General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Demo
A demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.02 is the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
- To install this patch on newer versions of Windows, run
sr2pc102.exe
as an administrator.
- Fixes crashes related to audio (no longer requires single core affinity), resolution switching, and the Bink video player.
- Fully restores motion blur by improving the effect, replaces FSAA with MSAA, and adds support for aspect ratio at any resolution.
- Adds compatibility with all DirectInput and XInput controllers.
- Requires version 1.02 from GOG.com or Steam.
- Adds additional items to the Pause and Game Settings menus which allow to skip (speed up) ingame cinematics, save the game at any location, use official feature Autoface Toggle Mode (Defiance default feature - holding autoface without necessity to hold its button), manipulate with some parameters of hero using official (but hidden) features of the game, including adding for the PC version of the game the access to such possibility from PS2 version of this game as Invincible.
- Adds additional feature for the in-game Map which allows to teleport between locations on that map which are accessible at this time (century), excepting Stronghold (because the last one has important triggers which must be always activated by the user), by providing the appropriate hint at the left bottom corner of the map.
- Fixes the old bug with the movement forward in the autoface (can't move) and swim (move forward instead of turn) modes if one uses the “keyboard + mouse” control scheme.
- Requires version 1.02 from GOG.com or Steam.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- Not needed when using Soul Fixer.
Add a DWORD value
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- Press ⊞ Win+R.
- Type
regedit and press ↵ Enter.
- Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Soul Reaver 2\1.00.000 .
- Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value and rename it to
ExtendedDialog .
- Change its value data from
0 to 1 .
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Widescreen fix[4]
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- Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
- Extract
sr2.7z files to the installation folder.
- Run
upx.bat for the GOG.com version.
- Edit
sr2.ini to set the resolution.
Notes
- Password:
sr2
- Supported exe size: 1 609 728 bytes
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Has on/off options for sound and music |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Retail and GOG only |
German |
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Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital releases here. |
Italian |
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Retail only. Download. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Translation. |
Russian |
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Retail only. Fargus (updated in 2023) and
Fargus + 7Wolf. |
Spanish |
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Retail only. Download. |
VR support
Issues fixed
Crashes and freezes on multi-core CPUs
VSync does not work on Windows 10
Uncapped frame rate issue
Use Soul Fixer, turn off Fullscreen VSync in the game options, and set Frame Rate to 60 or 120 FPS.
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Enable VSync and set the refresh rate to 60Hz
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Purplish screen
Modify DWORD value
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- Press ⊞ Win+R.
- Type
regedit and press ↵ Enter.
- Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Soul Reaver 2\1.00.000 .
- Open
DisableVShader and change its value data from 0 to 1 .
- Click OK.
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Switch from 16-bit to 32-bit color depth in the graphics options
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
Use Soul Fixer for Direct3D9 |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 450 MHz AMD K6-III 500 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 700 MHz AMD Athlon 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
850 MB |
1 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible
| 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References