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- It doesn't change the Rendering Viewport. Meaning, if you get black bars at 16:10 or 4:3 aspect ratios, you still get them! The whole game was made for 16:9 based resolutions.}}</ref>|fix=
 
- It doesn't change the Rendering Viewport. Meaning, if you get black bars at 16:10 or 4:3 aspect ratios, you still get them! The whole game was made for 16:9 based resolutions.}}</ref>|fix=
 
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{{Fixbox|description=(NVIDIA users) Downgrade graphics drivers to version 399.24|ref={{cn}}|fix=
 
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===Microstutter/framerate drops===
 
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===Fatal Application Exit - renderdevicedx11.cpp error crash===
 
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This may occur when the helicopter comes.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/883710/discussions/1/1743358239839911216/|title=Steam Community Discussion - Fatal Application Exit|date=2019-02-03}}</ref>
 
This may occur when the helicopter comes.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/883710/discussions/1/1743358239839911216/|title=Steam Community Discussion - Fatal Application Exit|date=2019-02-03}}</ref>
 
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{{ii}} The computer in the main hall may cause the game to either freeze or cause the screen to become grey, making it unplayable.
 
{{ii}} The computer in the main hall may cause the game to either freeze or cause the screen to become grey, making it unplayable.
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{{Fixbox|description=Plug in, then unplug a controller|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/883710/discussions/1/1779388024825814851/|title=Steam Community Discussion - Random no mouse support...|date=2019-02-03}}</ref>|fix=
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Revision as of 14:27, 4 February 2019

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 cover
Developers
Capcom
Engines
RE Engine
Release dates
Windows January 25, 2019
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Resident Evil 2 (2019) on Wikipedia
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This page is for the remake of Resident Evil 2. For the original game, see Resident Evil 2.

Key points

Features many graphical options with visual demonstrations for each.
Default brightness gives the game a washed out blue hazy look.[1] Those who prefer true black levels can use a guide here.
According to Digital Foundry's video analysis, enabling Shadow Cache may increase performance by 25%.[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Resident Evil Modding Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.
A free demo is available. It is limited to 30 minutes and once expired you can't play again unless you use another Steam account or use a trainer.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes all the DLC minus the pre-order bonus.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Claire Costume: Elza Walker
Windows
Claire Costume: Military
Windows
Claire Costume: Noir
Windows
Deluxe Weapon: Samurai Edge - Albert Model
Windows
Deluxe Weapon: Samurai Edge - Chris Model Pre-order exclusive.
Windows
Deluxe Weapon: Samurai Edge - Jill Model Pre-order exclusive.
Windows
Leon Costume: Arklay Sheriff
Windows
Leon Costume: Noir
Windows
Original Ver. Soundtrack Swap
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\re2_config.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/883710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\883710\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/883710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Display settings
Display settings
Display settings
Display settings

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Disable vignette

Resident Evil 2 has a very strong vignette. While some may feel being unable to see the left and right sides of the screen adds to the horror, others may feel it is annoyingly dark and like looking through a telescope. This is the game with vignette on and this is vignette off.
Use helifax's fix to disable vignette[3]
Causes visual bugs in the Main Menu and possibly in game as well.[citation needed]

Input settings

Control settings
Control settings
Camera settings
Camera settings

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Audio settings

Sound settings
Sound settings
Language settings
Language settings

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Localizations

In-game voice and text can be changed to separate supported languages.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Game becomes too dark/bright at times

Sometimes, the game may become very dark, such as when standing near the stairs in the main hall, or even simply exploring the RPD. Then at other times, it may become too bright.
Various fixes[4]
  • Try installing latest video drivers.
  • Lower the image quality, such as from 100% to 50%.
  • Turn off Screen Space Reflections in options.
  • Cap the framerate at 30 or 60, not Variable.
  • Try changing around windowed/fullscreen/borderless fullscreen mode.
  • Disable anything with "shadow" in options (Shadow Cache, Contact Shadows).
  • Try changing from Directx 12 back to 11.
  • Try increasing the texture quality to use 2GB or more of VRAM. It is set to 0.5GB by default.

Note:

Some potential fixes, specifically setting Shadow Cache to off, will have a negative impact on performance.[2]
(NVIDIA users) Downgrade graphics drivers to version 399.24[citation needed]

Fatal Application Exit - renderdevicedx11.cpp error crash

This may occur when the helicopter comes.[5]

No known solution.

Knife damage tied to frame rate

The survival knife does variable damage based on the current frame rate.[6]

No known fix.

Graphics menu displays incorrect amount of VRAM

The game can display an incorrect amount of VRAM for you GPU in the graphics menu.[7][8]

Does not affect performance or available graphics options.

Issues fixed

Game fails to launch (ASUS motherboard users)

Uninstall the Sonic suite of applications[9]

Main hall computer freeze

The computer in the main hall may cause the game to either freeze or cause the screen to become grey, making it unplayable.
Change DirectX from 11 to 12[10]

Notes

This will result in lower overall framerates.[11]

Mouse/keyboard stops working

The mouse and keyboard may stop responding if you Alt+Tab ↹ out or after a cutscene ends.
Open the Steam Overlay with ⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ and close it[12]
Plug in, then unplug a controller[13]

Cutscene playback issues

The game relies on the presence of Windows Media Player and its codec.
Install the Media Feature Pack for your version of Windows[14]

Notes:

Windows 8/8.1/10 Media Feature Pack downloads
Windows 7 Media Feature Pack download
Ensure any Media Feature Pack alternatives are not running under Windows Media Foundation.[14]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4460
AMD FX-6300		 Intel Core i7-3770
AMD FX-9590
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 26 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon R7 260X
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 480
3 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

  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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ Resident Evil 2 Remake: Complete PC Analysis + Xbox One X Comparison! - last accessed on 2019-01-29
    "[starting at timestamp 3:46] ...Then you have the general issues of color-correction and black levels. And [sic] in spite of what you may read online and elsewhere, the game really does not want you to have pitch-dark blacks in most scenes."
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Resident Evil 2 Remake: Complete PC Analysis + Xbox One X Comparison! - last accessed on 2019-01-29
    "[starting at timestamp 7:55] Here, I can only recommend leaving Shadow Caching on, as turning it off can result in a 25% performance loss with no visual gain."
  3. ↑ [www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=174396#p174396 WSGF - Wrong FOV: RESIDENT EVIL 2 / BIOHAZARD RE:2 2019] - last accessed on 2019-02-04
    "What it does: [Surround/Eyefinity] - Centres the UI for Surround/Eyefinity users (Monitor count >=2) - Removes the Cinematic Black borders in Surround/Eyefinity. - Videos and Concept Art and etc confined to the centre screen. - Swap between centred UI and default UI by pressing F11 (is enabled by default). [All Resolutions] - Tweaks the Vignette so is not visible. (Just removing it, creates a colour inversion bug). - Removes the Blackbars in cinematics. (I believe it should work at 21:9 aspect ratios as well). What it doesn't do: - It doesn't change the UI at 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, 21:9 resolutions. - It doesn't change the Rendering Viewport. Meaning, if you get black bars at 16:10 or 4:3 aspect ratios, you still get them! The whole game was made for 16:9 based resolutions."
  4. ↑ Steam Community Discussion - brightness bugs - last accessed on 2019-02-03
  5. ↑ Steam Community Discussion - Fatal Application Exit - last accessed on 2019-02-03
  6. ↑ Reddit /r/ResidentEvil - (RE2) PSA: Knife Damage is directly tied to frame rate. High frame rate=more damage - last accessed on 2019-01-30
  7. ↑ Steam Community Discussion - Game say's I have 0.00 gb in the graphics settings - last accessed on 2019-01-31
  8. ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-01-31
    In my case, the graphics menu states I have 0.15GB of memory.
  9. ↑ Steam Community Discussion - The game does not launch on windows 10, just like Resident Evil 7 - WTF CAPCOM - last accessed on 2019-01-29
  10. ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-02-03
  11. ↑ Resident Evil 2 Remake: Complete PC Analysis + Xbox One X Comparison! - last accessed on 2019-01-29
    "[starting at timestamp 2:28]...But first, let's get some basics out of the way. The game's performance profile on PC and its visuals are 99% that which we saw in the demo. That's both great since the demo showed how blisteringly-fast the RE Engine can be, and it's also bad because of the problems held over from the demo [DX12 performs worse than DX11]."
  12. ↑ Steam Community Discussion - Shift+Tab locks movement - last accessed on 2019-01-31
    "have u tried changing the steam hotkeys to brinup steam ui? i have mine set to + key on numpad and i my son run into the issue so he now using same keybinding and not had the issue since"
  13. ↑ Steam Community Discussion - Random no mouse support... - last accessed on 2019-02-03
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Steam Community News - Getting around video playback issues in-game - last accessed on 2019-01-28