Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext)

Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext)

Developers
	Capcom
Windows	Sourcenext
Publishers
	Capcom
Release dates
Windows	February 17, 2006
Reception
IGDB	55

Warnings

This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).

Key points

Port of Biohazard 2 made for Windows 2000 / XP.

Has improved compatibility for modern versions of Windows.

Allows both scenarios to be played without needing to change discs.

Has the highest quality FMVs out of any other release.

Death scenes are censored in Original Mode.

General information

Resident Evil Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is 1.1.0. Save files from version 1.0 will not work with version 1.1.0.

Gemini's Classic REbirth patch

Translates the game into English, adds support for higher resolutions by pressing F8, adds XInput, DS3 and DS4 support, fixes some lag issues on Windows 10, fixes color space issues for the prerendered backgrounds, restores some missing audio tracks, removes censored death scenes, and allows the game to run as a portable program.

Provides extended mod support.

Requires version 1.1.0.

Launch game with -config command line argument in order to change options before each game launch.

RE2SN HQ sound for Classic REbirth

Replaces the audio in the game with higher quality sounds.

RE2SN Better Quality H264 Movies for Classic REbirth

Replaces in-game video cut-scenes with noise reduced and better quality MP4 files.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Capcom\Biohazard 2

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savedata

This is the default path used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user by editing the SavePath value in the registry.

CLAIRE_MAX.BIOHAZARD2 and LEON_MAX.BIOHAZARD2 are required to start a new game.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Borderless Gaming or Gemini's patch can be used.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Force in GPU control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Game defaults incorrectly to 28.97 FPS; use Gemini's patch for the intended 30 FPS. Menus and door loading screens run at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Only uses digital input.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Use Gemini's patch to add support for XInput controllers.
Xbox button prompts		Use Gemini's patch to add XInput button prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Use Gemini's patch via USB to add support for DS4 controllers.
PlayStation button prompts		Use Gemini's patch to add DS4 button prompts.
Light bar support		Use Gemini's patch via USB to add DS4 light bar support.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Japanese				FMVs have subtitles that are part of the FMV itself.
English				Use Gemini's patch for English text.
Spanish				Fan translation by CiTRU5, requires Gemini's patch
Russian				Translation by CasperPRO, requires Gemini's patch. Voice acting by Webcoll (need to unpack to game folder and run xdelta.bat). For subtitles, unzip over fix.

Issues fixed

Black screen when playing FMVs

This is generally caused by DirectShow codecs on Windows 10 being incompatible with Nvidia desktop drivers. Versions such as Windows XP do have the codecs to run the cutscenes with no issues.

Gemini's patch makes FMV work again by replacing DirectShow with FFMPEG.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	128 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	2x speed CD-ROM	4x speed CD-ROM