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{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = Emergency 2 The Ultimate Fight for Life cover.jpg
 
|cover        = Emergency 2 The Ultimate Fight for Life cover.jpg
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Take-Two Interactive|Europe}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Take-Two Interactive|Europe}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C Company|Russia}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C Company|Russia}}
 +
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view, Isometric }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Simulation, Strategy }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Emergency }}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 21, 2002}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 21, 2002}}
|steam appid  =  
+
|steam appid  = 977840
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
|gogcom page  =  
+
|gogcom id    =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
|wikipedia    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_(series)#Emergency_2:_The_Ultimate_Fight_for_Life
+
|mobygames    = emergency-2-the-ultimate-fight-for-life
 +
|wikipedia    = Emergency_2
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 +
|hltb        = 15173
 +
|lutris      = emergency-2
 +
|igdb        = emergency-2
 +
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Emergency}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/emergency-2-the-ultimate-fight-for-life MobyGames entry]
+
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/977840/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | Physical copy protection: bad sectors. |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | Physical copy protection: bad sectors. |  | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Steam | 977840 | Steam | Standard Edition, despite the store page screenshots showing otherwise.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/977840/discussions/0/2479690531145265860/#c1741101364280651496|title=Will it include the missions from the german-only Deluxe Edition? :: EMERGENCY 2 General Discussions|date=2023-05-02}}</ref> Slightly updated to run better on modern systems. |  | Windows }}
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
===Version differences===
 +
====Deluxe Edition====
 +
{{ii}} Includes 2 exclusive missions and a speech recognition feature.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/23117/emergency-2-the-ultimate-fight-for-life-deluxe-edition/|title=Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life (Deluxe Edition) - MobyGames|date=2023-05-02}}</ref>
 +
{{--}} Released only in Germany, with no English language option.
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\SaveGames\}}
 +
{{Game data/saves|Steam|{{p|userprofile}}\Saved Games\Emergency 2\savegames}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
{{Video settings
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{{Save game cloud syncing
 +
|discord                  =
 +
|discord notes            =
 +
|epic games launcher      =
 +
|epic games launcher notes =
 +
|gog galaxy                =
 +
|gog galaxy notes          =
 +
|origin                    =
 +
|origin notes              =
 +
|steam cloud              = false
 +
|steam cloud notes        =
 +
|ubisoft connect          =
 +
|ubisoft connect notes    =
 +
|xbox cloud                =
 +
|xbox cloud notes          =
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Video==
 +
{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|widescreen resolution      = false
 
|widescreen resolution      = false
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
|multimonitor              = unknown
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|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+
|ultrawidescreen            = false
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+
|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
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|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
|antialiasing              = false
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|vsync                      = hackable
 
|vsync                      = hackable
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===[[Glossary:Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]]===
{{Fixbox|description=Set Vsync via registry|ref=<ref>[http:// Reference]</ref>|fix=
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{{Fixbox|description=Set Vsync via registry|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Suicide_machine|date=2018-05-10}}</ref>|fix=
 
# Run {{file|regedit.exe}}.
 
# Run {{file|regedit.exe}}.
# Navigate to {{file|{{p|HKCU}}\Software\sixteen tons entertainment\Emergency2}}.
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# Go to {{file|{{p|HKCU}}\Software\sixteen tons entertainment\Emergency2}}.
 
# Edit value of {{file|VSync}} entry setting it to <code>0</code> to disable Vsync or <code>1</code> to enable it.
 
# Edit value of {{file|VSync}} entry setting it to <code>0</code> to disable Vsync or <code>1</code> to enable it.
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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|controller support        = false
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
|full controller          = false
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|full controller          = unknown
 
|full controller notes    =  
 
|full controller notes    =  
|controller remap          = false
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|controller remap          = unknown
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
|controller sensitivity    = false
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|controller sensitivity    = unknown
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
|invert controller y-axis  = false
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
|xinput controllers        = false
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|xinput controllers        = unknown
 
|xinput controllers notes  =  
 
|xinput controllers notes  =  
 
|xbox prompts              = false
 
|xbox prompts              = false
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|impulse triggers          = false
 
|impulse triggers          = false
 
|impulse triggers notes    =  
 
|impulse triggers notes    =  
|dualshock 4              = false
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|dualshock 4              = unknown
 
|dualshock 4 notes        =  
 
|dualshock 4 notes        =  
 
|dualshock prompts        = false
 
|dualshock prompts        = false
 
|dualshock prompts notes  =  
 
|dualshock prompts notes  =  
|light bar support        = false
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|light bar support        = unknown
 
|light bar support notes  =  
 
|light bar support notes  =  
 
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
 
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
 
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =  
 
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =  
|tracked motion controllers= false
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|tracked motion controllers= unknown
 
|tracked motion controllers notes =  
 
|tracked motion controllers notes =  
 
|tracked motion prompts    = false
 
|tracked motion prompts    = false
 
|tracked motion prompts notes =  
 
|tracked motion prompts notes =  
|other controllers        = false
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|other controllers        = unknown
 
|other controllers notes  =  
 
|other controllers notes  =  
 
|other button prompts      = false
 
|other button prompts      = false
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}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
|separate volume          = unknown
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|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
|subtitles                = unknown
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|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
|closed captions          = unknown
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|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
 
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
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  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = true
 
  |audio    = true
  |subtitles = true
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  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
  |fan notes =  
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}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = Dutch
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan       =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = French
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = German
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes     =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Hungarian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Italian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =  
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
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  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = true
 
  |audio    = true
  |subtitles = true
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  |subtitles = n/a
  |notes    = Local retail version only.
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  |notes    = Polish retail release only.
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
  |fan notes =  
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}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language = Russian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan       =  
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
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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=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
}}
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|windows arm app        = false
 
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|windows exe notes      =  
===Middleware===
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|macos intel 32-bit app =  
{{Middleware
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|macos intel 64-bit app =  
|physics          =
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|macos app notes        =  
|physics notes    =
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|linux 32-bit executable=  
|audio            =  
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|linux 64-bit executable=  
|audio notes      =  
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|linux executable notes =  
|interface        =  
 
|interface notes  =
 
|input            =  
 
|input notes     =
 
|cutscenes       =  
 
|cutscenes notes  =  
 
|multiplayer      =  
 
|multiplayer notes=  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  

Latest revision as of 19:32, 22 January 2024

Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life
Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life cover
Developers
Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Publishers
Arush Entertainment
Europe Take-Two Interactive
Russia 1C Company
Release dates
Windows October 21, 2002
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Simulation, Strategy
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Emergency
Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life on HowLongToBeat
Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life on IGDB
Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life on MobyGames
Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life on Wikipedia
Emergency: Fighters for Life 1998
Emergency Police 2001
Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life 2002
Emergency 3: Mission:Life 2005
Emergency 4: Global Fighters for Life 2006
Emergency 2012 2010
Emergency 2013 2012
Emergency 2014 2013
Emergency 5 2014
Emergency 2016 2015
Emergency 2017 2016
Emergency 20 2017

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Physical copy protection: bad sectors.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Standard Edition, despite the store page screenshots showing otherwise.[1] Slightly updated to run better on modern systems.
Windows

Version differences

Deluxe Edition

Includes 2 exclusive missions and a speech recognition feature.[2]
Released only in Germany, with no English language option.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\sixteen tons entertainment\Emergency2
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/977840/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGames\[Note 2]
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Emergency 2\savegames
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/977840/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
A 2D zoom is available using mouse wheel.
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enabled by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 20fps.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Set Vsync via registry[3]
  1. Run regedit.exe.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\sixteen tons entertainment\Emergency2.
  3. Edit value of VSync entry setting it to 0 to disable Vsync or 1 to enable it.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Polish retail release only.
Russian

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  2. 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).

References