Battlezone II: Combat Commander

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Battlezone II: Combat Commander
Battlezone II: Combat Commander cover
Developers
Pandemic Studios
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Zero
Release dates
Windows December 28, 1999[1]
 
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This page is for the original release. For the remake, see Battlezone: Combat Commander.

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

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Newer patches moved multiplayer from the outdated GameSpy to RakNet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

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

An unofficial 1.3 patch was on offer at this link (2006), but the download links were pulled in March 2018. A mirror of the last version of the 1.3 patch, a beta release of version 1.3.7.2, is available here.
Patch v1.2 (august 2000. The last official patch) was out in 2000 ( downloadable here).
Patch v1.1 (february 2000) fixed the (broken) multiplayer feature.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows C:\Program Files\Battlezone II\

Save game data location[edit]

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

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.
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]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit render.cfg.
  3. Change WindowedWidth = and WindowedHeight = to the resolution you want.
  4. 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,[2] DirectSound3D with EAX 1[3]

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed[edit]

Installer doesn't work[edit]

Skip the installer launcher[5]

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

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

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98 (note: the game became compatible Windows 2000 from patch v1.2)
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. ↑ Sticky: Why a 'Battlezone 3' is unlikely - Battlezone Forums
  2. ↑ Activision Embraces A3D 2.0 - Gamespot.com
  3. ↑ All Titles supporting 3D Audio list - Vortex of Sound
  4. ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
  5. ↑ Battlezone Forums - How to install BZ2 from CD