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Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

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Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
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Developers
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Publishers
Konami
Release dates
Windows March 27, 2003
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance guide on StrategyWiki
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance on Wikipedia
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Metal Gear
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Metal Gear Solid: Integral 2000
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance 2003
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 2015
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General information

Metal Gear Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

PCGamingWiki Patch

The latest official patch is already included.
Includes most tweaks and fixes featured on the page, such as a solution to the missing textures and other graphical issues, along with an enhanced control scheme.
Instructions

Official Patch 2.0

Fixes some graphical issues on GeForce and Radeon video cards.

MGS2 V's Fix

Setupper done from scratch with a lot of fixes automatically applied.
Open Source.
Official 2.0 patch & sound fix included and automatically applied.
Easy resolution and graphics setup.
NVIDIA & Intel fix automatically applied.
Nemesis2000 widescreen fix automatically applied.
Xbox 360 Controller supported + custom gamepad layout
Anti-Aliasing included

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

The main options menu.
The main options menu.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

While playing the Right Click button is used to shoot any weapons, choke, drag, throw or drop enemies around.

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Controller support

This fix aims to implement a modern approach to the control scheme. It is a combination of using xpadder and modifying the game's controller support, and meant to be used with an Xbox 360 or Xbox One controller.
Instructions

Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issuses fixed

Black screen at startup

Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
Instructions

Broken graphics on GeForce/Radeon GPUs

Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.

Missing textures

Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
Instructions

Missing shadows and other textures on laptop with dual graphics

Sometimes there is an issue with missing shadows, for example when Snake sees enemies' shadows and Raven's shadow. There's also an issue with missing textures such as ugly water on a laptop with dual graphics, even if you already applied PCGamingWiki Patch.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon1.2 GHz Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM) 128 MB256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 3.9 GB7.6 GB
Video card (GPU) 3D accelerator card
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible		3D accelerator card
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible

References