Ground Control II is a real-time tactics game set in a gritty science-fiction universe. The explosively fast game play focusing on combat tactics with full use of the 3D battlefield, with weather and other environmental effects affecting the unit's performance on the battleground. In the war torn year of 2741, Captain Jacob Angelus of the Northern Star Alliance (NSA) becomes the central figure in the fight against the warmongering Terran Empire. In an attempt to crush the NSA permanently, the Terran Empire sends in an alien race of powerful warriors - the Virons. It soon becomes apparent that the situation is bleak for the NSA and that their only hope is to embark on an Exodus to another part of the galaxy. Jacob Angelus must find a way to let his people survive.
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This method can work on any device, provided you are able to run modified code on the given device. In general this is the easiest approach on PC, provided GCII has no DRM or encrypted/packed EXEs which prevent this method.
If you are on PC, and your GCII executable has DRM or is compressed, you can try a hosts file workaround instead.
Note: Some other games will require opening another file, or multiple files, requiring you to perform the following steps for each given file. For example, some games might have a GameSpy.dll file, or Network.dll, or other files which contain the data which must be modified. These steps must be performed for each file where references to GameSpy exist. In the case of GCII's dedicated server, you must do the following to it as well if you want to run one on OpenSpy.
Step 1 - Open GCII's executable in a hex editor
Open gcii.exe with a hex editor, such as HxD.
Step 2 - Replace standard services
Replace all instances of gamespy.com with openspy.net
Make sure to not add extra bits - as that will break the GCII executable. If it says that it will, cancel and look at your search and replace command to see if it's not doing the above - even a space is a bit.
Step 3 - Save the edit
Don't worry, HxD will make a backup of the unedited version if you want to go back to it (or have made a mistake).
Step 4 - Make a GCII OpenSpy Account! (Ingame)
Once you've done this, you can start playing with people that has also made GCII use OpenSpy. Important: Make sure you have a backup way of remembering your password and nickname, just in case you forget.
Step 5 - Multiplayer?
Join our Ground Control Discord Server! It might be a bit GC focused for your liking, but you can change that.
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Props Modelling TutorialA tutorial by Tabu, on his XED modding site. Put it here so more people see it.
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Yes, every feature about this game seems to be halfway between what it was in GC1 and Starcraft. It's creepy, it's like they tried to mix GC's unique gameplay to that of more traditional RTS's. Well, needless to say, the game suffered for it.
It's still a good game that retains a reasonable amount of GC1's depth, but the interface in particular, people are right about having to fight it every step of the way.
They could have done smth more about the multiplayer in GC2. Maybe smth like in HOmeworld 2 - limit for any given type of units. As it is now, the game requires 1-2 patches and a big expansion set to be at the level of the first game. Anyway it is a game worth buying.
RPG? You're joking...It's a RTS game, not rpg. Or rtt, Real TimeTactical if you insist.
As fo the camera, i'd recommend you use the middle/3rd mouse button to rotate the camera, wheel to zoom, wasd keys to control movement and it becomes very fluid. you don't even need to move your cursor to the edges of the screen.
I feel as though it's very difficult to organize my troops properly, and the interface is a bit clumsy. I much prefer fixed camera RTSs where I can move about efficiently and don't constantly have to be worried about unintuitive controls and organization hotkeys. 6/10
I got Ground Control 2, and I was only able to play like 5 minutes of it since my Graphics Card has been fluctuating errors and freezing the computer. :(
Ground Control 1 its a good strategy title. Its a recommend download (full for free at fileplanet). I have buy Ground Control 2 its somewhat disapointing, because its too fast and the missions dont care. Why capture zones? its too much "Z - Soldiers" and 0% ground control, and you have to fight the camera ALL THE GAME!!!.. this is odd for some reason, I remenber Good and Evil game with a strange camera, but you learn fast, with GC2 the camera is bad forever. :(
I expect mods for this game ( I own original ) fix these problems, so the game return to strategy fun, and avoid mindless deathmachs.
X-Com 1/2 (destructible buildings) -> Ufo Aftermach :(
Ground Control 1 (destructive buildings) -> Ground Control 2 :(