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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
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

Key points

The unpatched game is notorious for its poor compatibility with most video cards causing serious graphical issues
Most of these problems can be fixed with third-party patches

General information

Metal Gear Wiki

Availability

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

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 2.0 - Fixes some graphical issues on GeForce and Radeon video cards.

PCGamingWiki Patch

Alternative to MGS2 V's Fix.
Fixes missing textures and other graphical issues, includes an enhanced control scheme.
Instructions

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 + restored vibration.
V's button layout + simil-PS2 one!
Anti-aliasing (SMAA) 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

General settings.
General settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Fix also included in MGS2 V's Fix (Version used: 13 March '17)
Adds support for all resolutions and aspect ratios. Custom FOV file included.
Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

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

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.9 GB
Video card (GPU) 3D accelerator card
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible

References