Difference between revisions of "Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2"

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper: Art of Victory	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2	2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	2021

General information

Official website

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate

GOG.com		Single-player only. Includes Siberian Strike and Digital Extras DLC.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
itch.io
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Digital Extras
World Hunter Pack
Siberian Strike

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable company logos^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Game\_FastLoad\`. Rename/move/delete `IntroMovies.pak`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34870/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Game data files (.pak files) are ordinary ZIP archives and can be extracted and modified.

There are many .cfg files within .pak files with configuration variables. You can experiment with different setting by placing these cvars in config.cfg or autoexec.cfg file.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\SniperGhostWarrior2
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34870/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Basic settings.

Advanced settings.

Template:Video settings

Crossfire

Use the Crysis2 crossfire profile.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Field of view^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>
Open system.cfg
Add these lines and change xx for your desired FoV value:

cl_fov = xx
r_drawnearfov = xx
pl_movement.power_sprint_targetfov = xx

Disable motion blur

Disable motion blur^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Open `autoexec.cfg`. Create it if necessary. Add line `r_MotionBlur = 0` and save.

Disable SSAO

This will disable screen space ambient occlusion effect (shadows around object) and gain 20% frame rate boost.

Disable SSAO^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Open `autoexec.cfg`. Create it if necessary. Add line `r_SSAO = 0` and save.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Issues fixed

Errors at launch

Some users have reported that having ASCII characters in your Steam nickname will cause errors at launch.

Change your nickname to one with basic characters only^[1]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

CryEngine 3 may set the monitor's refresh rate to the lowest supported refresh rate, resulting in choppy gameplay even if the internal GPU render shows a high FPS.

Override refresh rate set by game^[2]
Download 3Dmigoto. Copy the files in the `x32` folder to `<path-to-game>\Bin32\`. Open `d3dx.ini`. Change `;refresh_rate=60` to the desired value, and remove the semicolon (e.g. `refresh_rate=144`). Change `hunting=1` to `;hunting=1` by adding a semicolon. Save the changes and close the file.

Play the game in DirectX 9^[2]

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, see here.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play		12

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 2 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom X4
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT AMD Radeon 3850 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD 6850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ 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
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (34870) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 :: Steam General Discussions :: "Invalid parameter detected in CRT function" WHAT IS THIS?
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2020-04-29

[gamedir-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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (34870) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (34870) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 :: Steam General Discussions :: "Invalid parameter detected in CRT function" WHAT IS THIS?

[Keith-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2020-04-29

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 108: / Line 108: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = true
+|vsync                      = hackable
-|vsync notes                =
+|vsync notes                = In-game Vsync seems broken; see [[Glossary:Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]] for workarounds.
 |60 fps                     = true
-|60 fps notes               = Game may set refresh rate to 24fps. See [[#Framerate locked to 24 FPS|Framerate locked to 24 FPS]].
+|60 fps notes               = Game may set refresh rate to 24&nbsp;Hz. See [[#Run the game at screen refresh rate|Run the game at screen refresh rate]].
 |120 fps                    = true
 |120 fps notes              =
@@ Line 298: / Line 298: @@
 }}
-===Framerate locked to 24 FPS===
+===Run the game at screen refresh rate===
-{{ii}} CryEngine 3 may set the monitor's refresh rate to 24hz, resulting in choppy gameplay even if the internal GPU render shows a high FPS.
+{{ii}} CryEngine 3 may set the monitor's refresh rate to the lowest supported refresh rate, resulting in choppy gameplay even if the internal GPU render shows a high FPS.
-{{Fixbox|description=Use your monitor's manual refresh rate toggle to reset it to the desired FPS or try to change few things in system.cfg. Change part DX9 to DX11 and part fullscreen to 0. If you are running game in 1920:1080 or another than 1280:720 change the part about it in this config file.|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/34870/discussions/0/1319962244124146228/ Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 :: Steam General Discussions :: 24 FPS?!]</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Override refresh rate set by game|ref=<ref name="Keith">{{Refcheck|user=Keith|date=2020-04-29|comment=}}</ref>|fix=
+# Download [https://github.com/bo3b/3Dmigoto/releases 3Dmigoto].
+# Copy the files in the <code>x32</code> folder to <code>{{p|game}}\Bin32\</code>.
+# Open <code>d3dx.ini</code>.
+# Change <code>;refresh_rate=60</code> to the desired value, and remove the semicolon (e.g. <code>refresh_rate=144</code>).
+# Change <code>hunting=1</code> to <code>;hunting=1</code> by adding a semicolon.
+# Save the changes and close the file.
+}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Play the game in DirectX 9|ref=<ref name="Keith"/>|fix=
 }}

Developers

	City Interactive
Engines
	CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 12, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	52
IGDB	67