Parkan II
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| Developers | |
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| Nikita Ltd. | |
| Publishers | |
| 2005-2018 | 1C Company |
| 2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
| 2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 27, 2005 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Genres | Action, Strategy |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
| Series | Parkan |
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| Parkan | |
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| Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles | 1997 |
| Parkan: Iron Strategy | 2001 |
| Parkan II | 2005 |
Parkan II is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action and strategy game in the Parkan series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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English release. | |
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StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] in German and Russian releases. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII <path-to-game>\parkan2.ini[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289400/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289400/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | Syncs saved games. |
Video
Video settings (in-game).
Video settings (
<path-to-game>\start.exe).
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Stretched by default. See the WSGF entry for Hor+. UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Set WindowMode in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Nikita\ParkanII> |
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| 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) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. | ||
Input
Input settings.
| 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 | ||
| Full 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 | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings (in-game).
Audio settings (
<path-to-game>\start.exe).| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Speech, Effects, Music. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Mutes and pauses. | |
| EAX support | Set in launcher. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| German | ||||
| Russian |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Issues fixed
In-game resolution option stuck at "666"
| Run start.exe[citation needed] |
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White flashes and artifacts
| Disable Processor Specific Graphics Pipeline (PSGP)[5] |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon XP |
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| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/289400/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (289400) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.