Victoria II
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| Paradox Development Studio | |
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| Paradox Interactive | |
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| Clausewitz | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 13, 2010 |
| macOS (OS X) | September 17, 2010 |
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| Victoria | |
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| Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun | 2003 |
| Victoria II | 2010 |
| Victoria 3 | 2022 |
Key points
- Some bug fixes, improvements and overhauls are only available to owners of the expansions.[citation needed]
General information
Availability
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| Amazon.com | |
Steam and Amazon versions, as well as retail are all available. Select which one you want from the box | |
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DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| A House Divided | |
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| Heart of Darkness | |
Essential improvements
Historical Project Mod (HPM)
- Requires Heart of Darkness DLC and beta 3.04
- Adds significant historical flavor and features to the game, particularly through events and decisions
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Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42960/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Some configuration files are stored in
<path-to-game>\save games - Mod configuration files are stored in
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\
Save game data location
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| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42960/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Mod saves are stored in
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Windowed
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
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Input settings
Audio settings
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 32 | |||
Issues fixed
Crashing on Windows 8/XP: map cache
- This crash is caused by map cache data from an old version downloading with the game on Steam.
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Crashing on Windows XP: Incompatible lua5.1.dll & lua51.dll files
This crash is caused by the included LUA scripting DLLs being incompatible with Windows XP, which prevent the game from starting.
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
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| Operating system (OS) | XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+ | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon X1900 or above | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (42960) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.