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Star Wars: Battlefront II

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Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: Battlefront II cover
Developers
Pandemic Studios
Publishers
LucasArts
Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
Zero
Release dates
Windows October 31, 2005
Star Wars: Battlefront II guide on StrategyWiki
Star Wars: Battlefront II on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Star Wars: Battlefront
Subseries of Star Wars
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005
Star Wars Battlefront (2015) 2015
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) 2017
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024

For the 2017 game, see Star Wars Battlefront II (2017).

Key points

The GOG.com and Steam versions were updated with multiplayer support in October 2017.[1] Crossplay between these versions is available.[2]
Old versions of AMD's Crimson drivers can't load and display graphics correctly. See Glitchy textures on AMD graphics cards.
Crashes often on more modern systems. See Crash to desktop after loading a map.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Official LucasArts Battlefront II Forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
CD-ROM edition with 4 discs and a DVD-ROM version.
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Steam serial keys work on retail version.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1. The GOG.com and Steam versions are patched past this.
Unofficial Patch v1.3. Fixes bugs and makes the text more easily readable. Online compatible.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Command line parameter[citation needed]
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Set the values to the desired resolution. For example, /resolution 1920 1080
  3. This does not appear to work on Steam version of the game. Edit "vidmode.ini". See this post.
  4. -resolution 1920 1080 works on Steam "Set launch options..."

Notes

The custom resolution will always take precedence and as such it cannot be overridden from the options menu.
The menus may become messed up or unusable after forcing them to certain resolutions.

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV[citation needed]
  1. Download and install UnOfficial v1.3 Patch.
  2. When you start playing, pause the game and choose Fake Console.
  3. Set your FOV value and confirm.
This will result in incomplete first-person models on higher FOV settings.

Windowed

Command line parameter[citation needed]
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Use /win

Input settings

Only two bindings can be assigned to a single command.

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Use the Join or Create buttons in order to skip the main GameSpy login prompt.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64
Online play
64 Native for GOG.com and Steam. For retail use SWBFSpy or GameRanger.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Dedicated Server software is available.
Direct IP
Use the +connect parameter followed by the IP and the port.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 3658-3659, 6500, 27900
UDP 3658-3659, 6500, 27900
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Audio looping and stuttering

Command line argument[3]
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Use /audiomixbuffer 50

Incorrectly bound controller movement

Correctly binding the controller's movement axis[citation needed]
  1. Set the Left and Right movement stick to the X+ axis.
  2. Set the Up and Down visuals stick to the Y- axis.

Crash to desktop after loading a map

Enable stereo mix[citation needed]
  1. Open Control panel and select Sound.
  2. Change to Recording tab.
  3. Right click and select "Show Disabled Devices" and enable stereo mix.
Connect an audio device[citation needed]
  • Either connect a pair of Headphones, a Webcam, a microphone or any other audio device with 3.5mm jack.
Run the game in a windowed mode[citation needed]
Set CPU core affinity[citation needed]
  1. Open Task Manager and go to Battlefront's executable.
  2. Set Affinity to use only one or two cores to improve overall stability.

Low frame rate and long loading times

Run the game in a windowed mode[citation needed]

Glitchy textures on AMD graphics cards

Fixed with Crimson ReLive Edition version 17.2.1 WHQL.[4]
Download WineD3D[citation needed]
  1. Download the 1.7.52 Version (Recommended).
  2. Extract its contents to <path-to-game>\GameData\.
Download old AMD DLLs[5]
  1. Download the 15.10 Version.
  2. Extract its contents to <path-to-game>\GameData\.

Notes

Better performance than the first solution.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 1.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy, Galaxy GameSpy is used in Retail version, both GOG.com and Steam use the Galaxy API

Mods

A collection of mods can be found here. For more general mods, go here.

Conversion Pack

Adds 25 new maps (including the ones from Battlefront 1 and the Xbox-exclusive DLC maps) and 5 new game modes.
Ensure the 1.3 revision patch is installed to prevent unreadable text and bugs.
May not be compatible with vanilla multiplayer servers.

Battlefront: Evolved

Improves the models, textures, and particle effects for the ALL, CIS, IMP, and REP factions' units and vehicles.

HD Graphics Mod

Normalizes color saturation, improves game lighting, sharpens the image, and uses a more subtle bloom.

Realistic Maps

Improved maps with HD textures and general re-design.
The beta maps are not online compatible.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8.1 GB
Video card (GPU) Hardware T&L capable
64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6060/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References