Metal Gear Solid: Integral

This page is for the original Integral release. For the Master Collection re-release, see Metal Gear Solid - Master Collection Version.

Metal Gear Solid: Integral

Developers
	Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Windows	Digital Dialect
Publishers
	Konami
Windows	Microsoft
Release dates
Windows	September 24, 2000
Reception
Metacritic	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person, Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America, Sci-fi
Series	Metal Gear

Metal Gear
Metal Gear	1990
Metal Gear Solid: Integral	2000
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	2003
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance	2014
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes	2014
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	2015
Metal Gear Survive	2018
Metal Gear (MSX2)	2020
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 (series)
Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater	2024

Metal Gear Solid: Integral is a singleplayer first-person and third-person and top-down view action stealth game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami. It is part of the Metal Gear series.

The original game, Metal Gear Solid, was released on PlayStation in 1998, and chronologically takes place after the events of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake and before Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. The expanded re-release, Integral, was released in 1999 on the same platform, and added new features such as a Very Easy diffculty setting, first-person game mode, among others. It was later ported to PC by Digital Dialect and released on September 24, 2000, but a few PlayStation-specific features were removed. The PC version's music and sound effect quality is below that of the PlayStation version, and certain sound clips play back at the wrong pitch. Some framebuffer effects such as motion blur and depth of field are not displayed correctly.

Unlike the PlayStation version, the PC port separates the main game (mgsi.exe) and the VR Missions (mgsvr.exe) into two executables. Some localizations previously available on PlayStation are not available on the PC version..

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM
GOG.com (unavailable)		English version only.

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.

When prompted to check the back of the CD case, check the CD case of the retail version or the GOG store page, or call Colonel a couple of times.

Version differences

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

Essential improvements

MGSILauncher

Compatible with GOG.com release (also compatible with English retail release if SafeDisc has been patched away)

A launcher program that contains various fixes and customizability such as:

Save game manager

Automatic core affinity switching (can reduce likelihood of crashes)

Settings file backup and automatic restore

Patch installer with:

PSX-style music restoration with fixed looping

Gamepad selector when multiple pads are plugged in

Support for 360° analog stick controls and diagonal d-pad directions

Directions must be mapped to the d-pad for these control fixes to work

Restore original pixelated font

By default, the PC port uses Arial for its subtitles and its resolution is tied to the one the game is running at. The PS1 original uses Helvetica rendered at the same resolution as the rest of the artwork.

Use the -notruetype command line argument

Disable bilinear filtering

Removes the filtering from all textures making the game look the way it does on PlayStation.

Use the -nofilter command line argument

Restore higher quality music

This music in this port often does not start or loop correctly, and in some cases plays the wrong track

Music pack with an accompanying IPS patch. Can also be installed via MGSILauncher's automated patch installer.

Replaces most music tracks with higher quality versions and appropriate loop points

Patches the game to play the correct track in all areas, and restores missing tracks

Tracks are still 22KHz 8-bit WAV files

No restoration of special PSX music effects (e.g. Alert/Evasion music transitions)

No SFX restoration

MDX Audio Restoration

An alternative on-going project to fix the issues with the game's music and sound effects.

Music is significantly higher quality and tracks that did not loop properly now do.

Does not restore the boss fight theme and a few other tracks that remains unused in the game's files.

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\ <path-to-game>\records.vr

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 & black bar removal

Widescreen fix

Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000. Extract mgs.7z files to the installation folder (password: mgs). Run upx.bat if the executable 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, and edit the mgs1w.ini file to your the resolution two times lower than your actual one (e.g. 1280x720 for 1080p) or your desktop resolution (higher resolutions will cause severe lag when fullscreen effects are being applied, i.e during menus or while underwater). 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 Delete mgsvideo.cfg and mgsvideo1.cfg from the installation directory. For further graphical settings, for retail versions see: Download dgVoodoo 2 and extract it to a different location from the game.* Copy D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll 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. For similar GOG's version graphical settings, use dxcfg.exe included with its release, the .exe is within the game's directory. Notes Proper 16:9 widescreen, with option to disable letterboxes like MGS HD Collection. But the HUD is stretched, default font will maintain aspect ratio but Playstation font will be stretched. Removes the black bar that's usually at the bottom of the screen, allowing the game to stretch to the bottom. Widescreen is not supported in software rendering mode. Set the resolution in mgs1w.ini to 640x448 to remove the black bar. Lower resolutions may crash the game, while higher resolutions will have the game appear in the top left corner of the screen. Causes upscaling artifacts on some text in software rendering mode. Text in "Previous Operations" in the Extra menu gets progressively more bugged at 720p and higher. Supported exe size: 2,883,584 bytes; 1,008,640 bytes; supported VR-Disc exe size: 2,940,928 bytes; 1,013,248 bytes; For those who are having FMVs appear glitchy (pink and green) in the GOG.com version, use windowed or borderless windowed mode. 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 sensitivity		Mouse can optionally be mapped to the cardinal movement directions (instead of the controller).
Mouse input in menus		Mouse movement triggers digital Up/Down/Left/Right inputs in menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Movement controls can be mapped to only one of D-pad, analog stick or mouse.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		The trigger inputs for "Inventory items" and "Inventory weapon" are swapped on XInput. Map "Inventory items" to RT and "Inventory weapon" to LT.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Game will select the first controller it detects on launch.
Haptic feedback		Missing vibration feedback from the PlayStation version.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		One set of input mappings for keyboard, and another for gamepad/mouse.

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.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only. Version with a dub is rare.
German				Retail only; download for digital release.
Japanese				Not PC release in Japanese.
Spanish				Only in PlayStation 1 release.
Italian				Retail only in PlayStation 1 release; Patch for PC Here

Issues fixed

No Hardware Acceleration on Windows 10 / 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]
Set MGSI.exe to run in compatibility mode for Windows 98/Me and as administrator. Run the game 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

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
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