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Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi is a singleplayer first-person action, shooter and vehicle combat game in the Wing Commander series.

General information

Characters can be imported from Wing Commander (see Import characters).

Wing Commander Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use DOSBox.
GOG.com		Includes both expansions and Wing Commander. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Origin		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Version differences

The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Speech Accessory Pack	Adds digital voices to wingmen during firefights.
Special Operations 1
Special Operations 2

Essential improvements

Import characters

Copy SAVEGAME.WLD^{[citation needed]}

Go to GAMEDAT in the Wing Commander installation folder.
Copy SAVEGAME.WLD into the GAMEDAT in the Wing Commander II installation folder.
Launch the game and choose the campaign to transfer data from.
Enter the path to the imported file. If using DOSBox, the path is relative to its mounted folder, normally C:\GAMEDAT.
Choose the desired character and enter a first name; last name, callsign, total sorties and kills are imported.

Patches

The Wing Commander II Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
The Special Operations 1 Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
Reduced Asteroid Damage Patch (DOS, unofficial)
Crosshair Patch
DirectDraw Hack (Windows, unofficial)

Special Operations 1 and 2 (The Kilrathi Saga)

Special Operations 1 and 2 adds the missions from the original expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run SO12Inst.exe.

The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander II must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer does not see the installation, see Special Operations won't install.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WC2
Windows	<path-to-game>\GAMEDAT\SAVEGAME.WC2^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		FM Towns version only.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				Fan translation (including Special Ops 1 & 2) by Clan Dlan (authors: L@Zar0, darkpadawan), download.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

EXE has stopped working (The Kilrathi Saga)

Set Windows 95 compatibility mode^{[citation needed]}
Go to the properties of the named EXE. Enable Windows 95 or Windows 98 / Windows ME compatibility mode. Click OK.

Special Operations won't install

Install Special Operations manually^{[citation needed]}
Extract Special Operations 1 and 2 somewhere temporarily. Move the four EXE files to the main `wc2` folder, replacing all existing files. Move all other files to `wc2\gamedat` replacing all existing files. Go to the properties of `SO1.EXE` and `SO2.EXE` and set both to run in Windows 95 or Windows 98 / Windows ME compatibility mode.

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	MS-DOS 3.3	MS-DOS 5.0 (for EMM386)
Processor (CPU)	80286 12 MHz	80386, 80486 16 MHz+
System memory (RAM)	640 KB	2 MB expanded Memory (EMS)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 MB	21 MB
Video card (GPU)	EGA	VGA
Sound (audio device)		Adlib, Soundblaster, Roland
Controller		Joystick
Other		Soundblaster for Digitized Speech

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

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).
↑ File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

↑ GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-3] 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).

[DOSBox_mounted-4] File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[1] GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 15, 1996}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 25, 2011|wrapper=DOSBox}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|October 18, 2012|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_goes_mac GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|October 18, 2012|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_goes_mac|title=GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com|date=9 June 2023}}</ref>}}
 |taxonomy     =
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack }}
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 }}
-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
-{{ii}} Characters can be [[#Import characters|imported]] from [[Wing Commander]] (see [[#Import characters|Import characters]]).
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
 '''General information'''
+{{ii}} Characters can be [[#Import characters|imported]] from [[Wing Commander]] (see [[#Import characters|Import characters]]).
 {{mm}} [http://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Main_Page Wing Commander Wiki]
 {{GOG.com links|1207662653|wing_commander_series|for game series}}
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 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown |Use [[DOSBox]]. | | DOS }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | wing_commander_1_2 | DRM-free |Includes both expansions and [[Wing Commander]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | wing_commander_1_2 | DRM-free |Includes both expansions and [[Wing Commander]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows, OS X }}
 {{Availability/row| Origin | wing-commander/wing-commander-ii-vengeance-of-the-kilrathi | Origin | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. |  | Windows }}
 }}
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 ===Import characters===
 {{Fixbox|description=Copy SAVEGAME.WLD|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Go to <code>GAMEDAT</code> in the [[Wing Commander]] installation folder.
+# Go to {{folder|GAMEDAT}} in the [[Wing Commander]] installation folder.
-# Copy <code>SAVEGAME.WLD</code>.
+# Copy {{file|SAVEGAME.WLD}} into the {{folder|GAMEDAT}} in the Wing Commander II installation folder.
-# Go to <code>GAMEDAT</code> in the Wing Commander II installation folder and paste <code>SAVEGAME.WLD</code>.
 # Launch the game and choose the campaign to transfer data from.
-# Enter the path relative to DOSBox's mounted folder; for the GOG.com version this is <code>C:\GAMEDAT</code>
+# Enter the path to the imported file. If using DOSBox, the path is relative to its mounted folder, normally {{folder|C:\GAMEDAT}}.
-# Choose the character you want and enter a first name; last name, callsign, total sorties and kills are imported.
+# Choose the desired character and enter a first name; last name, callsign, total sorties and kills are imported.
 }}
@@ Line 81: / Line 86: @@
 ===Special Operations 1 and 2 (The Kilrathi Saga)===
-{{++}} [ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/origin/patches/kilrathi/wcksso12.zip Special Operations 1 and 2] adds the missions from the original expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run <code>SO12Inst.exe</code>.
+{{++}} [https://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Special_Operations Special Operations 1 and 2] adds the missions from the original expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run {{file|SO12Inst.exe}}.
-{{ii}} The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander II must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer doesn't see the installation, see [[#Special Operations won't install|Special Operations won't install]].
+{{ii}} The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander II must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer does not see the installation, see [[#Special Operations won't install|Special Operations won't install]].
 ==Game data==
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   |notes     =
   |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Spanish
+ |interface = hackable
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = hackable
+ |notes     = Fan translation (including Special Ops 1 & 2) by ''Clan Dlan'' (authors: L@Zar0, darkpadawan), [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1krUvdt-POW5dnYbq4EGek2bwdUgGZYlY/view?usp=share_link download].
+ |fan       = true
+ |ref       =
 }}
 }}
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 |windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|mac os x powerpc app   =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
-|macos arm app          =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown

Developers

	Origin Systems
Publishers
Retail	Origin Systems
Digital	Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS	1991
Windows	October 15, 1996
Windows (DOSBox)	August 25, 2011
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	October 18, 2012^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Space flight
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Wing Commander