SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition

SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition

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Compatibility & Resolution fixes for SpellForce 2
By Wartinald
How to play SPF2 with custom resolution, and prevent "access violation" errors.
   
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Run SpellForce 2 in compatibility mode
In order to prevent random crashes to desktop (access violation), the game needs to run in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode.

Go to your SPF2 installation folder (Steam\SteamApps\common\Spellforce 2 Gold Edition) and find spellforce2.exe, right click on it, Properties/Compatibility tab, then select run in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode.

Be sure you install DirectX 9, you can find it in SPF2 directory.

It's no necessary, but you will need to run Steam with admin rights, if not Steam ingame overlay won't launch.

You can also check this guide by durham77 if your game doesn't start:

http://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=218250214#89864
Play with custom resolutions
Source: Widescreen Gaming Forum[www.wsgf.org]

Browse to your \Documents\SpellForce2 folder and open config.xml with notepad or any text editor.

Find the following strings: screenheight="XX" screenwidth="XX" and set them to your desired resolution, for example:
screenheight="1080" screenwidth="1920"

Start the game, then bring the console by pressing Ctrl + ] and type:

UI:SetCameraFOV(0.94) for 16:10 resolutions (1680x1050)
UI:SetCameraFOV(1.080) for 16:9 resolutions (1920x1080)

To set different FOV values and find the one that best suits your resolution, just increase or decrease the last two digits (1.0XX)

If the resolution settings are lost when you start the game, set read only attribute to config.xml



Cutscenes will remain a bit cropped on 16:9 resolutions:



















Adjusted FOV for 1920x1080:
17 Comments
imthejack 24 Dec, 2021 @ 8:37am 
I m in SF2 anniversary game I get to the dwarfs mine meet up with a guard after freeing the huge golems with the fire heart but after killing the beasts I have to talk to the head guard I do he said the dwarfs are held up higher up & I ask maybe we should send horsemen to meet the chef dwarf so we can unite the humans & the dwarfs so we can defeat the ice queen but as soon as conversation is don screen goes light blue and game cant be seen on screen no more we can just see on small map but we cant play we see only red dots and we can move around on small map as dots but that all we can do ,Anyone know how to fix this game bug?
imthejack 10 Dec, 2021 @ 12:56pm 
where do we get full game key to play the game is there a perticular place to find the key at so we can lauch the game play ???
english fr 15 Dec, 2018 @ 10:45am 
it works, thx you.
Now i need another solution : game crashed when i play and i back in windonws, ideas ?
Blue Dragon 29 Jul, 2018 @ 2:39pm 
ok so I got this stupid error every time I return to previously visited map & I tried every thing & no thing works & I can't complete the campaign
any suggestions??
ThunderKats 7 Jun, 2018 @ 12:12am 
Well if you experience performance issue with this lovely console hack probably you are running out of VRAM or RAM on your system, but this should be anusual by today standards.
Necrostor 19 Oct, 2017 @ 5:51am 
I have audio related issues wtf !!! can anybody give me a hint ? can't play without sound ... someone help me pleaseeeeexxxxxzzzzzz
Mr.Hmm 15 Apr, 2017 @ 5:15pm 
I got the game on GoG and i want to say a thank you for helping me fix the "Access Violation" problem i had when i always tried to start a new game.

Thank you very much :)
Radtke 30 Dec, 2016 @ 11:13am 
I dont have an config.xml what can i do?
BeatleSanders 16 Apr, 2016 @ 1:26pm 
can you make it run in a window?
Hope907 31 Jan, 2016 @ 5:12am 
Ich würde mir gerne das Spiel kaufen, aber ich weiß nicht ob es auf win 10 läuft