Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
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For the updated HD version, see Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter.
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| Developers | |
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| Croteam | |
| Publishers | |
| Gathering of Developers | |
| Devolver Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Serious Engine 1 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 5, 2002 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Asia, Eastern Europe, Fantasy, North America, Sci-fi |
| Series | Serious Sam |
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Warnings
Key points
- Engine was made open source in 2016.[1]
General information
- Official game series site
- Serious Sam Wiki
- Seriously! Forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Steam | |
Renamed as "Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter". | |
Essential improvements
- The game seems to choose the lowest screen refresh rate available to the monitor. In order to change the screen refresh rate, press ~ (or the key above Tab) to open the console, enter the line:
gap_iRefreshRate=60(or whatever refresh rate you want) then restart the game.
Game data
In-game player settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Scripts[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SaveGame[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
In-game general rendering settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | None, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Labeled as "Wait vertical retrace". | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Widescreen resolution
This is what happens if you don't disable widescreen when setting a custom resolution in Serious Sam: The First Encounter.
| Custom resolution[citation needed] |
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1) Run game at least once. 2) Go to 3) Open 4) Locate lines persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeI=(INDEX)XXX; persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeJ=(INDEX)YYY; 5) Change XXX and YYY to your preferred resolution. |
Field of view (FOV)
| Field of view (FOV)[citation needed] |
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Input
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game axis settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX 2.0 reverb; no DirectSound3D support. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Polish | Retail release, download | |||
| Russian | Retail release, download |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus Split-screen. |
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| LAN play | 16 | Co-op, Versus |
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| Online play | 16 | Co-op, Versus Co-op supports 4 players. To play online with non-Steam versions apply the Master Server Patch. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 25600 - 25616 |
| UDP | 25600 - 25616 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8 | |
| OpenGL | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | DirectSound | |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2, NT 4.0 SP5 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II or Celeron-A 300 MHz AMD K6-3 400 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 650 MHz AMD Athlon 650 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | 450 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/41060/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (41060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Serious Sam’s Serious Engine source code released - Croteam - Croteam
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16