Key points
- A straight conversion of the PlayStation version, with none of the enhancements of the Dreamcast port.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- GOG.com Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.2 is the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
Bink-support for SR1 (Video-Patch)
- A fan-made patch for the retail version that makes it playable on modern versions of Windows, replaces RPL video files with higher quality BINK video files and removes SafeDisk. Not required for digital distribution versions.
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Instructions
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- Install the game.
- Copy all RPL video files from the CD to the game directory.
- Right-click on the RPL video files and select Properties.
- Uncheck Read-only, then click Apply and OK.
- Download and install Bink-support for SR1 (Video-Patch).
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- Improves compatibility with modern versions of Windows, fixes various bugs, adds new sound engine and subtitles, removes SafeDisk, unlocks 60 FPS, native support of all gamepads and mouse, support of vibration for XInput gamepads, widescreen support, in-game map and in-game achievements, fix for storing/loading current level for the saves, additional menu items, "New Game+" to start with already solved puzzles and the possibility to skip intro movies.
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Instructions
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- Download Wrace's SR1 Patch ("Links & installation" section).
- Extract all files to the game directory by overwriting existing files.
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Skip intro videos
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Delete, rename or remove video files
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- Go to
<path-to-game>.
- Delete or rename
crylogo.bik and publogo.bik.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- This fix causes the disappearance of the textures at the sides of the screen, which becomes progressively worse with wider aspect ratios.
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Hor+ widescreen support[3]
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- Open
kain2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Press Ctrl+F and change the Datatype option to Hex-Values.
- Type
0000203F in the text field.
- Replace the
0000203F value with:
ABAA2A3F to set 5:4 aspect ratio8988083F to set 25:16 aspect ratio5555053F to set 16:10 aspect ratio0000003F to set 15:9 aspect ratio0000F03E to set 16:9 aspect ratio0000B43E to set 21:9 aspect ratio
- Save the changes.
- Download dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe, dgVoodoo.conf and the contents of the MS folder to the game directory.
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe and click .\ to set the game directory as config folder.
- Go to the DirectX tab and set the desired resolution.
- Uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark.
- Click Apply and OK.
- Set any 4:3 resolution in the game settings.
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Use D3DWindower
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- Run D3DWindower as administrator.
- Click on Add Program and add
kain2.exe to the list.
- Select the game and click on Program options.
- Under the Common tab, Tick Use Windowed Mode.
- In the DLL field, click ... and add
D3dHook.dll from the source folder.
- Click OK, then right-click on the added game and select
Run (R).
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Input
Audio
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Use Wrace's SR1 Patch |
| French |
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Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital releases here. |
| German |
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Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital releases here. |
| Hungarian |
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Use Wrace's SR1 Patch |
| Italian |
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Retail only. Download. |
| Japanese |
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Retail only |
| Brazilian Portuguese |
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Retail only (GreenLeaf). Download. |
| Polish |
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Fan translation. Can be downloaded here. |
| Russian |
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Use Wrace's SR1 Patch |
| Spanish |
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Retail only. Download. |
VR support
Issues fixed
Crash when the game starts
Crashes with resolutions larger than 640x480
Raziel runs in circles if a gamepad is connected
Hardware acceleration not available for AMD GPUs
Go to the game directory and delete atiumdag.dll
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Crashes when reaching Melchiah gates after loading a game
- After doing all the puzzles before Melchiah, if you load the game again and try to reach the gates before the boss battle, it'll crash.
Audio issues
- On modern computers, audio may have issues such as dialogues skipping at certain points.
Other information
API
| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
95, 98 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 200 MHz
| Intel Pentium 266 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
320 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 6 compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for 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>/224920/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (224920) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
- ↑ 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).
References
