Red Faction II

Red Faction
Red Faction	2001
Red Faction II	2003
Red Faction: Guerrilla	2009
Red Faction: Armageddon	2011
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered	2018

Red Faction II is a singleplayer first-person FPS game in the Red Faction series.

The PC version lacks the split-screen multiplayer from the console versions.

General information

Red Faction Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		2 CDs. DRM: Disc check, which detects removal after launch.
Retail		Steam key provided as part of the Red Faction Complete box set.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)
(unavailable)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\pc_media\Movies
Delete or rename outrage-logo.bik, thq-v.bik and volition-logo.bik

60 fps cutscenes are available here.

HD Music

Music pack that replaces the stock low quality mp3 files with higher quality mp3 files generated from high quality wav tracks extracted from the PS2 version.

The Beginning of a Journey Cutscenes

60 FPS versions of in-game cinematics (e.g. the campaign intro video).

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\rf2_config.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20550/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\profiles\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20550/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher general video settings.

Launcher advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched by default. Use Widescreen fixer.
Multi-monitor		Stretched by default. Use Widescreen fixer.
Ultra-widescreen		Stretched by default. Use Widescreen fixer.
4K Ultra HD		See 4K Ultra HD.
Field of view (FOV)	Use Widescreen fixer.
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Set via launcher.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	High frame rates may cause script timing errors in cutscenes, but does not affect gameplay, 30 FPS in night vision mode and cutscenes.

4K Ultra HD

Force higher resolution than 1080p^{[citation needed]}

Open the installation directory (e.g. SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Red Faction II)
Open rf2_config.ini
Under Graphics Settings edit the values for Screen_width and Screen_height

1440p - Screen_width=2560 , Screen_height=1440

4k(2160p) - Screen_width=3840 , Screen_height=2160

Windowed

Force windowed^{[citation needed]}
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the name and executable path. Set the window position and size. Set Do not notify on task switch. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX8. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input

In-game general control settings.

In-game advanced control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		If enabled, hints display controller buttons if you use the keyboard/mouse.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Actions can not be bound to triggers on X360 controller.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio/video settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, music, voice
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		Subtitles exist in-game, but are never displayed.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Full pause on focus lost.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Russian				Retail only.

Issues fixed

"Please insert the Red Faction II disc 1 into your CD-Rom drive"

Empty your disc drives^[1]
If you have no optical drive at all, create an empty virtual CD drive.

Game uses the wrong monitor

The game may pick the wrong monitor on a multi-monitor setup when a multi-monitor resolution is not used in-game.

Change Adapter_number in rf2_config.ini^[2]
Go to the installation folder. Open `rf2_config.ini`. Set `Adapter_number` to `0`. The game should now start on the correct monitor. Try different values if problems persist.

"At least 8MB of available video memory is required to run"

If running Red Faction II on a 64-bit system with more than 2GB of VRAM, the game may crash during launch.

Autopatcher^[3]
Fixes available for both Steam and retail released. See Red Faction II Community FAQ for download links to patching utilities & additional information.

Script timing errors in cutscenes

Use d3d8to9 Wrapper^{[citation needed]}
Download [1] d3d8to9. Copy D3D8.DLL to the game install directory. Enable Vsync in the Launcher Options Game and Set monitor on 60hz

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
Shader Model support	1.4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	98SE, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD Athlon 500 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia RIVA TNT1 ATI Rage 128 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce ATI Radeon 7000 Matrox Parhelia 32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] RFII FAQ: Error "Please insert Red Faction II Disc 1"

[4] Steam Users' Forums - View Single Post - Red Faction II launching on wrong monitor (retrieved)

[5] RFII FAQ: Fix for "At least 8 MB of available video memory is required to run"

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Volition
Windows	Outrage Games
Publishers
2003-2013	THQ
2013-2020	THQ Nordic
2020-present	Deep Silver
Engines
	Geo-Mod 1.0
Release dates
Windows	April 9, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	64
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Red Faction