Dead Rising 2

Dead Rising 2

Developers
	Blue Castle Games
Windows	Mercenary Technology
Publishers
	Capcom
Russia	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	Forge
Release dates
Windows	September 28, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Finite spend, Unlock
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Survival horror, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies
Series	Dead Rising

Dead Rising
Dead Rising 2	2010
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record	2011
Dead Rising 3	2014
Dead Rising	2016
Dead Rising 4	2016
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster	2024

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Dead Rising 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer action survival horror game developed by Blue Castle Games and published by Capcom.

The game was first released for Windows on September 28, 2010.

Steam version DRM switched from Games for Windows Live to Steamworks.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check. Some copies may not contain ZDPP. Russian release has 2 discs: one for the game itself and another for installing Russian subtitles.
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Not purchasable in Germany.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)

All non-Steam versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.

Retail product keys activate on Steam (Games for Windows Marketplace game and DLC cannot be transferred).

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Ninja Skills Pack
Psychopath Skills Pack
Soldier of Fortune Pack
Sports Fan Skills Pack

Case Zero and Case West standalone DLCs are only available for Xbox 360.

Essential improvements

Patches

For the Russian version, use Russian patch 1.0.0.1.

A title update is available. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run setup.exe).

HD Frontend

Instructions[citation needed]
Download HD frontend. Extract data into <path-to-game>. Accept replacements. Start the game and the new changes should be in effect. Notes UndeadFrankie's HD frontend Fixes many compression artifacts on hud, menus, loading screens & map. Breaks the Off the Record version.

Tervel's DR2Fix

Fixes various shader problems exclusive to the PC port of Dead Rising 2, as well as adding console gamma to provide a visual experience accurate to X360

Instructions
Download DR2Fix.zip Extract the file to <path-to-game>

DR2Hookary

DR2Hookary enables the ability to skip intro logos, play in windowed or borderless fullscreen, and an optional debug menu (useful if you are creating/using modifications).

Instructions[citation needed]
Download DR2Hookary. Place DR2Hookary.asi and DR2Hookary.ini into <path-to-game>. Download the 32-bit version of Ultimate ASI Loader. Place dinput8.dll into <path-to-game>. Open DR2Hookary.ini and set the options to the desired ones, then save the file. Start the game and the new changes should be in effect.

DR2 Mouse Injector

Fixes the game's positive/negative acceleration leftover from analog stick movement by injecting raw mouse input into the game

Install
Download DR2 Mouse Injector. Extract the file to <path-to-game> Notes In order to use the injector with Ultimate ASI Loader, move the files from DLLMods to <path-to-game> and change DR2MouseInjector.dll from .dll to .asi

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dead Rising 2\rendersettings.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45740/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dead Rising 2\saves\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\45740\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45740/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

PC Settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen			Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Use DR2Hookary.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use DR2Hookary.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Game is locked to 120 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Field of view (FOV)

Use Gibbed.DeadRising2.Tools

Download Gibbed.DeadRising2.Tools and extract it somewhere. Go to <path-to-game>, and open data. Drag datafile.big and place it onto Gibbed.DeadRising2.Unpack.exe. When it's finished unpacking, open datafile_big that was created in data. Open camera.txt with Notepad, and click Edit → Replace. Type FOV = "43" in the Find, and FOV = "63" in the Replace (change 63 to desired FOV) and click Replace All. Some other cameras use FOV = "45" which can also be replaced, such as in the cVehicleBehaviorCam PushableCam section. Save the file. Drag datafile_big and place it onto Gibbed.DeadRising2.Pack.exe. This will create a new file called datafile_big.big. Backup the original datafile.big by renaming it to something else. Rename datafile_big.big to datafile.big. Notes Vehicles have a modifier that decreases FOV by -7 when moving at full speed. Changing this to 0 in each entry will stabilize the FOV.

Disable Depth of Field

Instructions[citation needed]

Navigate to the game's data folder and copy datafile.big to the same location as the extracted Gibbed tools. Drag the datafile.big on top of Gibbed.DeadRising2.Unpack.exe. Open the resulting datafile_big folder in a text editor capable of opening entire folders, such as Visual Studio Code. In VSC, click the magnifying glass icon on the left to open the search and replace functions. Search for mCombinedDOF to find nearly 700 results. In the Replace bar, enter xCombineDOF. You should be able to right-click one of the file entries and select Replace All. Alternatively, press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+1 as a hotkey for the right-click option; this can be mashed to save changes across all files rapidly. Drag the aforementioned datafile_big folder on top of Gibbed.DeadRising2.Pack.exe. Rename and then copy and replace the datafile.big file within the game's data folder. Notes Requires use of an editor like Visual Studio Code as well as Gibbed Dead Rising 2 Tools.

Disable Screen Vignette

Instructions[citation needed]

Copy the first three steps to disable depth of field. Open animated_postfx_events.txt. Towards the top of the file, replace all min and max values relating to vignette with 0. Save changes to the file. Drag the aforementioned datafile_big folder on top of Gibbed.DeadRising2.Pack.exe. Rename and then copy and replace the datafile.big file within the game's data folder. Notes Requires use of an editor like Visual Studio Code as well as Gibbed Dead Rising 2 Tools.

Disable Fog

Hex-edit the game executable[citation needed]
Open deadrising2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+F and set Datatype to Text-string. Find and replace mFogMax with xFogMax. Find and replace mFogEnd with xFogEnd. Find and replace mFogStart with xFogStart. Find and replace mFogColour with xFogColour. Save the changes.

Disable Luminance Variation

Hex-edit the game executable[citation needed]
Open deadrising2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+F and set Datatype to Text-string. Find and replace mDesiredLuminance with xDesiredLuminance. Save the changes.

Disable Blur

Hex-edit the game executable[citation needed]

Open deadrising2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+F and set Datatype to Text-string. Find and replace gCombinedDOFBlurParameters with xCombinedDOFBlurParameters. Find and replace gCombinedCameraBlurParameters with xCombinedCameraBlurParameters. Find and replace gCombinedVelocityBlurWeights with xCombinedVelocityBlurWeights. Find and replace gCombinedVelocityBlurOffsets with xCombinedVelocityBlurOffsets. Save the changes.

Input

Controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration is active. See Mouse Input Fix.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Only if the controller is disabled.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Official Xbox 360 controllers only. To use it on various Controller Types, Use Input Remappers like DS4Windows (for PlayStation controllers) or X360ce (for Xbox Controllers) that emulate an Xbox 360 Controller. Alternatively, this fix.
Full controller support		by default: Controller is disabled. You must be enabled under OPTIONS > PC Settings. This will also disable Mouse Camera Input.
Controller remapping		See Remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Only Xbox 360 Controllers.
Xbox button prompts		Uses Xbox 360 button prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Button prompts		For DualShock prompts, use the PS3 button mod for DR2.
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Remapping

Use Dead Rising 2 Key Remapper[citation needed]
Download Dead Rising 2 Key Remapper.exe in here. Run the executable. Use the GUI to change the keybindings, and then hit Save. Notes Keybindings must be written as text. Click the "?" Button for exactly what it's needed to type for special keys like Enter, Numpad, etc.

Editing input text files manually
Go to <path-to-game>\data\controls\. Edit the desired text file: Edit keymap.txt for keyboard bindings Edit mousemap.txt for mouse bindings Edit padmap.txt for Xbox 360 Controller bindings

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume sliders for music and sound effects.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		See Mute on focus lost.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - 1
French
Hungarian				Fan translation by The_Reaper_CooL (TRC), download.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish				Local retail only. For GFWL versions, use this patch and for Steam versions use this patch.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by GameVicio and Tribo Gamer; download.
Russian				Local retail only; Russian localization is stored on Disc 2 and requires a separate install. A patch for digital versions is available here.
Spanish

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background
Install Special K. Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior". Enable "Mute Game" under "Background Behavior" and close the Control Panel. Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play		Use Goldberg Steam Emulator.
Online play		4	Co-op, Versus Co-op: Co-op campaign (2 players). Versus: Terror Is Reality mode.
Asynchronous multiplayer
Crossplay

Issues fixed

Controller not working with Steam Input on Linux/SteamOS

Use GE-Proton7-43 in Steam.
Install either ProtonPlus or ProtonUpQT. Install GE-Proton7-43. In the game properties on Steam set the compatibility to GE-Proton7-43 Launch the game, navigate to PC Settings in the menu and enable the controller.

Game crashes to desktop on launch after spawning windowed mode then fullscreen

Install to C drive or install first to C then move files and make a junction point to C location[citation needed]

Game crashes to desktop on launch

This issue was resolved in the 20 May 2015 patch released for the Steam version.

Set sound quality to 24 bit, 48000 Hz
See Sound problems (cracking, delays, missing music/effects, etc.).

Game doesn't launch

The game is not launching after successful release date check on Windows 8 and later.

Update Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable
Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable. Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace. Install the Games for Windows Marketplace Client.

Item cycle buttons are reversed

Swap cycle buttons[citation needed]
Edit <path-to-game>\data\controls\padmap.txt. Change COMMAND_PLAYER_MAIN_ITEMS_CYCLE_LEFT from BUTTON_L1 to BUTTON_R1. Change COMMAND_PLAYER_MAIN_ITEMS_CYCLE_RIGHT from BUTTON_R1 to BUTTON_L1.

Quiet audio

Set sample format/sample rate to 24 bit 48000Hz (Studio Quality) and set 5.1 surround audio

Right click the speaker icon in the bottom right (closest icon to the left of the clock and date) and click on Playback Devices. Click on Speakers and then click Properties, then go to the Advanced tab. Switch the default format/sample rate to 24 bit 48000Hz (Studio Quality) to start with if it isn't. Go back to the Playback Devices screen, click Speakers, and then hit Configure. Change the speaker configuration to 5.1 surround. Go through the screens as prompted while disabling any speakers that aren't desired (so if there are Stereo Speakers, enable 5.1 Surround audio and uncheck everything but Front Right and Front Left speakers in the prompts), then apply the changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	8.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 3850 DirectX 9.0c compatible