Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
Subseries of Warhammer 40,000
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada	2016
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2	2019

General information

Official Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Subforum (Focus Forums)

Official Discord server

Lexicanum - A huge wiki for the Warhammer 40,000 series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

GOG.com		Complete Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store
Steam		Complete Edition also available.

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\BattlefleetGothic2\Content\Movies`. Delete or rename `Splashscreen.wmv`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BattlefleetGothic2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/573100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BattlefleetGothic2\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/573100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video Settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Vert- Field of View causes cropping of top and bottom of screen. No currently announced plans to fix this.^[2]
Ultra-widescreen		As with multi-monitor, there is no official support; however, this may still be tolerable depending on your aspect ratio.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA and two settings for TAA. Image Sharpening is also an option.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

High frame rate

Change frame rate cap

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open GameUserSettings.ini.
Find FrameRateLimit and change the number value as desired.
Save the file.

Notes

A value of '0' for this setting will result in a 62 FPS cap.

Input

Gameplay Settings.

Input Settings.

Keybinding Settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Camera scrolling and zooming sensitivity options available. The majority of gameplay uses an unlocked mouse cursor.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Affects camera movement when rotating the view. See Mouse sensitivity notes.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		General, Music, SFX, and Voices.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Campaign dialogue only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	^[3]
Online play	4	Co-op, Versus Co-op Campaign and Battle (Skirmish). Co-op supports up to two players. Skirmishes are 1v1 or 2v2 with a Ranked option.

Issues fixed

Default Windows cursor appearing, mouse input not working

Can be caused by using keyboard commands (e.g. Alt+Tab ↹) to switch between windows.

Regain mouse focus

Press Alt+Tab ↹ to focus away from the window.
Manually click on the icon for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II from the Taskbar.

Alternatively, a game restart will work.

Startup Crash/instability/performance problems on systems with more than one monitor (Patch 3)

The patch released on April 1, 2019, has addressed this issue.

Previous workaround: run the game with the following command line arguments: `-WinX=0 -WinY=0`^[4]

Crashes shortly after starting on Intel 12th Gen CPUs

Instructions
Press WinKey+R to open the run command window and execute `rundll32.exe sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables` Create a new System Variable. Use the variable name `OPENSSL_ia32cap` and variable value `~0x20000000` ^[5]

Crashes shortly after starting on Intel 12th-generation CPUs (Linux)

Run the game with the followuing command line arguments: `OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 %command% -noEAC`

Note: -noEAC does not relate to this bug but is also required to run the game on Linux, and must come after the OPENSSL code)

Broken resolution scaling

The "Resolution Scale" slider in the game's video settings is broken and does nothing, but can be fixed with an ini tweak.

Instructions

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open engine.ini.
Add this at the bottom, changing the value to the desired scaling percentage.

[ConsoleVariables]
r.ScreenPercentage=150

Issues unresolved

Ultrawide/multi-monitor display resolutions cause extreme zoom

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 uses Vert- Field of View scaling, causing displays wider than 16:9 to zoom in more than intended.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat	^[6]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3450 3.1 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.18.3.0^[1]
↑ ^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>/573100/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (573100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-25
↑ [Not a bug] Super ultra wide support 32:9 - Focus Forums
↑ Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 at Co-Optimus
↑ Fatal Error since patch 3 on launch - Focus Forums
↑ Game always crashes after around 1-3 minutes. - Steam Forums - last accessed on 2022-02-15
↑ Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.18.3.0^[1]

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/573100/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (573100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-25

[Stance_on_Ultrawide_Support-4] [Not a bug] Super ultra wide support 32:9 - Focus Forums

[Co-Optimus-5] Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 at Co-Optimus

[Patch_3_Crash-6] Fatal Error since patch 3 on launch - Focus Forums

[7] Game always crashes after around 1-3 minutes. - Steam Forums - last accessed on 2022-02-15

[8] Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Tindalos Interactive
Publishers
	Focus Home Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	January 24, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	77
OpenCritic	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	Battlefleet Gothic: Armada