The demo offers 3 of the game's 15 epochs (Renaissance, Imperial, and Enlightenment), and 3 of the game's nine multiplayer modes....
(Conquest, King of the Hill, and Territory Control), playable for up to 10 players. The demo also includes the previously released singleplayer content but with updated content.
1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 3 or equivalent DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant 64 MB 3D video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98/Me/2000/XP operating system
- 1.5 GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor or equivalent
- 256 MB RAM
- 210 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files
- DirectX(R) 9.0c
- DirectX(R)-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
- 4X CD-ROM drive
- Microsoft(R) compatible mouse and keyboard
- Minimum 56K dial-up modem for online play
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 or DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant 128 MB 3D video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP operating system
- 2.2 GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor or equivalent
- 512 MB RAM or more
- 210 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files
- DirectX(R) 9.0c
- DirectX(R)-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
- 24X or faster CD-ROM drive
- Microsoft(R) compatible mouse and keyboard
- Broadband/LAN, DSL or faster Internet connection for online play
Playing multiplayer/skirmish on a large map, or with a lot of players, can cause reduced performance on low-end machines. To improve the game's performance on your machine:
- make sure you have the latest drivers
- turn down your Graphics and other settings
If you have software firewall running on your PC (e.g., Windows Firewall), configure it to allow Empire Earth II to act as a server and receive unsolicited UDP traffic on port 26000.
If you have a device that performs NAT (Network Address Translation) such as a 'home gateway', a 'home router', or a 'home firewall', make sure it is configured to forward unsolicited UDP traffic on port 26000 to port 26000 on your PC.
Users may experience graphical problems when using NVIDIA 6694 drivers on Windows 98/Me.
Alt-Tab may work for minimizing the game, but is not officially supported.
Using Alt-F4 to close the game is not supported.
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2. FIXES / UPDATES
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- Added text string to the firewall warning dialog telling user to map port 26000.
- Fixed multiplayer lobby lag issue
