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Revision as of 00:33, 30 November 2015

Sonic Adventure 2
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Developers
Sonic Team USA
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows November 9, 2012
Sonic Adventure 2 on Wikipedia
Sonic the Hedgehog fangames (series)
Sonic CD 1995
Sonic's Schoolhouse 1996
Sonic 3D Blast (series)
Sonic & Knuckles Collection 1997
Sonic R (series)
Sonic Adventure (series)
Sonic Heroes 2004
Sonic Mega Collection Plus 2006
Sonic Riders 2006
Sonic Racing (series)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2010
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 2010
Sonic Spinball 2010
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 2011
Sonic 3 & Knuckles 2011
Sonic Generations 2011
Sonic CD (2012) 2012
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I 2012
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II 2012
Sonic Dash 2014
Sonic Lost World 2015
Sonic Mania 2017
Sonic Forces 2017
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mobile Decompilation) 2021
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mobile Decompilation) 2021
Sonic Colors: Ultimate 2021
Sonic Origins 2022
Sonic Frontiers 2022
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 2023
Sonic Superstars 2023
Sonic Dream Team 2023
Sonic X Shadow Generations 2024

Key points

The most definitive version of the game so far.[citation needed]
A few cutscenes are kept in 4:3 aspect ratio.
Game physics and speed are tied around 60 FPS, meaning slowdowns on lower end machines and speedups with high refresh rate monitors.
Many features/unlocks possible on the GameCube version (such as Golden Chao Eggs, Chao Karate/Races with multiple gardens, etc.) have been removed.
Chao Karate and 2P Battle Modes are locked behind a separate DLC purchase.

General information

Official developer site
Sonic News Network - A massive wiki for the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Publisher website
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Windows
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Unlocks Chao Karate and 2P Battle Maps
Windows

Essential improvements

Bypass launcher

By default launcher is opened before game. This is mostly unnecessary if you already have set everything up and requires mouse which makes playing with controller a mess.
You can also try replacing the launcher.exe with sonic2app.exe, however this method has some severe problems when also using Nvidia Control Panel/Nvidia Inspector, as Launcher.exe is a common filename already assigned to other profiles.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/213610/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/213610/pfx/[Note 1]
Chao Garden is saved to the file SONIC2B__ALF
Game progression is saved to numbered SONIC2B__S## files; one file per slot.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In game general settings. Options clockwise starting from the bottom: Vibration, Save/Load, Erase save, main menu theme, speech language and Stereo/Mono.
In game general settings. Options clockwise starting from the bottom: Vibration, Save/Load, Erase save, main menu theme, speech language and Stereo/Mono.
Launcher general settings.
Launcher general settings.

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Input settings

Launcher control settings.
Launcher control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Overall game language is selected from launcher, speech language is selected from in game settings.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
French
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Other player can use keyboard or controller if enabled in the config file. "Battle" DLC adds 21 battle maps to multiplayer.
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Game freezing for few seconds randomly

For some reason the game simply freezes for a few seconds but it's still possible to hear music and noises. Sometimes turns screen to black.

Potentially linked to thread optimization being lacklustre for i7 cores. Tested on four different builds: Two builds with i7 cores: One with the intel core-i7 4790 and the intel core-i7 4790K, and two intel core-i5 builds, with fewer cores and threads. Both i7's have 4 CPU cores and 8 threads, both i7's get black screen and freezing with noises still being active. The issue is not present on the i5-processors with fewer cores and threads during testing. (Turning off CPU cores by setting the affinity to a lower amount does not fix the issue).

According to Sega Customer Support, it is an issue with the GPU itself, the GPU drivers or DirectX that is coursing this issue.

Issues fixed

Sound Effects are too loud

Instructions

Instructions
Instructions

Launcher crashes when trying to start the game, No resolution options available

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 3.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
ATI Radeon HD 3650
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible sound card

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/213610/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (213610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References