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Key points
- Can only run stably on a single core:
- The PC version adds improved flashlight lighting, the ability to save at any time during the game, swap weapons without opening the menu, and a movie gallery.
- The atmospheric fog and the shadowing are much simpler and less refined than the PlayStation 2 version.[1]
- Locked to 30 FPS. See 60 FPS.
General information
- Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series
- Silent Hill Memories - Informative site
Availability
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- There are two versions, the North American version and 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 running at 1920x1080
A D3D8 wrapper for the European Director's Cut version which allows:
- Unstretched HUD
- Custom resolutions and widescreen.
- Fixes anti-aliasing and processor affinity.
- Allows you to use a high resolution without slowing down transition speeds.
- Disables "safe graphics mode" so that if the game is force closed, the graphical settings don't change.
- FPS to 60 FPS
- Cutscene deletterbox
- It does, however, have some downsides:
- No windowed or borderless windowed mode
- FMVs are kept letterboxed and pillarboxed
Almost the exact same thing as the above, but better than the above in some areas:
- Allows windowed/borderless windowed mode.
- FMVs are stretched (can be used with the FMV pack to have true widescreen).
But it is inferior to above since HUD is stretched.
However, if you want 60 FPS and cutscene letterbox, they must be installed separately:
Cut-scene letterboxing: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1mm2v1ioiob6fxb/sh2pc_letterboxfix.zip
Allows higher resolutions and easier anti aliasing application (at the cost of some glitches). Only use this for the North American version.
- Selectable resolutions do not go up all the way to 4K, enabling GeDoSaTo or Nvidia DSR does not affect the list. Selecting a higher resolution than your monitor's crashes the game.
All-in-one archive: Google Drive
- Note: "ending.bik" may need to be renamed "end.bik", or you may receive a "insert a disc" message in the ending.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
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Input settings
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Audio settings
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- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore hardware-accelerated 3D sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.
Localizations
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Issues unresolved
Flashlight illuminates objects and monsters behind James
- There is a minor flashlight glitch where the flashlight will illuminate objects and monsters behind James - there is no known fix.
Issues fixed
Weird lines across the screen
Missing textures
- Disables depth of field, motion blur and minor lighting effects.
Windows 10 fullscreen with borders
System requirements
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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 |
References