Difference between revisions of "Silent Hill 3"

Revision as of 07:16, 4 August 2016

Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut	2002
Silent Hill 3	2003
Silent Hill 4: The Room	2004
Silent Hill: Homecoming	2008
Silent Hill 2	2024

Key points

The PC version adds improved flashlight lighting and the ability to save at any time during the game.

Only the PC version takes advantage of video texturing.

It is highly recommended to set the Brightness Level in-game to 5 to get the most contrast. Brightness Level 6 and 7 overexposure the white level, while 4 and below are unnecessarily dim.

Heather has a pixelated real-time shadow. See Issues fixed for a solution.

Low resolution Depth of Field effect. See Issues fixed for a solution.

FPS may fluctuate between 30 FPS and 60 FPS. See Issues fixed for a solution.

Only supports DirectInput for controllers and default bindings are awkward. Controls should be adjusted.

14 of Heather's outfits in the PlayStation 2 version are removed.

General information

Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series

Silent Hill Memories - Informative site

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com

The North American physical release had 5 CDs, while the European PC physical release features just one DVD. The European version requires a disc check each time you want to play.

Essential improvements

Sh3proxy

sh3proxy is a d3d8 wrapper for Silent Hill 3.

Setting arbitrary video mode without conflict with the game's settings
Setting arbitrary horizontal FOV (field-of-view) angle
The engine no longer relies on resource paths in Windows registry
Silent Hill 2 references can be unlocked without having to complete the game
Safe mode warnings are disabled
Fixes white border around game window on Windows
Disabling Depth of Field effect
Disabling black borders during cutscenes
Setting arbitrary shadow resolution

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location

Video settings

Silent Hill 3 with corrected FoV

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Japanese

Issues unresolved

Silent Hill 3 is usually considered the best PC port out of the Silent Hill PlayStation 2 releases. Still, it is not a perfect port by any means.

If using anti aliasing (MSAA, at least), Depth of Field effect becomes corrupted (halos around objects).
Rendering resolution (usually found under Inventory > Options > Configuration) is actually internal framebuffer resolution. Use it to match your display resolution.
By default, the game creates savegames in its own folder. This can cause issues for users with non-elevated privileges. The workaround is to change the default save location by modifying the registry.

Issues fixed

Windows 10 white border

Instructions

Frame rate jitter

Instructions

Low resolution Depth of Field effect

Instructions

Instructions

Increase shadow map resolution

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III or Athlon 1GHz	Pentium 4 or Athlon 1.4GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4.7 GB	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce3 Ti Radeon 8500	GeForce4 Ti GeForce FX
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible sound card

References

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 ==Essential improvements==
-===Unlock Silent Hill 2 references===
+===Sh3proxy===
-{{Fixbox|1=
+sh3proxy is a d3d8 wrapper for Silent Hill 3.
-{{Fixbox/fix|Use wrapper|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
-# Install [https://github.com/07151129/sh3proxy sh3proxy].
-# Start a new game.
-}}
-{{Fixbox|1=
+* Setting arbitrary video mode without conflict with the game's settings
-{{Fixbox/fix|Make necessary changes|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
+* Setting arbitrary horizontal FOV (field-of-view) angle
-# Copy the completed [[Silent Hill 2]] save to <code>savedata</code> in the Silent Hill 3 installation folder.
+* The engine no longer relies on resource paths in Windows registry
-# Go to <code>{{p|hklm}}\SOFTWARE\Konami</code>
+* Silent Hill 2 references can be unlocked without having to complete the game
-# Right click on that Konami folder on the left and choose New -> Key. A new folder will appear below Konami, name it <code>Silent Hill2</code> (make sure there is no space between "Hill" and "2")
+* Safe mode warnings are disabled
-# In that new "Silent Hill2" folder you created in the registry, you must add an additional key named "INSTALLDIR" . To add it, in the "Silent Hill2" folder you created right click on the right side of the screen, then choose New -> String value, and name it "INSTALLDIR" (again, without quotation marks).
+* Fixes white border around game window on Windows
-# Then right click on it, choose Modify.
+* Disabling Depth of Field effect
-# Enter <code>C:\Program Files\KONAMI\Silent Hill2</code> (replace with your installation folder if different).
+* Disabling black borders during cutscenes
-}}
+* Setting arbitrary shadow resolution
 ==Game data==

Developers

	Team Silent
Publishers
	Konami
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 2003