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− | {{++}} A fix which adds new features and fixes some bugs. | + | {{++}} A fix which adds new features and fixes some bugs. |
+ | {{ii}} Do not use this fix if you plan to follow the [http://enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2 Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition installation method]. | ||
# Copy all the files to {{code|{{P|game}}}} | # Copy all the files to {{code|{{P|game}}}} | ||
# Configure the width and height and other options in {{file|Silent_Hill_2_PC_Fix.ini}}. | # Configure the width and height and other options in {{file|Silent_Hill_2_PC_Fix.ini}}. |
Revision as of 02:51, 29 October 2019
Developers | |
---|---|
Team Silent | |
Windows | Creature Labs |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 2, 2002 |
Silent Hill | |
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Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut | 2002 |
Silent Hill 3 | 2003 |
Silent Hill 4: The Room | 2004 |
Silent Hill: Homecoming | 2008 |
Silent Hill: The Arcade (unofficial port) | 2014 |
Silent Hill 2 | 2024 |
Key points
- Silent Hill 2 PC comes with improved flashlight lighting, a quick-save function, real-time weapon swapping and a movie gallery.
General information
- Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series
- Silent Hill Memories - Informative site
- Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition Installation Guide
Availability
- There are two versions: the North American version and the European Director's Cut version. If the title screen lacks "Director's Cut" on it, it's the North American version. Both versions include the extra scenario Born from a Wish along with an extra UFO ending.
Essential improvements
Silent Hill 2 Enhancements
- Silent Hill 2 Enhancements is a collection of unofficial mods which implement widescreen resolution support, add PlayStation 2 quality audio and fog that were missing from the PC version, improve controller support and much more.[1]
- See also Enhanced Edition Essential Files and Enhanced EXE.
Silent Hill 2 Audio Enhancement Pack
- The PC version's audio is compressed and lacks detail in comparison to the PlayStation 2 version.[2]
- The Audio Enhancement Pack replaces the PC version's audio files with the original, higher quality PlayStation 2 ones.
Silent Hill 2 FMV Enhancement Pack
- The PC version's FMV videos were re-encoded in Bink format and run at 30FPS instead of 60 on PlayStation 2.[3]
- The FMV Enhancement Pack improves the quality and upscales the resolution of the FMVs.
Silent Hill 2 PC Fix by Steam006
- A fix which adds new features and fixes some bugs.
- Do not use this fix if you plan to follow the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition installation method.
- Copy all the files to
<path-to-game>
- Configure the width and height and other options in
Silent_Hill_2_PC_Fix.ini
. - Start the game with
DLLInjector.exe
.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
-
keyconf.dat
stores input bindings. -
language.ini
stores language settings. -
options.ini
stores gameplay and volume settings. -
settings.ini
stores video and audio settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\data\save\[Note 1] |
Video settings
Increase noise effect resolution
Change IncreaseNoiseEffectRes[4] |
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|
Input settings
Controller support
- Analog triggers and vibration on XInput controllers won't function without workarounds.
Fix triggers and vibration[5] |
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|
Audio settings
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore hardware-accelerated 3D sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.
Localizations
- Use Silent Hill 2 Enhancements to restore the language selection in the options menu.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Arabic | Fan translation, download. | |||
Simplified Chinese | Fan translation, download. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. Includes a widescreen patch. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «HomeTown.ru / Ashigaru». | |||
Spanish | ||||
Indonesian | Fan translation, download. |
Issues unresolved
Issues when playing the game at 60 FPS
- The bullet casing sound effects for the handgun and shotgun wig out.[6]
- Camera speed movement fix (
PS2CameraSpeed
) moves twice as fast. - Animation for James transcribing notes onto his map is twice as fast.
- James' inner monologue (immediately upon exiting the hospital) may run twice as fast now.
- The lake water (when James is rowing) moves twice as fast now.
- The flames in Angela's staircase move twice as fast now.
- The flashlight dies out very quickly in the prison bug room.
- The water animates/moves quicker and drains twice as fast during the RPT Apartment boss fight. The animation part also goes for the water in the hallways during the labyrinth parts.
- The "Ritual" prison monster's footsteps go crazy fast.
No soft shadows
- The PC version lacks soft shadows present in the PlayStation 2 version.
"Search" can't be used while running
- On the console versions, the "Search" feature works while James is running, but not on the PC version.
Issues fixed
Music fades randomly and sound loops
- The game can only run stably on a single core.
Limit the game to one CPU core[citation needed] |
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|
Game hangs at startup
- On Windows 7, having single core affinity enabled through Silent Hill 2 Enhancements may prevent the game from running.
Disable SingleCoreAffinity on Windows 7[7] |
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Clicking or popping sound effects
Use IndirectSound[8] |
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Textures appear as solid white surfaces
Use WhiteShaderFix[9] |
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"Insert a disc" message in the ending
Rename ending.bik[10] |
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|
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Make James run without slowing down
Apply unlimited stamina hack[11] |
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|
Disable background fog
Disable fogging[12] |
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|
Add icon to executable file
-
sh2pc.exe
may have no icon set by default.
Set icon with Rcedit[13] |
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|
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon - 700 MHz Intel Pentium - 700 MHz |
AMD Athlon - 1 GHz Intel Pentium - 1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.8 GB | 2.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Installation Guide
- ↑ Silent Hill 2 Sound Comparison (PC vs PS2) - YouTube
- ↑ DF Retro: Silent Hill 2 - Horror Perfected on PS2/Xbox/PC/PS3
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Configuration Examples
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Update Video #3 - YouTube
- ↑ Side effects playing the game at 60 FPS · Issue #28 · elishacloud/Silent-Hill-2-Enhancements
- ↑ Troubleshooting · AeroWidescreen/NFS-SH-WidescreenFixWiki Wiki
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Installation Guide
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Installation Guide
- ↑ Silent Hill 2 Director's Cut PC Ending Troubles : silenthill
- ↑ Silent Hill 2 stamina fix · Issue #344 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack
- ↑ DxWnd / Discussion / General Discussion:Silent Hill 2: no sound on alt-tab
- ↑ SH2 Options/Inventory Font Resolution · Issue #375 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack