Key points
- The PC version adds improved flashlight lighting and the ability to save at any time during the game.
- Fourteen of Heather's outfits from the PlayStation 2 version are not present in the PC release.[1]
General information
- Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series
- Silent Hill Memories - Informative website
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
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SecuROM 4 DRM. Includes the CD soundtrack. |
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- The North American physical release had 5 CDs, while the European PC physical release features just one DVD.
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Silent Hill 3 with corrected FoV
- A D3D8 wrapper which adds some fixes and new features:
- Widescreen support (With proper Vert- scaling to hide off-screen characters in certain cutscenes)
- Disable cutscene letterboxing
- Native single core affinity
- Removes the fps fluctuation between 30 and 60 fps
- Correct the UI/ HUD width in widescreen (Through pillar-boxing)
- Removes the safe mode warning when closing the game through Alt-F4
- Fixes image deformation when rendering the game at higher resolutions
- Ability to change the status screen resolution
- Ability to change the depth of field resolution
- Ability to change the real time shadows resolution
- Ability to change the fog complexity
- Enables several SH2 references for new saves, a feature from sh3proxy
- A fix which adds new features and fixes some bugs:
- Allow custom window resolutions
- Allow custom rendering resolutions
- Window mode
- Borderless mode (In window mode)
- Window positioning (Useful for borderless mode)
- Fullscreen fix for DirectX 8 on Windows 10
- Use the correct FOV and enable manual control (page up and page down)
- Use the original FOV in cutscenes
- Enable DEP (Data Execution Prevention) on sh3.exe
- Set processor affinity to only use a single core
- Disable the game's safe mode
- Fix the options menu
- Depth of Field Resolution fix
- Shadow Resolution fix
- Inventory Background Resolution fix
- Status Screen Resolution fix
- Disable borders in cutscenes
- Modify the fog effect
- Random 30 FPS limit fix
- Unlock Silent Hill 2 Easter eggs
- Up to 8x multisampling
- Force VSync in fullscreen mode
- Wallhack (F1)
- Disable DirectX Fog (F2)
- Gamma control (F3 and F4)
- All of these can be configured in Silent_Hill_3_PC_Fix.ini.
- Install:
- 1. Copy all the files to your Silent Hill 3 install folder.
- 2. Configure Silent_Hill_3_PC_Fix.ini.
- 3. Start the game with Silent_Hill_3_PC_Fix.exe
- The PC version's FMVs have a resolution of the FMVs 512х384 and not support widescreen resolution.
- The WSMSH3 by Metallist improves the quality and upscales the resolution of the FMVs.
WSMSH3 is an unofficial mod which implement widescreen resolution support for the FMVs.
Skip intro videos
Delete data from files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\data\movie\ .
- Open
op.000 with a text editor.
- Delete all contents and save the file.
- Go to
<path-to-game>\data\pic\ .
- Open
kcet.bmp and konami.bmp with a text editor.
- Delete all contents and save the files.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
- Rendering resolution is actually internal framebuffer resolution. Use Widescreen Fix to customize.
- It is highly recommended to set the Brightness Level in-game to 5 to get the most contrast.
Use FOV Hack[2]
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- Download and extract Silent Hill 3 FOV Hack.
- Run the program alongside the game. If the program fails to run, install the Visual Basic 6 Runtime. If running the game as admin, also run the program as admin.
- Edit FOV options as needed. If using Widescreen Fix, simply decreasing Width FOV value is recommended.
- Press Numpad * to enable new FOV settings; Numpad / sets defaults. If needed, use the On-Screen Keyboard program built into Windows.
Notes
- If your only intent is to run the game in widescreen, it's recommended to use the Silent Hill 3 Widescreen Fix instead, since it also corrects all the 2D items/ assets/ menus width.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
- A fix is required for the game to recognize XInput LT/RT, LS/RS and D-pad when assigning controls.
- Force feedback emulation can also be enabled for XInput controllers.
Use XInput Plus[3]
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- If using Silent Hill 3 Widescreen Fix, rename
dinput8.dll to d3d8.dll .
- Download and run XInput Plus.
- Set the Target Program to
sh3.exe .
- Go to DirectInput and check Enable DirectInput Output.
- Assign LT/RT to Button 11/12.
- Assign DPAD to Button 13-16.
- Click OK and Apply.
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Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Mute on focus lost
Set mute in background[citation needed]
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- Download d3d8to9.
- Copy
d3d8.dll to the installation folder.
- Download Special K.
- Copy
SpecialK32.dll to the installation folder.
- Rename
SpecialK32.dll to d3d9.dll .
- Run the game and exit.
- Edit
d3d9.ini in the installation folder.
- Find
[Window.System] .
- Change
MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true .
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Localizations
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UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
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Simplified Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Fan translation, download. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation, download. |
Spanish |
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Russian |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Issues unresolved
Forcing anti-aliasing
- If using anti-aliasing (MSAA, at least), the Depth of Field effect becomes corrupted (halos around objects).[citation needed]
- Post-process AA (FXAA, MLAA) works as intended (best compatibility in conjunction with the D3D9-11 wrappers).
Issues fixed
Motion trails
- The light sources affected by bloom leaves long dark motion trails on screen when camera is moving.
Turn off the fullscreen smoothing filter[citation needed]
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- Go to the ingame "Extra Optons" (second options tab) and set the "Display Mode" to "Sharp".
Notes
- Disabling the smoothing filter leads to more pronounced aliasing.
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Frame rate fluctuation
- Frame rate may fluctuate between 30 and 60 FPS.
- Both solutions won't work properly with a low FPS. Minimal FPS must be at least 50+.[4]
FPS fluctuation fix[citation needed]
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Force single core affinity[citation needed]
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Low resolution Depth of Field
Low resolution Shadows
Windows 10 white border
Fix fullscreen issues[citation needed]
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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, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 1 GHz
| Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4.7 GB |
6 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce3 Ti AMD Radeon 8500
| Nvidia GeForce4 Ti Nvidia GeForce FX |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible sound card | |
Notes
References