General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.02 is the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
Solves frequent crashes by restoring vsync and setting single core affinity, allows supersampling anti-aliasing and keyboard/mouse emulation with XInput gamepads.
Skip intro videos
Instructions
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\data .
- Delete or rename
bo2intro.dat , crystal.dat and eidos.dat .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Windowed
Use DxWrapper
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- Download DxWrapper.
- Unzip the files to the game directory.
- Open
dxwrapper.ini with notepad.
- Change the following values as noted:
EnableWindowMode=1
WindowModeBorder=1
- For borderless fullscreen windowed:
- Click File, then Save and Exit.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound & 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
VR support
Issues fixed
Use dgVoodoo 2[2]
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- Download the latest release of dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe , dgVoodoo.conf and D3D8.dll (this latter file from \MS\x86) to the game directory.
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe .
- Click the .\ button to set the game directory as config folder.
- Click on the DirectX tab, then tick Force vSync and disable dgVoodoo Watermark.
- Click Apply and OK.
Notes
- For the best image quality, also set Filtering to Force anisotropic 16x and Antialiasing (MSAA) to 8x.
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Use DxWrapper
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- Download DxWrapper.
- Unzip the files to the game directory.
- Open
dxwrapper.ini with notepad.
- Change the following values as noted:
- Click File, then Save and Exit.
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Random crashes and freezes
Use DxWrapper
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- Download DxWrapper.
- Unzip the files to the game directory.
- Open
dxwrapper.ini with notepad.
- Change the following value as noted:
- Click File, then Save and Exit.
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Buggy Physics
Enable V-Sync and set the refresh rate to 60hz
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V-Sync does not work on Windows 10
Use DxWrapper
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- Download DxWrapper.
- Unzip the files to the game directory.
- Open
dxwrapper.ini with notepad.
- Change the following value as noted:
- Click File, then Save and Exit.
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Mouse cursor does not remain inside the window
Use Cursor Lock
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- Download Cursor Lock.
- Install and run.
- Under the Shortcut tab, select Program Mode.
- Tick Open Program and set path to
<path-to-game>\bo2.exe .
- Tick Lock Region and select Window Interior from the drop-down menu.
- Tick Force Lock.
- Click Create Shortcut and save the LNK file to desktop.
- Run the game directly from the newly created shortcut.
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Movies play slow or choppy
Crash while playing the Soul Reaver 2 trailer
- Appears to be an issue with some digital distribution versions.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 450 MHz
| Intel Pentium III 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1,8 GB |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
| 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References