Ground Control II: Operation Exodus

Ground Control II: Operation Exodus

Developers
	Massive Entertainment
Publishers
2004-2008	Sierra Entertainment
2008-present	Rebellion Developments
Release dates
Windows	June 18, 2004
macOS (OS X)	April 23, 2013[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Ground Control

Ground Control
Ground Control	2000
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus	2004

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability • Link

Demo versions • Link

Free demo versions are available from SierraHelp.

Essential improvements • Link

Patches • Link

The latest official patch is 1.0.0.8, and is available from Patches-Scrolls.

Game data • Link

Configuration file(s) location • Link

Save game data location • Link

Save game cloud syncing • Link

Video • Link

Input • Link

Audio • Link

Localizations • Link

Network • Link

Multiplayer types • Link

Connection types • Link

Issues fixed • Link

Windows • Link

Increased game speed on multi-core processors • Link

Set gcii.exe to run use one processor core.[3]

Extreme mouse latency • Link

Change mouse driver settings[4]
Open "Pointer Movement Settings" Uncheck "Use OS native drivers for pointer speed and acceleration"

Issues unresolved • Link

Crash related to wireless peripherals • Link

The game crashes on startup if the user has wireless peripherals (headsets, mice...), either with a black screen or with an error message reporting an access violation. Before the game is run, the USB dongle needs to be unplugged, and only plugged back in when the game's intro/menu is shown.^{[5] [6]}

Crash related to MSI Mystic Light • Link

The game crashes on startup either with a black screen or with an error message reporting an access violation if MSI Mystic Light is installed.^[7] If it is removed on Control Panel => Devices and Prints => Right Click on "MYSTIC LIGHT" => Remove device, game launches the majority of the time but crashes do happen occasionally. Mystic Light re-installs itself on each restart so it has to be removed each time for the game to work.

A helper bat script like below can be used to repeatedly launch the game until it launches without a crash, which can happen for a variety of reasons. The script must be run as an administrator (like gcii.exe requires always) and can be used for any version, either Disc or GOG version, changing the installed directory on top of it accordingly.

@echo off
cd /d "C:\Games\GOG Games\Ground Control II"

set crash=0
set launches=0
set time_quick_launch=7

:start
set /a launches+=1
cls
echo GCII Launcher
echo Launches: %launches%
echo Quick exits: %crash%
echo.

:: Store start time seconds
set start_time=%time:~6,2%
:: Remove leading zero if present
if "%start_time:~0,1%"=="0" set start_time=%start_time:~1%

echo Starting gcii.exe...
"gcii.exe"

:: Get end time seconds
set end_time=%time:~6,2%
if "%end_time:~0,1%"=="0" set end_time=%end_time:~1%

:: Calculate runtime
set /a runtime=%end_time% - %start_time%
if %runtime% lss 0 set /a runtime+=60

echo.
echo Ran for: %runtime% seconds

if %runtime% lss %time_quick_launch% (
    set /a crash+=1
    echo Quick exit! Total: %crash%
) else (
    goto :end
)

echo.
goto start

:end
cls
echo Summary:
echo Total launches: %launches%
echo Quick exits: %crash%
echo Launched successfully, exiting in 10 seconds
timeout /t 10 >nul

Other information • Link

API • Link

Middleware • Link

System requirements • Link

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Notes • Link

References • Link