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SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars

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SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars cover
Developers
Phenomic
Publishers
JoWood Productions
Nordic Games
Release dates
Windows April 20, 2006
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Key points

SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition offers full compatibility with modern operating systems.[1]

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
TAGES DRM. StarForce DRM for European release[2]
Windows
GamersGate
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GOG.com
DRM-free
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition includes the SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm expansion.

Version differences

SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm

SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm is an expansion to SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars and comes with a campaign scenario, Skirmish Mode, and Free Play mode which allows the players to run the game without any known missions. Throughout the storyline the player will encounter new allies or enemies dependent on the choices of the player.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpellForce2\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39550/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpellForce2\save\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39550/pfx/[Note 1]

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 settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Edit config.xml[3]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpellForce2\
  2. Edit config.xml
  3. Change screenheight= and screenwidth to match your resolution, then save your changes.
  4. Set config.xml to read-only to prevent the game overwriting your changes.
  5. Open the in-game console by pressing Ctrl+] and type:
    • UI:SetCameraFOV(0.94) for 16:10
    • UI:SetCameraFOV(1.027) for 16:9

Notes

This will make the game Hor+, however, the cutscenes will remain Vert-.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
6
Online play
6

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3.0[4]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (32 or 64bit)
Processor (CPU) AMD/Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card with shader model 3.0
DirectX 9.0c compatible
These requirements are from the GOG.com version.

Notes

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

References