Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII

How to Play

Pack of fixes by BitRain showed some warnings on VirusTotal, use at your own risk. We added it because for some users only that fix pack helped to run the game on Windows 8 & 10. For more details of that pack check this thread

The game version 1.01 and fixes has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10, works fine. The game supports widescreen and high resolutions. You may experience some small troubles when you play the game on modern systems, check our Guide and Notes for details

Install & play guide:

• Mount the disc image. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools Lite
• Install the game (if autorun doesn't work - simply launch the installation from Setup.exe inside the disc)
• Skip product registration at the end, click "Never register"
• Also it is recommended to install DirectX from the disc (if you're using Windows 10 - enable DirectPlay, read this or this guide how to do it)
• After you installed the game - install the patch
• Open Blazing Angels 2/bin directory and find BA2.exe. Right click on BA2.exe - Properties - Compatibility - Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows XP SP2" and "Run as administrator"
• Launch the game and play. If the game doesn't work in compatibility mode with Windows XP - try to launch it in compatibility mode with other version of Windows (Win98/ME, Win2000, Vista, etc.)

The game didn't have any DRM protection, so you just need to install the game and patch, and you can play. However, on Windows 8 and newer systems you may have small troubles, so check out our Notes

Notes:

• If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Setup.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (98, 2000 or XP)
• It is recommended to install the game not by default path C:/Program Files/Ubisoft/Blazing Angels 2 Secret Missions of WWII, but in non-system folder, like C:/Games/Blazing Angels 2 Secret Missions of WWII, because sometimes Windows antivirus doesn't allow to replace files in C:/Program Files directory
• It is recommended to install all versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for the correct work of the game
• Also it is recommended to install RAD Video Tools and K-Lite Codec Pack for the correct work of the game
• The game works on DirectX 9, so if you're using Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or 11 - you need to enable DirectPlay: Go to Control Panel, and select 'Programs'. Select 'Turn Windows features on and off', click on 'Legacy Components' and check the box 'DirectPlay'. Select OK, once the installation is done, restart your computer
• If you have troubles when the game crashes after launch - download Crash Fix and put dinput8.dll from the archive in Blazing Angels 2/bin directory
• Also, on 64-bit systems the game may crash because of broken refresh rate, try to edit it manually like in this guide
• If the game doesn't run or closes with error "Unknown software exception"/ "Can not initialize 3D engine", do the next: set the display resolution to 1024x768, then start the game, select the resolution you need in the game settings, close the game, return the usual display resolution. After that the game should start working with no problem. If it didn't work - try to do same step but with 800x600 or 640x480 display resolution
• That crash happens because BA2.exe has broken Windows Registry paths at first launch. You can try to use fixed exe-file by KRBDZSKL that has correct paths, but note that that fix was created for Russian version of the game, so it may not work with other versions. To use it replace BA2.exe in Blazing Angels 2/bin directory with BA2.exe from the archive, don't forget to make back-up of original exe-file prior
• If that didn't work and the game still crashes, try to do the next: install the game, then copy the folder with installed game to desktop, after that delete the game through Control Panel, and launch the game from BA2.exe inside copied folder
• For users of Nvidia video cards, if you have any troubles - try to right-click on BA2.exe and select "Run with GPU -> NVIDIA"
• The game has controller support, but if the game cannot recognize your gamepad - use apps like Xpadder
• Online servers were shut down years ago, but you still can play in multiplayer via LAN game, with LAN emulators like Hamachi, Tunngle or Garena
• For users of Windows 64-bit systems: if the game doesn't work after you launched it - open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del by default) and check for processes BA2.exe and rundll32.exe. Close BA2.exe but don't touch rundll32.exe (it's a Windows app for running old apps from 32-bit operational systems, most old games running through rundll32.exe). Now try to launch the game again, it should work. Don't forget to close rundll32.exe process in Task Manager after finishing playing
• Don't forget to check PCGamingWiki if you have troubles