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
- 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.
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
Save game data location
Video
Widescreen fix[citation needed]
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- Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
- Extract
sr2.7z files to the installation folder (password=sr2).
- Run
upx.bat for GOG.com version of the game.
- Edit
sr2.ini to set the resolution.
Notes
- Supported exe size: 1 609 728 bytes.
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Windowed mode
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- Download and run DxWnd as administrator.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set name to Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver 2.
- Set path to
<path-to-game>\sr2.exe .
- Set Acquire admin caps.
- Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
- Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX8.
- Click on Mouse tab, set Cursor visibility to Hide.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
- Run the game directly from DxWnd.
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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
VR support
Issues fixed
Crashes on multi-core CPUs
Use DxWnd
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
- Under the Compat. tab, tick
Set single core process affinity .
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Compatibility issues on Windows 10
Use DxWnd
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
- Under the Timing tab, tick Limit and type
1 in the delay (msec) field.
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VSync does not work on Windows 10
Use DxWnd
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
- Under the DirectX(2) tab, set
VSync to ON and Wait for Frequency.
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Uncapped frame rate issue
Enable VSync and set the refresh rate to 60hz
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Purplish screen
Modify DWORD key
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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 key.
- Change value data from
0 to 1 .
- Click OK.
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Switch from 16-bit to 32-bit color depth
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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, 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