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Revision as of 23:22, 8 April 2024
This page is for the Battle.net-compatible and GOG.com enhanced releases. For the original release, see Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.
Developers | |
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Blizzard Entertainment | |
Beyond the Dark Portal | Cyberlore Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 30, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | October 4, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Warcraft |
Warcraft | |
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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans | 1994 |
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | 1995 |
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans | Cancelled |
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition | 1999 |
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | 2002 |
World of Warcraft | 2004 |
Hearthstone | 2014 |
Warcraft III: Reforged | 2020 |
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition is a fantasy RTS game, and an updated version of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness with its Beyond the Dark Portal expansion pack. It features updated audio compared to the original version, a Windows-native executable instead of a DOS one, and a multiplayer infrastructure on Battle.net which had by then already been used in Diablo and StarCraft.
The game received only two minor official patches after release. Several communities would keep maintaining interest in the game and custom DirectDraw renderers.
On March 28, 2019, the game was released digitally on GOG.com with their own DirectDraw wrapper and additional features, as well as an unmodified 2.02 build for compatibility with the classic servers.
General information
- Wargus & Stratagus patch - For playing on modern systems (in Wargus patch setup select Warcraft II - it's a hidden option).
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Battle.net | ||||
GOG.com | Enhanced 2019 release. Includes a key to play online through Battle.net, shown in the game's library entry. Warcraft I & II Bundle is also available. |
Version differences
- The GOG.com version features two builds: the first one is the classic version without DRM and with access to the Battle.net server, and the other one is the enhanced version with GOG's custom DirectX wrapper with additional features, but without Battle.net access. It also comes bundled with IPXWrapper, which both versions can use.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest version for the retail release is 2.02. It is available for Windows and Mac OS (Classic).
- It is included in both the classic and enhanced GOG.com versions.
Warcraft II Widescreen / High resolution patch
- This patch allows the use of higher resolutions and fps.
- Adds widescreen and custom resolution support.
- FPS can be uncapped.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft II\ |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | The GOG.com enhanced version has stretch full-screen, pillarboxed full-screen, and pixel-based scaling as options. | ||
Multi-monitor | The GOG.com enhanced version has stretch full-screen with options that allow multi-monitor resolutions. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | The GOG.com enhanced version has stretch full-screen with options that allow ultrawidescreen resolutions. | ||
4K Ultra HD | The GOG.com enhanced version supports 4K resolutions. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use Windowed Mode for WarCraft 2. The GOG.com enhanced version supports windowed mode. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | The GOG.com enhanced version supports borderless full-screen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | The GOG.com enhanced version supports up to 16x anisotropic filtering. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | The GOG.com enhanced version supports up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | The GOG.com enhanced version supports v-sync. | ||
60 FPS | The GOG.com enhanced version supports greater than 60 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Screen edge map scroll speed can be adjusted. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Separated into music and all other game audio. | |
Surround sound | A system with a surround sound setup may not play audio; see Issues fixed. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
German | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Uses obsolete IPX protocol; use IPXWrapper. | ||
Online play | 8 | Via Battle.net Classic |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 6112-6119 |
UDP | 6112-6119 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
IPXWrapper
- Already included in the GOG version.
- This tool provides a workaround the obsolete IPX protocol used in multiplayer. Extract it to <path-to-game>.
Issues fixed
Game crashes on startup or refuses to start
- An issue in the code causes the game to trigger Data Execution Prevention protections.
Fix Data Execution Prevention setting |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) setting is set to Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only or add a DEP Exception for |
No audio in-game
- If the operating system is set to use surround sound audio, game audio may not play.
Change operating system audio mode to stereo |
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Graphical issues (retail, "classic" version on GOG.com)
Use this custom DirectDraw renderer |
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- For alternative methods, see the DirectDraw troubleshooting article.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 1 | GOG.com enhanced version uses a DDraw->D3D9 wrapper |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video, Smacker Video Technology | |
Multiplayer | Battle.net Classic |
Source ports
Name | Description | |
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Wargus |
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Cover Art Gallery
System requirements
Original retail release
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | NT |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium-class | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA-compliant video card |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 601 | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 colors |
GOG.com digital re-release
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz or faster | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver |
- Users running older versions of Windows 10 Redstone may experience a crash on launch when running the game's executable. Patching your operating system to the newest version (Redstone 5) should correct this issue.
Notes
- ↑ 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).