Metro 2033

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Upcoming sequel: Metro Last Light (2012).

General information

Steam Forum.

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Windows

Availability

Get it from the Humble Bundle, if it is still available.

Improvements

Skip intros, cutscenes, and videos

Instructions

Video settings

Multi-monitor

Widescreen Gaming Forum. Sometimes having more than one monitor can cause problems. Deactivating any second monitor should resolve black-screen issues.

Field of view (FOV)

To change your FOV, edit these three files:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\user.cfg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\metro 2033\user.cfg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\usernumber\43110\remote\user.cfg
Change "sick_fov 45" to a number between 1 and 90 (inclusive). For comparisons of FOV, see this thread.

Windowed

To get into windowed mode, edit these three files:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\user.cfg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\metro 2033\user.cfg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\usernumber\43110\remote\user.cfg
Change "r_fullscreen on" to "r_fullscreen off"

Vsync

To turn vsync on (off by default):
%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\user.cfg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\metro 2033\user.cfg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\usernumber\43110\remote\user.cfg
Change "r_vsync off" to "r_vsync on"

Issues fixed

Cannot be installed or APPCRASH on startup

Instructions

Crash during Depot level

Instructions