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Revision as of 15:10, 10 January 2022
Developers | |
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Crystal Dynamics | |
Windows | Nixxes Software[1] |
Publishers | |
Retail | Eidos Interactive |
Digital | Square Enix |
Engines | |
Gex Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 30, 2001 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Legacy of Kain |
Legacy of Kain | |
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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | 1997 |
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | 1999 |
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | 2001 |
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 | 2002 |
Legacy of Kain: Defiance | 2003 |
Nosgoth | Cancelled |
Key points
- Many users report crashes; changing CPU affinity to one core alleviates this issue.
Make sure priority is also set to "High" in Task Manager settings.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc V2 DRM[Note 1] | |||
Publisher website | ||||
Includes Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Demo
A demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.02 is the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
Peixoto's patch
Solves frequent crashes by restoring vsync and setting single core affinity, allows supersampling anti-aliasing and keyboard/mouse emulation with XInput gamepads.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Soul Reaver 2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224940/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Soul Reaver 2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224940/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA. Can't be enabled when Fullscreen effects is selected in the setup launcher. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Only works in fullscreen mode. Run sr2.exe with -setup command line argument and tick Sync to refresh. |
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60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Uncapped frame rate causes glitches and crashes. Use 3rd party SW or GPU control panel to lock FPS.[4] |
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Windowed mode |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Uses DirectInput. XInput controllers may experience issues, use Xidi to fix them. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Has on/off options for sound and music. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Italian | Retail only. Download. | |||
Russian | Unofficial translation by «Fargus» + «7Wolf» | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2. | ||
vorpX | G3D, Z3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
Crashes on multi-core CPUs
Force CPU affinity to one core[citation needed] |
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Use DxWnd |
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
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Compatibility issues on Windows 10
Use DxWnd |
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
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V-Sync does not work on Windows 10
Use DxWnd |
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
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Buggy Physics
Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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Enable V-Sync and set the refresh rate to 60hz |
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Purplish screen
Modify DWORD key |
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Switch from 16-bit to 32-bit color depth |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
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:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (224940) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ soul reaver2 Wayback Machine [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-9-5
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ It's FPS problem