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Empire Earth II

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Empire Earth II
Empire Earth II cover
Developers
Mad Doc Software
Publishers
2005-2008 Sierra Entertainment
2008-present Rebellion Developments
Re-release Sold Out Software
Engines
Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows April 26, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 79
IGDB 75
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Series Empire Earth
Empire Earth II on HowLongToBeat
Empire Earth II on IGDB
Empire Earth II guide on StrategyWiki
Empire Earth II on MobyGames
Empire Earth II on Wikipedia
Empire Earth
Empire Earth 2001
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World 2003
Empire Earth II 2005
Empire Earth III 2007

Warnings

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

Empire Earth II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Empire Earth series.

General information

EE2.eu - home to the unofficial patch and server replacement
Empire Earth Heaven
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SecuROM 7 DRM.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
CD key
Gold Edition. Serial keys for multiplayer available by request to GOG support team.[1]
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Gold Edition
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Gold Edition
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) Playfire Client Gold Edition
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Gold Edition. Unpublished.
Windows
Free demo versions are available from GameFront.

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes the base game and The Art of Supremacy expansion.
The Platinum Edition is a retail-only variant of the Gold Edition which also includes the official strategy guide by Prima Games.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Art of Supremacy
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open myconfig.cfg.
  3. Add s_skipIntro = 1.

Patches

Patch 1.20 is the latest version of the base game and can be found here. The expansion pack never had an official patch.

Unofficial patch

The unofficial patch from EE2.eu fixes many of the game's problems.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Sierra\Empire Earth II\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254780/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Empire Earth II\savegame_SP
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254780/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video options.
Video options.
Game options.
Game options.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Unofficial patch.
Multi-monitor
See Unofficial patch.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
See Unofficial patch.
Field of view (FOV)
See Unofficial patch.
Windowed
See Unofficial patch.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Unofficial patch or Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See Unofficial patch, supported since ver. 157014 (August 2019).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See Unofficial patch, "Disable V-Sync" option in UP1.5 Settings.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
See Unofficial patch, "Disable V-Sync" option in UP1.5 Settings.

Input

Key bindings.
Key bindings.

Audio

Audio options.
Audio options.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Only Art of Supremacy supports EAX.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Bulgarian
Retail only
Traditional Chinese
Retail only
Czech
Retail only
French
Retail only
German
Retail only
Hungarian
Retail only; audio only available in base game.
Italian
Retail only
Japanese
Retail only
Polish
Retail only
Russian
Retail only
Spanish
Retail only, download for Gold Edition.
Unofficial Language Changer, created by Dr.MonaLisa is available at EE2.eu

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Versus
Online play
Versus
The official GameSpy serice has been shut down; the unofficial patch has its own server replacement.

Issues fixed

Game minimizes after loading screen and will not run

Affects Windows 8 and later.
Use Empire Earth 2 Unofficial Patch 1.5[citation needed]
Use Empire Earth 2 Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 Fix (OUTDATED)[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1 DirectX 9 (d3d8to9) support is included in the unofficial patch.
Shader Model support 1.1, 1.4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy The multiplayer Lobby replacement is available in the unofficial patch since October 2015.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce3 with Hardware T&L
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/254780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Empire Earth II - Multiplayer key request - last accessed on 2021-06-13