Key points
- Many users report crashing, running the game from one CPU core alleviates this issue. Run on '0 core' from 'Affinity' set options in Task Manager. Make sure priority is also set to 'High' in Task Manager settings
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Demo
A demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Peixoto's patch
Peixoto's patch solves frequent crashes by restoring vsync,
allows super sampling anti aliasing and Keayboard\mouse emulation with Xinput gamepads
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Widescreen fix[citation needed]
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- Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
- Extract
sr2.7z files to the installation folder (password=sr2).
- Run
upx.bat for GOG.com version of the game.
- Edit
sr2.ini to set the resolution.
Notes
- Supported exe size: 1 609 728 bytes.
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Windowed mode[citation needed]
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- Download and run DxWnd as administrator.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set name to Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver 2.
- Set path to
<path-to-game>\sr2.exe .
- Set Acquire admin caps.
- Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
- Click on Mouse tab, set Cursor visibility to Hide.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Has on/off options for sound and music. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
VR support
Issues fixed
Crashes on multi-core CPUs
Change Processor Affinity
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- Right click the taskbar at the bottom, click Start Task Manager.
- Click on Show processes from all users to give Task Manager admin rights.
- Right click
sr2.exe , click Set Affinity...
- Untick <All Processors> and then tick CPU 0.
- Click OK.
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Use DxWnd
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
- Under the Compat. tab, tick the option
Set single core process affinity .
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Compatibility issues under Windows 10
Use DxWnd[citation needed]
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
- Set the DirectX Version Hook setting to
DirectX8 . It can be found under the DirectX tab.
- Set the Frames per Second setting to
limit and 1 msec . The setting can be found under the Timing tab.
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Vsync Option in the launcher not working on Windows10
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- Download [1] dgvoodoo2.
- Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory.
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Physics buggy and glitching
- Enable V-Sync in the launcher and set refresh rate on 60hz
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 |
ME, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 450 MHz AMD K6-III 500 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 700 MHz AMD Athlon 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
850 MB |
1 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible
| 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References