Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
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| Developers | |
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| Konami Computer Entertainment Japan | |
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| Konami | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 27, 2003 |
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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
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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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.
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MGS2 V's Fix
- Installer built from scratch with many 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 (uses XInput Plus).
- V's button layout + simil-PS2 one.
- Anti-aliasing (SMAA) included.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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Save game data location
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Video settings
General settings.
Widescreen resolution
- Fix also included in MGS2 V's Fix (Version used: 8 May '17)
- Adds support for all resolutions and aspect ratios. Custom FOV file included.
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
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Input settings
- While playing the Right Click button is used to shoot any weapons, choke, drag, throw or drop enemies around.
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.
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Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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Issuses fixed
Black screen at startup
- Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
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Broken graphics on GeForce/Radeon GPUs
- Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
Missing textures
- Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
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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.
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Game freezes on intro video
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 8 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | 2000, XP | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 800 MHz Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon | 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 3.9 GB | 7.6 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 |
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