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Revision as of 09:12, 29 October 2022
This page is for the original 2005 version. For the updated 2020 version, see BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut.
Developers | |
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Terminal Reality | |
Publishers | |
Majesco | |
Engines | |
Infernal Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 2, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 67 |
IGDB | 64 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Hack and slash |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Supernatural |
Series | BloodRayne |
BloodRayne | |
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BloodRayne | 2002 |
BloodRayne 2 | 2005 |
BloodRayne: Betrayal | 2014 |
BloodRayne: Terminal Cut | 2020 |
BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut | 2020 |
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites | 2021 |
- The game lacks an FPS limiter or Vsync and causes a lot of bugs and crash at frame rates over 60 FPS.the only way to fix it is to use the Bloodrayne 2 - FSAA patch.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | English copies use SecuROM 7 DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut.[5] | |||
Steam | Bundled with BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut. [6] | |||
ZOOM Platform (unavailable) |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- A demo is available from Archive.org and on Steam (per direct link):
steam://install/3850
Essential improvements
BloodRayne 2 Patch
- A project that fixes the BloodRayne 2 'BR2 FSAA Patch 1.666' patch[7] on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
- Adds support for custom resolutions and refresh rates, plus other enhancements and fixes.
All Windows compatibility settings for br2.exe
need to be disabled.
Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\system\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3820/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3820/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Very high frame rate may break jumping physics. | ||
120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. |
Widescreen resolution
Use unofficial patch to select widescreen resolution |
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Windowed
Force windowed[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | DirectInput only. See Controller support. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
Fix Xbox 360 Controller support[8] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, dialog and effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[9] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. Version without movies is also available here. |
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Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation: download. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation, download. |
Change text language
Change text (menus and subtitles) language in GOG.com and Steam version[10] |
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Issues fixed
FSAA Patch crashes the game on startup
Use fixed version by elishacloud[11] |
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Install the BloodRayne 2 Patch instead. |
High refresh rate causes issues with movement
- High refresh rate may break the game - for example, you can get stuck mid-air after performing double-jump with the slow-motion mode enabled.
Lock the game at 60 fps |
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Black screen during cutscenes
Fix cutscenes with FSAA Patch[7] |
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Fix cutscenes with dgVoodoo[12] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 100 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[12] |
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Set screen refresh rate[12] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound3D |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6800 AMD Radeon X800, 9600, 9700, 9800 |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (3820) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut - GOG Database
- ↑ How to launch the original release of Bloodrayne or Bloodrayne 2 using the Terminal Cut - Steam
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CooPDB - Cooperative Games Database
- ↑ This fix was made using XInput Plus wrapper created by 0dd14.
- ↑ BloodRayne 2 with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
- ↑ BloodRayne 2 changing language, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2017-01-17
- ↑ BloodRayne 2 · Issue #7 · elishacloud/dxwrapper
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-09