Hi Scruiser82, Commandos 2: Men of courage is not listed in Windows 7 Compatibility Center. Hence the game may or may not work in Windows 7 Operating system. Check this link for more details. Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a tactical action-strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II. You take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and use their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage| Developers |
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| macOS (OS X) |
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| OS X |
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| Windows | September 20, 2001 |
| macOS (OS X) | June 15, 2005 |
- 2Essential improvements
- 3Game data
- 4Video settings
- 6Audio settings
- 7Network
- 8Issues fixed
- 9Other information
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| Commandos |
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| Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines | 1998 |
| Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty | 1999 |
| Commandos 2: Men of Courage | 2001 |
| Commandos 3: Destination Berlin | 2003 |
| Commandos: Strike Force | 2006 |
| Commandos 2 HD Remaster | 2020 |
This page is for the original release. For the HD Remaster, see Commandos 2 HD Remaster.
Key points
- Some mods are available, and a somewhat active modding community still exists.
General information
- Commandos Wiki
- Revora Commandos Modding Community (requires registration)
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1].
OS X version only available bundled with Commandos 3: Destination Berlin. |
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| GOG.com | Bundled with Commandos 3: Destination Berlin. Cannot be purchased in Germany.[3] |
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| Green Man Gaming |
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| Steam |
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| ZOOM Platform |
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- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements[edit]
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Patches[edit]
- The latest official patch for the retail release is 1.2. Digital releases are already patched.
Mission mods[edit]
- Destination Paris is a mod that makes the game more challenging.
- A modding community for the game still exists.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Steam | %USERPROFILE%DocumentsCommandos IIOUTPUTCOMM2.CFG
<path-to-game>LegacyOUTPUTCOMM2.CFG |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>OUTPUTCOMM2.CFG[Note 2] |
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| macOS (OS X) |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6830/pfx/[Note 3] |
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Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Steam | %USERPROFILE%DocumentsCommandos IIOUTPUT
<path-to-game>LegacyOUTPUT |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>OUTPUT[Note 2] |
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| macOS (OS X) |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6830/pfx/[Note 3] |
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Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video settings[edit]
General options
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Horizontal resolutions above 1440px not working properly.
See Widescreen resolution. |
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| Multi-monitor |
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| Ultra-widescreen |
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| 4K Ultra HD |
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| Field of view (FOV) |
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| Windowed | See Windowed. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed |
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) |
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| Anti-aliasing (AA) |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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Widescreen resolution[edit]
Example of graphical glitch experienced with horizontal resolution of 1920px.
- Widescreen-ready executables - Just pick the one you want, rename the old one, put the new executable and rename it to 'comm2'. When you start the game, choose 800x600 resolution.
- Retail versions need to have 1.2 patch (mirror) installed to work.
- Destination Paris will not work with this.
Manual process
- You need to override one (or more) of the four built-in resolution options with the custom resolution(s) you want.
- Horizontal resolutions above 1440px, when playing non-tutorial missions, cause major graphical glitches and also crashes the game when zooming.
| Overriding built-in resolutions[citation needed] |
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Open
comm2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD (you might need to run the editor as an administrator). - Pick one of the four built-in resolutions to override with a higher/wider resolution and remember its color:
640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 - Search for these hexadecimal strings (which control window and viewport width, respectively):
80 02 00 00 C3 B8 20 03 00 00 C3 B8 00 04 00 00 C3 B8 00 0580 02 00 00 EB 13 BA 20 03 00 00 EB 0C BA 00 04 00 00 EB 05 BA 00 05
- Then, for both, replace the string in the color you chose, with a new string corresponding to the horizontal resolution you want:
- For 1366px, replace with:
56 05 - For 1440px, replace with:
A0 05 - For 1920px, replace with:
80 07 (Might cause glitches) - For other values, see this list of hex values.
- Search for these hexadecimal strings (which control window and viewport height, respectively):
E0 01 00 00 C3 B8 58 02 00 00 C3 B8 00 03 00 00 C3 B8 00 04E0 01 00 00 89 10 89 48 04 C2 04 00 8B 44 24 04 B9 58 02 00 00 89 10 89 48 04 C2 04 00 8B 44 24 04 B9 00 03 00 00 89 10 89 48 04 C2 04 00 B9 00 04
- Then, for both, replace the string in the color you chose, with a new string corresponding to the vertical resolution you want:
- For 768px, replace with:
00 03 - For 900px, replace with:
84 03 - For 1080px, replace with:
38 04 - For other values, see this list of hex values.
- Save your changes and close the hex editor.
- Run the game, and under 'Options' select (one of) the resolution(s) you hacked (it will still be listed as the original resolution).
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Windowed[edit]
- Unfortunately, playing the game windowed appears to disable edge-scrolling.
To enable windowed, just press Alt+↵ Enter at any time in-game.
| Permanently enabling windowed[citation needed] |
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- Go to the save game data location.
- Open
COMM2.CFG for editing - Change
.INICIAR_EN_FULL_SCREEN 1 to .INICIAR_EN_FULL_SCREEN 0 - Save your edit
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Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Only the keyboard hot-keys are remappable. |
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| Mouse acceleration |
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| Mouse sensitivity |
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| Mouse input in menus |
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| Mouse Y-axis inversion |
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| Controller |
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| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Audio settings[edit]
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Sound Effects, Voice, Cutscenes |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
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| French | Local retail release only. |
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| Hungarian | Fan translation. |
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| Spanish | Retail version, download |
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking |
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| Peer-to-peer |
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| Dedicated |
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| Self-hosting |
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| Direct IP |
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Issues fixed[edit]
Videos don't work[edit]
| Install Indeo video codec[4] |
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| Run the game with Windows 2000 compatibility[5] |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DirectDraw | 7 |
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows |
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| Minimum | Recommended |
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| Operating system (OS) | 98 |
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| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | 2.5 GB |
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| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible | 8 MB of VRAM |
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Notes
Commandos 2 Remastered
- ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.02.1When 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). - ↑ 3.03.1File/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>/6830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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References
Commandos 2 Walkthrough
- ↑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
- ↑Herzlich Willkommen! GOG.com goes German ● GOG.com
- ↑All You Need to Fix and Modernize all Commandos Games in One Thread (Save/Resolution) - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑commandos 2 FMV sequences aren't playing - Steam Users' Forums(retrieved)