Battlezone II: Combat Commander

Battlezone
Battlezone	1998
Battlezone II: Combat Commander	1999
Battlezone 98 Redux	2016
Battlezone (2017)	2017
Battlezone: Combat Commander	2018

This page is for the original release. For the remake, see Battlezone: Combat Commander.

Key points

Two original developers released further patches to bring fixes and newer OS compatibility

Newer patches moved multiplayer from the outdated GameSpy to RakNet

Quite mod-friendly

General information

Battlezone forums

1 Availability
2 Essential improvements
- 2.1 Patches
3 Game data
- 3.1 Configuration file(s) location
- 3.2 Save game data location
4 Video settings
- 4.1 Windowed
5 Input settings
6 Audio settings
7 Network
- 7.1 Multiplayer types
8 Issues fixed
- 8.1 Installer doesn't work
9 Other information
- 9.1 API
- 9.2 Middleware
10 System requirements
11 References

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The latest patch can be found on the 1.3 patch series website.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Battlezone II\

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Can be toggled by pressing `Alt`+`↵ Enter`. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Multi-sampling.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed[edit]

Default windowed resolution is 640x480, but it can be edited in a config file.

Edit render.cfg to change a windowed resolution^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Edit render.cfg.
Change WindowedWidth = and WindowedHeight = to the resolution you want.
Press Alt+↵ Enter in-game to switch to windowed mode.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 2.0,^[1] DirectSound3D with EAX 1^[2]

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed[edit]

Installer doesn't work[edit]

Skip the installer launcher^[4]

Original launcher for the installer is written in 16bits, which means it's impossible to use it on 64-bit operating systems.

Go to My Computer.
Right click on your DVD drive and choose Open.
Go into the Setup folder and launch Setup.exe.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Rage 128 Riva TNT

References

[1] Activision Embraces A3D 2.0 - Gamespot.com

[2] All Titles supporting 3D Audio list - Vortex of Sound

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[4] Battlezone Forums - How to install BZ2 from CD

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Developers

	Pandemic Studios
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Zero
Release dates
Windows	December 30, 1999