Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
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| Developers | |
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| Triumph Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Take-Two Interactive |
| Digital, original | Triumph Studios |
| Digital, current | Paradox Interactive |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 12, 2002 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 86 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
| Genres | 4X, Strategy, TBS |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Age of Wonders |
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| Age of Wonders | |
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| Age of Wonders | 1999 |
| Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne | 2002 |
| Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic | 2003 |
| Age of Wonders III | 2014 |
| Age of Wonders: Planetfall | 2019 |
| Age of Wonders 4 | 2023 |
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric 4X, strategy and TBS game in the Age of Wonders series.
General information
- Official Discord for game series
- Official Paradox Plaza forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- AoW2 Heaven fansite
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. | |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- v1.20.0.3100 patch updates the game to the latest version.
Skip intro videos
| Change settings[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Triumph Studios\Age of Wonders II\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61510/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 3] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61510/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings (external application)
Gameplay settings (in-game)
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | HUD stretches from 4:3. DirectDraw mode only has non-widescreen resolutions. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| 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 and 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
Sound settings (in-game)
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Sound effects, music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Using Alt+Tab ↹ from a fullscreen (non-DirectDraw) setting will render a black screen, forcing a hard exit from the game. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | Retail only. | |||
| German | Retail only. | |||
| Italian | Retail only. | |||
| Polish | Retail only. Details |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 8 | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | 8 | |||
| Online play | 8 | Does not have a native online lobby; used GameSpy Arcade for matchmaking. | ||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | Play by Email. | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 7 | [4] |
| DirectDraw | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 560 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible |
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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 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>/61510/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (61510) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ 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).
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
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2022-11-27
- ↑ As odd as it may be for a pre-d3d8 2D game, it actually does seem to be using d3d7 for rendering in conjunction with ddraw. It might be for hardware-accelerated sprite rendering with alpha blending, since ddraw doesn't really support hardware blending.