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Privateer 2: The Darkening

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Privateer 2: The Darkening
Privateer 2: The Darkening cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS December 9, 1996
Windows November 4, 1997
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⤏ Go to series page
Wing Commander 1990
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi 1991
Wing Commander: Academy 1993
Wing Commander: Privateer 1993
Super Wing Commander 1994
Wing Commander: Armada 1994
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger 1994
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom 1996
Privateer 2: The Darkening 1996
Wing Commander: Prophecy 1997
Wing Commander: Secret Ops 1998

Key points

Use the Privateer 2 Unofficial Patch to remove FMV interlacing and improve stability.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
 DOS (original) or Windows (Deluxe).
DOS
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[1]
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Version 17.0e (Buffalo Wings) patch (DOS)

The Version 17.0e (Buffalo Wings) patch updates the DOS version with fixes and improvements. The GOG.com and Windows versions are already patched.

Privateer 2 Unofficial Patch

The Privateer 2 Unofficial Patch removes video interlacing and fixes many other issues.
Set up Unofficial Patch[citation needed]
  1. Download the Privateer 2 Unofficial Patch.
  2. Extract into the installation folder.
  3. Right-click DARKFIX.EXE in the installation folder and choose Properties.
  4. Click Compatibility and select the Run in Compatibility Mode check box. Select Windows 95.
  5. Click OK to save your changes.
  6. If you are using an original CD version you need to copy the files from all three CDs into the installation folder.
  7. If your game is not installed on your C: drive you have to edit the DARK.FIX file and change the first two lines in order to match with your installation folder (e.g. C:. -> D:.)
  8. Use DARKFIX.EXE to run the game from now on.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DARK.CFG
Windows <path-to-game>\DARK.CFG[Note 1]
Settings for the Privateer 2 Unofficial Patch are stored in <path-to-game>\DARK.FIX.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME0*.IFF
Windows <path-to-game>\GAME0*.IFF[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Issues fixed

No music during space flight (Windows)

The Windows version only plays music when running in compatibility mode.
Install Unofficial Patch[2]

Install the Privateer 2 Unofficial Patch.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  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).

References