Metal Gear Solid: Integral

Key points

Called Metal Gear Solid Substance 2 in packaging but is called Metal Gear Solid: Integral in the title screen.

Expanded version of Metal Gear Solid, which was previously exclusive to the PlayStation and unavailable outside of Japan, featuring various extras and gameplay enhancements. The PC version has a set of two executables: mgsi.exe for the base game and mgsvr.exe for the VR Missions.

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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM
GOG.com		English version only. When prompted to check the back of the CD case, check the store page instead.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Demo of the original 2000 release can be found here.

Version differences

The GOG.com version fixes compatibility issues of the original 2000 release running under modern Windows operating systems.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.cfg <path-to-game>\dxcfg.ini

dxcfg.ini is used by the GOG.com version's DirectX Configuration tool.

*.cfg configuration files are encrypted.

Save game data location

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

Pictures taken by the in-game camera are stored in <path-to-game>\photos\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

DirectX Configuration tool from the GOG.com version.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Only 4:3 resolutions are supported. The GOG.com version's DirectX Configuration tool can increase the rendering resolution, while the graphics can be displayed pillarboxed to 4:3, Pixel-perfect scaling, or stretched to the aspect-ratio. See Widescreen resolution. Software rendering mode is limited to 640x480 only.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Launch the game with -w command line argument for the original 2000 release. For the GOG.com release, set Presentation to Windowed mode via the DirectX Configuration tool.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Only available for the GOG.com release. Set the Display Mode to your display's native resolution and Presentation to Windowed via the DirectX Configuration tool.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Only available for the GOG.com release. Only application defaults, 16 samples, or Disabled in the DirectX Configuration tool.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only available for the GOG.com release. Can be set to application defaults, 2x-8x MSAA, or Disabled in the DirectX Configuration tool.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Only available for the GOG.com release with its DirectX Configuration tool. For the original 2000 release, force through GPU control panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix

Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000. Extract mgs.7z files to the installation folder (password: mgs). Run upx.bat if exe size equals 1,008,640 bytes. Edit mgs1w.ini to set the resolution. For GOG.com version: Download the widescreen fix by nemesis2000. Inside the game folder, create a new folder called scripts. Extract mgs1w.dll and mgs1w.ini to the scripts folder and rename mgs1w.dll to mgs1w.asi. Download the 32-bit version of Ultimate ASI Loader by ThirteenAG. Extract dinput8.dll to the installation directory and rename dinput8.dll to winmm.dll Edit the mgs1w.ini file to change the resolution to the smallest possible resolution for the aspect ratio of your monitor (e.g. 720x480 for 16:9 monitors). Delete mgsvideo.cfg and mgsvideo1.cfg from the installation directory. Download dgVoodoo 2 and extract it to a different location from the game. Copy all the DDL files from the MS\x86 folder to the game installation directory. Launch dgVoodooCpl.exe as an administrator, click the add button, and select the game installation directory to create a profile. Select the DirectX tab, force your desired resolution, uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark, and adjust vSync/MSAA/texture filtering as you wish. Notes Supported exe size: 2,883,584 bytes; 1,008,640 bytes; Supported VR-Disc exe size: 2,940,928 bytes; 1,013,248 bytes; Does not work properly in software rendering mode, and causes upscaling artifacts on some text. To get FMVs to work with Nemesis2000's Widescreen Fix (for those who are having them appear pink and green in the GOG.com version), use DXWnd. FMV screens will be smaller than other cutscenes, but they will look a lot better than before.

Input

Controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is not used at all.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Movement controls can only be mapped to either D-pad or analog stick, not both.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Missing vibration feedback from the PlayStation version.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Supports only 3.0 surround sound.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only possible for the GOG.com version.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available in the GOG.com release.
German				Not available in the GOG.com release.
Italian				Not available in the GOG.com release.
Japanese				Not available in the GOG.com release.
Spanish				Not available in the GOG.com release.

Issues fixed

Graphics issues with GeForce/Radeon GPUs

Fixed in the GOG.com release.

Instructions for the original 2000 release[citation needed]
Download the fixed executables here. Once downloaded, extract the contents into the installation folder of the game and overwrite any files.

"Software rendering mode" error

The game's software rendering mode does not work properly with modern Windows operation systems.

Fixed in the GOG.com release.

Instructions for the original 2000 release[citation needed]

Go into the installation folder. Right click MGSI.exe and choose "Properties". Go to the "Compatibility" tab and check "Run in compatibility mode for: Windows 98/Windows Me" and check "Run this program as an administrator". After that you'll have to run it in windowed mode using the -w command line argument. The game should run allowing you to either go to the options and select "software rendering" (to play in full-screen) or continue to play in windowed mode.

Captions flicker/make the game slower in Hardware mode

The slowdown caused by the captions can also be worked around by turning off the captions in settings.

Fixed in the GOG.com release.

Use DXGL for the original 2000 release[citation needed]

It is recommended to apply the "Graphics issues with GeForce/Radeon GPUs" fix above before applying this one. Certain visual elements (e.g. the game's HUD, letterboxes during cutscenes) will become invisible with DXGL 0.5.7. Download and install DXGL. After installing, go to the Start menu -> All programs -> DXGL -> Configure DXGL. Click on Add and add mgsi.exe and mgsvr.exe located in the installation folder. Click Apply then OK and open the game. In game, go to Option -> Video/Sound Options, enable captions, then go to Advanced, select DXGL DDraw Wrapper, your desired resolution and restart the game.

Real-life footage shown in the game during certain cutscenes are replaced with a green rectangle

The real-life footage cutscenes does not work properly on modern Windows due to the format used by the video files.

Fixed in the GOG.com release.

Game crashes on "Game Over" screen when using software rendering

This issue is caused by a bug in GOG.com's Direct3D wrapper and does not occur in hardware rendering mode.

Fixed in the 1.0 Hotfix update of the GOG.com release.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Software renderer

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM	8 MB of VRAM