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Midnight Club II

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Midnight Club II
Midnight Club II cover
Developers
Rockstar San Diego
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Engines
Angel Game Engine
Release dates
Windows June 30, 2003
Midnight Club II on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Non-Steam versions may crash on launch on Windows Vista and later; for a workaround see game crashes on launch (non-Steam versions).
Online multiplayer no longer works due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Official site

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: SecuROM
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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No third-party DRM. Works on Windows 7 despite the warning.[1]
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12160/pfx/[Note 1]
options.cfg contains general settings.
keyboard_only.map contains keyboard settings.
mouse.map contains mouse settings.
default.cfg contains default settings and does not need to be edited.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

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Controller support

By default, can't use axes as buttons (e.g. Xbox 360 Controller triggers).
Force feedback emulation can also be enabled for XInput controllers.
Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Console versions only.
LAN play
2-8
Online play
2-8 GameSpy master server has been shut down.

Connection types

Issues fixed

Game crashes on launch (non-Steam versions)

Non-Steam versions may crash on launch on Windows Vista and later.
Steam version has been patched for compatibility with modern versions of Windows (despite the warning on the Steam store page).[1]
Instructions

"Failed to connect to GameSpy server" error

The GameSpy master server has been shut down. Use Tunngle as an alternative.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or Intel Celeron 1.2GHz
AMD Athlon 800 MHz or AMD Duron 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce2
ATI Radeon 8500
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

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

References