fps                    = unknown
+
|60 fps                    = true
−
|60 fps notes              =  
+
|60 fps notes              = [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)#Frame rate capping|Limiting the frame rate]] or forcing Vsync is recommended, as the game has no set FPS limit.
−
|120 fps                    = unknown
+
|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|hdr                        = unknown
 
|hdr                        = unknown
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===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
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{{Fixbox|description=Set resolution in settings.xml|ref=<ref>[http://www.wsgf.org/dr/desperados-2-coopers-revenge Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | WSGF]</ref>|fix=
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{{Fixbox|description=Set resolution in settings.xml|ref=<ref>[https://www.wsgf.org/dr/desperados-2-coopers-revenge Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | WSGF]</ref>|fix=
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# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\data\configuration\game\</code>
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# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
−
# Edit <code>settings.xml</code>
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# Edit {{file|settings.xml}}.
 
# Set the <code>ENGINE_RESOLUTION_X</code> and <code>ENGINE_RESOLUTION_Y</code> values to the resolution you want.
 
# Set the <code>ENGINE_RESOLUTION_X</code> and <code>ENGINE_RESOLUTION_Y</code> values to the resolution you want.
−
# Save your changes and close the file.
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# Save the changes and close the file.
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Input settings==
+
===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Modify settings.xml|ref=<ref name="Wasch">{{Refcheck|user=Waschbär|date=2018-11-18|comment=Tested on Windows 7 with R9 580X}}</ref>|fix=
 +
# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
 +
# Edit {{file|settings.xml}}.
 +
# Set the <code>ENGINE_FULLSCREEN</code> value to <code>0</code>.
 +
# Save the changes and close the file.
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Input==
 
{{Image|Desperados2controlsettings.png|Input settings.}}{{Image|Desperados2mousesettings.png|Mouse settings.}}
 
{{Image|Desperados2controlsettings.png|Input settings.}}{{Image|Desperados2mousesettings.png|Mouse settings.}}
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{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
−
|acceleration option      = true
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|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|mouse sensitivity        = true
 
|mouse sensitivity        = true
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|steam input api          = unknown
 
|steam input api          = unknown
 
|steam input api notes    =  
 
|steam input api notes    =  
 +
|steam hook input          = unknown
 +
|steam hook input notes    =
 
|steam input presets      = unknown
 
|steam input presets      = unknown
 
|steam input presets notes =  
 
|steam input presets notes =  
 
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
 
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
 
|steam controller prompts notes =  
 
|steam controller prompts notes =  
 +
|steam cursor detection    = unknown
 +
|steam cursor detection notes =
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
 
{{Image|Desperados2soundsettings.png|Audio settings.}}
 
{{Image|Desperados2soundsettings.png|Audio settings.}}
−
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
−
|separate volume notes    = Music, Sound FX, Ambient, PC Speech, UI Sound, Cutscene
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|separate volume notes    = Music, Sound FX, Ambient, PC Speech, UI Sound, Cutscene.
−
|surround sound          = unknown
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|surround sound          = true
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles                = true
−
|subtitles notes          =  
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|subtitles notes          = Not during FMVs.
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
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|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 +
|royalty free audio      = always on
 +
|royalty free audio notes =
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
−
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
−
  |audio    = yes
+
  |audio    = true
−
  |subtitles = yes
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  |subtitles = true
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = French
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    = Local retail version only.
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = German
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    = Local retail version only.
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Italian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    = Local retail version only.
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Spanish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    = Local retail version only.
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
}}
 +
 +
==Issues unresolved==
 +
===Graphical glitches with AMD GPUs===
 +
{{ii}} Starting with the release of driver version 14.9, the game shows heavy graphical corruption on Windows systems.
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Insert older OpenGL driver|ref=<ref name="Wasch" />|fix=
 +
# Download the [https://mega.nz/#F!8tlAhDyQ!2AkAQukJKAYuIWEzDTGtFA?ox8EnQ6S OpenGL driver files] of version '''14.8'''.
 +
# Extract the files {{file|atig6txx.dll}}, {{file|atigktxx.dll}}, {{file|atio6axx.dll}} and {{file|atioglxx.dll}} to {{folder|{{P|game}}}}.
 +
 +
'''Notes'''
 +
{{ii}} This fix may not work with the most recent AMD cards or on Windows 10.
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
−
|direct3d versions      =  
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|direct3d versions      = 9.0c
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw notes      =  
 
|directdraw notes      =  
−
|opengl versions        =  
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|opengl versions        = 3.1
 
|opengl notes          =  
 
|opengl notes          =  
 
|glide versions        =  
 
|glide versions        =  
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
−
|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
−
|64-bit executable notes=  
+
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
 +
|windows exe notes      =
 +
|macos intel 32-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 =
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
===Middleware===
 +
{{Middleware
 +
|physics          = Havok
 +
|physics notes    =
 +
|audio            =
 +
|audio notes      =
 +
|interface        =
 +
|interface notes  =
 +
|input            =
 +
|input notes      =
 +
|cutscenes        = Bink Video
 +
|cutscenes notes  =
 +
|multiplayer      =
 +
|multiplayer notes=  
 
}}
 
}}
  

Latest revision as of 16:36, 28 July 2023

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge cover
Developers
Spellbound Entertainment
Publishers
2006-2013 Atari
2013-2016 Nordic Games
2016-present THQ Nordic
Engines
Vision
Release dates
Windows April 28, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 66
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Stealth, Strategy
Themes Western
Series Desperados
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Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on HowLongToBeat
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on IGDB
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Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge guide on StrategyWiki
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on MobyGames
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge on Wikipedia
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Desperados
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive 2001
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge 2006
Helldorado 2007
Desperados III 2020

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge is a singleplayer bird's-eye view stealth and strategy game in the Desperados series.

The game suffers from heavy graphical corruption on systems running modern AMD graphics cards. See Issues unresolved.

General information

Official Discord server for game series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM DRM or TAGES 5.5 DRM.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
A demo can be downloaded from the Internet Archive.

Essential improvements

Patches

The v1.01 Patch updates the retail game to the latest version. In-game version will be shown as v1.48.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\configuration\game\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cooper's Revenge\Savegame\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
See the WSGF topic.
Windowed
See Windowed.
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 and 120+ FPS
Limiting the frame rate or forcing Vsync is recommended, as the game has no set FPS limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in settings.xml[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit settings.xml.
  3. Set the ENGINE_RESOLUTION_X and ENGINE_RESOLUTION_Y values to the resolution you want.
  4. Save the changes and close the file.

Windowed

Modify settings.xml[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit settings.xml.
  3. Set the ENGINE_FULLSCREEN value to 0.
  4. Save the changes and close the file.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Mouse settings.
Mouse settings.

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

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound FX, Ambient, PC Speech, UI Sound, Cutscene.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Not during FMVs.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Local retail version only.
German
Local retail version only.
Italian
Local retail version only.
Spanish
Local retail version only.

Issues unresolved

Graphical glitches with AMD GPUs

Starting with the release of driver version 14.9, the game shows heavy graphical corruption on Windows systems.
Insert older OpenGL driver[2]
  1. Download the OpenGL driver files of version 14.8.
  2. Extract the files atig6txx.dll, atigktxx.dll, atio6axx.dll and atioglxx.dll to <path-to-game>.

Notes

This fix may not work with the most recent AMD cards or on Windows 10.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL 3.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.9 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1900
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | WSGF
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2018-11-18
    Tested on Windows 7 with R9 580X