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Serious Sam 2

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Revision as of 12:45, 15 March 2014 by Eleventeen (talk | contribs) (→‎Input settings: sensitivity in the options menu actually refers to mouse sensitivity, so not relevant here.)
Serious Sam 2
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Developers
Croteam
Publishers
2K Games
Devolver Digital
Engines
Serious Engine 2
Release dates
Windows October 11, 2005
Serious Sam 2 on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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General information

Serious Sam Wiki
Seriously! Forums
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Serious Sam II Patch 2.070

Do not install this if you have the German version as it can cause various problems.

Console commands

Open the console, by default, with the ~ key
  • sam_iEnableCheats=1 - Enable Cheats
    • Press ESC and F1 to open the cheats window
  • hud_bShowPing = 1
  • hud_iShowBandwidth = 1
  • hud_bShowCrosshair = 1
  • sam_ctMaxDebris = 20
  • sam_bEnableRagdollDeaths = 0
  • prf_bShowFPS = 1
  • net_strConnectPassword = "password" - used to access password protected multiplayer games

Unofficial Linux installer

flibitijibibo has made an unofficial installer that simplifies installation of the game on Linux. If you own the game, download the installer at http://www.flibitijibibo.com/fedora/installers/flibitSam2_2070b.tar.gz.

Running the game in Linux

To run the game, just run serioussam2.exe in the installation folder. You may have to chmod +x it first.

Serious Editor

To run the editor, just run serioussam2.exe in the installation folder. You may have to chmod +x it first.

Getting audio to work

To get audio working, move to the root of the Serious Sam 2 installation and make a symlink to your 32-bit libopenal.so. For Fedora, it looks like

ln -s /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 libopenal.so.0

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204340/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204340/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game general control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
16
Online play
16 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Dedicated

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 25600-25616
UDP 25600-25616
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium IV 2 GHz or Pentium M 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 3
ATi Radeon 8500
S3 DeltaChrome
XGI Volari
DirectX 8 compatible


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