MDK 2
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This page is for the original game. For the re-release, see MDK 2 HD.
Developers | |
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BioWare | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Engines | |
Omen Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 25, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter, TPS |
Themes | Comedy, Sci-fi |
Series | MDK |
MDK | |
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MDK | 1997 |
MDK 2 | 2000 |
MDK 2 HD | 2011 |
MDK 2 is a singleplayer third-person action, shooter and TPS game in the MDK series.
General information
- Hectic HQ - Fan site for the game
- Offical Interplay Support Page for MDK 2
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo is available from Archive.org.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\keys.lua[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38460/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38460/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | HUD gets streched | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Pre-mission text is too slow at high fps | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | See Controller support. | |
Full controller support | See Controller support. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Added in patch 1.003. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
Add XInput support[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Details | |||
Russian | Official localization by «1C-Softclub». Local retail version only. | |||
Russian | Unofficial localization by «Fargus Multimedia». Attached as bonus to GOG.com version. | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Pre-mission text is too slow on AMD video cards
Force Vsync[3] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | |
OpenGL | 1.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz AMD K6 200 MHz |
Intel Pentium II 300 MHz AMD K6-2 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | 500 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.0 compatible DirectX 5 compatible | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (38460) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Support for MDK 2 - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023