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MDK 2

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MDK 2
MDK 2 cover
Developers
BioWare
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Engines
Omen Engine
Release dates
Windows May 25, 2000
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MDK 2 on Wikipedia
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MDK
MDK 1997
MDK 2 2000
MDK 2 HD 2011

This page is for the original game. For the re-release, see MDK 2 HD.

General information

Hectic HQ - Fan site for the game
Offical Interplay Support Page for MDK 2
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)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Not working on Windows 7 and higher.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save\keys.lua[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38460/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38460/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Controller support

Add XInput support[citation needed]

Notes

Don't use the Guide button on your Xbox 360 controller for this game while using Steam Big Picture mode. Doing so will have the game bug out in strange ways.

Audio settings

Sound settings.
Sound settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Local retail version only.
Russian
Official localization by «1C-Softclub». Local retail version only.
Russian
Unofficial localization by «Fargus Multimedia». Attached as bonus to GOG.com version.

Issues fixed

Pre-mission text is too slow on AMD video cards

Force Vsync[3]
  1. Make a profile for <path-to-game>\mdk2Main.exe in Radeon Settings or the Catalyst Control Center.
  2. Set Wait for Vertical Refresh to Always On.
  3. Run the game with this profile active.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 1.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MHz
AMD K6 200 MHz		 Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD K6-2 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 1.0 compatible
DirectX 5 compatible 		8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7.0a compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References