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.

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Newer patches moved multiplayer from the outdated GameSpy to RakNet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

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

An unofficial 1.3 patch was on offer at this link in 2006 by two of the game's designers, 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 was the last official patch the game got, released in August 2000 (available here). However, Activision did not officially support this patch - only the 1.1 patch, released February 2000.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

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

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	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	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	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.

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
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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

Notes

↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

References

[gamedir-2] When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[1] Sticky: Why a 'Battlezone 3' is unlikely - Battlezone Forums

[3] Activision Embraces A3D 2.0 - Gamespot.com

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

[5] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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

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Developers

	Pandemic Studios
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Zero
Release dates
Windows	December 28, 1999^[1]