Crysis 2

Crysis 2

Developers
	Crytek
Multiplayer	Crytek UK
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 22, 2011

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Crysis
Crysis	2007
Crysis Warhead	2008
Crysis 2	2011
Crysis 3	2013
Crysis Remastered	2020
Crysis 2 Remastered	2021
Crysis 3 Remastered	2021
Crysis 4	TBA

Key points

PC version features high resolution textures, tessellation, high quality shadows and more PC-specific features.

Great for benchmarking graphics cards.

GameSpy services were shut down on May 31, 2014.

General information

Crysis Website

MyCrysis Forums

Crysis Wiki - A wiki for everything Crysis related

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TAGES Solidshield DRM.
		Maximum Edition also available.
Humble Store		Maximum Edition, Region locked in Latin America.
Origin		Maximum Edition. Included with EA Play. Has Solidshield DRM removed.
Steam		Maximum Edition

The original edition of Crysis 2 on Steam carries TAGES Solidshield DRM with a 5 machine limit, while the Maximum Edition contains SteamStub DRM in addition to SolidShield, although the SolidShield wrapping seems inert.^{[citation needed]}

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit system.cfg[citation needed]
Go to the installation folder. Open system.cfg with Notepad. Write g_skipIntro = 1 at the end of the file.

Skip log in screen

Edit game.cfg[citation needed]
Go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Crysis2\ Open game.cfg with Notepad (or create if it doesn't exist). Add g_enableInitialLoginScreen = 0 to the file.

How to change the in-game language

Crysis 2 auto-detects your Operating System's language and uses it without asking.

If you want to play Crysis in English instead of your own locale[citation needed]
Go to the installation folder. Open system.cfg. Change the last line to: g_language = English

Patches

Patch 1.9 prepares Crysis 2 for DX11 features and high-resolution textures. Each need to be downloaded and installed separately from the 1.9 patch. They are both included in the Maximum Edition.

DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade

The DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade can be downloaded here.

Included in Maximum Edition.

Features

With this package the following DX11 exclusive features will be activated:

• Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
• Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
• High Quality HDR Motion Blur
• Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
• Parallax Occlusion Mapping
• Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates
• Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping

Requirements

• DX11 compatible graphics card with 768 MB Video Memory
• 545 MB HD space

High-Resolution Textures

The High-Res Texture Pack can be downloaded here.

Included in Maximum Edition.

Features

The High-Resolution Texture Pack doubles the fidelity of many of the game's art assets.

Requirements

• 64-bit operating system
• DirectX 9-compatible graphics card with 768 MB Video Memory

NTCore 4GB Patch

Crysis 2 is very memory intensive. This app improves performance for Crysis 2 on 64-bit Windows systems with more than 2GB RAM by allowing it to access up to 4GB RAM.

Modifications

BlackFire's Mod 2 and MaLDo HD Textures

For those who truly want to push Crysis 2's graphical fidelity to its limits, BlackFire's Mod 2 and MaLDo HD serves their needs. A step by step list of instructions is available in mod file's description on ModDB.

Most of the download links for MaLDo HD mod on the original blog page are dead, the files can be found elsewhere though, e.g. over at ModDB.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Crysis2\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/108800/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Crysis2\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/108800/pfx/

Every automatic checkpoint save made in the game is saved as a permanent save file. There is no way to delete these files in-game, nor are they ever overwritten on subsequent playthroughs. These files can add up to several hundred megabytes worth of permanent save files if playing through the single-player campaign more than once.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin		[citation needed]
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Change FOV[citation needed]

Create an autoexec.cfg file in the installation folder. Add cl_FOV = 55, which controls the main game world FOV. Add r_DrawNearFOV = 55, which controls the viewmodel FOV. Add pl_movement.power_sprint_targetFOV = 55, which controls the FOV used only when you sprint. Change the default values of 55 to the desired FOV. Note Not a permanent solution. The viewmodel FOV resets to its default value randomly after a few minutes or during certain actions such as dying, and there's some chance the camera/sprint FOV might reset at certain points as well.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game general gamepad settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings for the player.

In-game gamepad layout settings for vehicles.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		16	Online server browser stopped working on May 31, 2014.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Use the Crysis 2 Community Dedicated Server Package.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 2891, 2990, 6667, 29900, 64100
UDP	27900-27901, 64100

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision			See Helix Mod: Crysis 2 for better 3D support.
vorpX		2D Officialy supported game. See vorpx game list Note: Game is on the official list but not yet confirmed to be 3D.

Devices
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues unresolved

Statistic screen

The statistic-screen in the menu displays that 13 weapon-attachments are findable in single-player but in fact there are only 12. Therefore, it is not possible to achieve "100%".

Issues fixed

High sensitivity when using Assault Scope

When aiming down sights with Assault Scope mounted on any weapon, the sensitivity will be a lot higher than the one set in the game settings
Use this mod

Extreme lag while using Nvidia video card

Extreme lag while using Nvidia video card[citation needed]

When playing Crysis 2 on a fast Nvidia card (GTX 560 Ti and possibly on faster cards as well), there can be an extreme and unexpected lag regardless of single player or multiplayer campaign. This is very noticeable while navigating the menu, something that should be instantaneous and direct. If you experience this lag, try switching to windowed mode (Alt+↵ Enter). If this lag now disappears and gameplay is suddenly fast again, the solution is this: Open the Nvidia Control Panel program Go to Display > Adjust desktop size and position If necessary, for step 1, select your main display At step 2, view the Scaling tab Select No scaling Select Perform scaling on: Display Make sure your display is capable of scaling the game resolution to its native resolution, if you like to game at weird resolutions. GPU scaling is very useful but under Crysis 2, it introduces an extreme form of lag. Now, play Crysis 2 and see if you notice the difference. (ALTERNATE SOLUTION) This game does not appear to like the Xbox One Controller and will cause severe lag on launch. If you happen to have one plugged in, disconnect it.[citation needed]

Crash to Desktop at Startup

Crash to Desktop at Startup[citation needed]
the game will freeze up and crash to the desktop without any errors Disable 'Lucid Vitru MVP Pro 2.0' This fix probably works with previous versions of Lucid's software.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

The game may set your monitor's refresh rate to 24 Hz; this results in stuttering and poor performance even if internal GPU render shows a high FPS.

Create custom resolution with desired refresh rate

Create a custom resolution in your driver control panel. Just make it one line smaller than your desktop resolution - for example 1600x1599, or 1280x1023, or 1280x959, or 1024x767. You get the picture. The point is that you create only one version of this resolution - with your desired refresh rate. To the monitor this will just look like a black line that happens to be at the botttom of the normal picture. Then start Crysis 2 and set it to use this resolution. As there is only one version of it, with your desired refresh rate, Windows (and Crysis) has no other choice but to use that one.

Run in DirectX 9

Reset monitor refresh rate away from 24hz[citation needed]
If your monitor has a manual frame rate select button, toggle it to reach your desired refresh rate. Otherwise, set the game to window mode, then set it back to fullscreen mode.

External TV locked at 24hz[citation needed]

If you use an external TV as a monitor to player Crysis 2 you may encounter a bug where the game always uses a 24Hz mode on the TV, resulting in a laggy frame rate. Sadly there is no official fix for this issue. One temporary solution for this issue is to use ForceFix. Originally used for Metal Gear Rising, which as of now is also experiencing the same issue, also works for Crysis 2 as well. Another way to play the game in fullscreen is to force borderless fullscreen windowed mode. Alternatively you can create a custom resolution with a few less horizontal pixels which should force the display into 60Hz mode. For example, if you are running at 1920x1080 using an Nvidia card: Open Nvidia Control Panel Go to Display > Change Resolution Click Customize Click Create Custom Resolution Change Horizontal pixels to 1916 Leave Vertical lines at 1080 Click Test and apply your settings if successful In Crysis 2, select your new resolution (1916x1080) and apply The display should switch to 1920x1080@60Hz.

Forcing refresh rate via DirectX registry entries[citation needed]
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw Create DWORD entry "ForceRefreshRate" and change its DECIMAL value to the refresh rate of your monitor. 64-bit users will need to do this at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DirectDraw as well. This will force DirectX games to run in your monitor's refresh rate.

Game is shifted to the right on the screen/runs in 59Hz mode/wrong refresh rate

Change refresh rate - automate with QRes[citation needed]

You can change your refresh rate manually each time you open and close the game. OR You can automate this with QRes: Download QRes from Softpedia or Software.Informer Extract QRes.exe into the Crysis 2 Bin32 folder Open Notepad Copy and paste: @echo off qres.exe /r:59 timeout /t 10 > NUL start crysis2.exe timeout /t 60 > NUL :_loop tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq crysis2.exe" | findstr = > NUL || goto _cleanup timeout /t 5 > NUL goto _loop :_cleanup qres.exe /r:60 Go to File and then Save As... Name it Crysis 2.bat, and then change Save as type from .txt to All Files Save into the same Bin32 folder Right-click Crysis 2.bat and click Create shortcut Move this shortcut to wherever is easiest, say the desktop, replacing the original shortcut Right-click the shortcut, click Properties, click Change icon, click Browse, navigate to the same Bin32 folder, select Crysis2.exe, and click OK twice When you run this using the new shortcut, your screen will flash off and on again, shifted to one side. Press the Auto button or equivalent on your monitor to realign the screen before the game starts When you exit the game, wait a few seconds, the screen will flash again, the command window will close, and you can press the Auto again

Windows Defender detects malware-like activity in Crysis 2

Windows Defender detects malware-like activity in Crysis 2[citation needed]
The game will close shortly after starting, and Windows Defender / Microsoft Security Essentials will report to have blocked activity of "VirTool:Win32/CeeInject.gen!FG" malware. However, this is a false positive. Add the Crysis 2 folder to the exclusion list.[1]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
Shader Model support	3, 5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Interface	Scaleform
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Disable HUD bob

Disable HUD bob[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open game.cfg. Add cl_BobHud = 0.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 ATI Radeon HD 4870