Manhunt 2

Manhunt 2

Developers
	Rockstar London
	Rockstar Vienna
	Rockstar North
Windows	Rockstar Toronto
Publishers
	Rockstar Games
Russia	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	Rockstar Leeds 3D Engine
Release dates
Windows	November 6, 2009
Reception
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Survival horror, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Horror
Series	Manhunt

Manhunt
Manhunt	2004
Manhunt 2	2009

Manhunt 2 is a singleplayer third-person action, shooter, survival horror and TPS game in the Manhunt series.

The PC version is uncut and uncensored.

General information

Dixmor Hospital Forum

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM.
Retail		Russian release.
Amazon.com (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM

This game is no longer available digitally.

Essential improvements

Manhunt2.PluginMH2

Raises default 30 FPS cap to 60, skips intro video and legal screen and fixes disappearing decals (like brain bits, bullets and arrows) as soon as they hit the ground. All these enhancements are on by default.

Setting certain values to true in PluginMH2.ini allows users to enable many other enhancements: restore rats/cockroaches, disable exploding headshots for all weapons but snipers and shotguns, disable camera shake, unlock all 3 execution levels with firearms, disable execution camera, enable a first person mode and increase FOV.

After having set bFirstPersonMode to true in PluginMH2.ini, press T on the keyboard while in-game to activate first person mode.

mh2Patch

Allows the player for a proper Y-axis camera movement in 3rd person like in Manhunt 1 and fixes guns aiming-mode delay.

Also includes a fix for player blood decals not appearing with interactive executions off.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro video and legal screen through Manhunt2.PluginMH2 mod
By default bDisableLegalScreen in PluginMH2.ini is set to true, skipping both the legal screen as well as the intro video.

Delete or rename intro video files
Go to <path-to-game>\movies\. Delete or rename stinger.bik and stinger_wide.bik. Notes Does not skip the legal screen and thus only skips the intro video.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockstar Games\Manhunt 2\settings

Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockstar Games\Manhunt 2\savegames

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use RoseTheFlower's solution.
Multi-monitor			Use RoseTheFlower's solution.
Ultra-widescreen			Use RoseTheFlower's solution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV) or use RoseTheFlower's solution.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default, can be forced off.
60 FPS		Capped at 30 FPS. See High frame rate for raising this cap to 60.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Use launch parameter
Use the -windowed command line argument. Notes Use -fullscreen to return to fullscreen.

High frame rate

Use Manhunt2.PluginMH2 to set 60 fps cap
Notes Raises 30 FPS cap to 60. Sped up animations.[citation needed]

Field of view (FOV)

Use Manhunt2.PluginMH2 mod to change FOV
Notes fFOVFactor value (by default set to 0.0) in the mod's PluginMH2.ini can be changed to adjust the FOV. Values can range from 0.01 to approximately 2.0, where smaller values result in widening the FOV.

Anti-aliasing & ambient occlusion

Adds a strong form of AA and HBAO+.

Nvidia GPUs only
Download Nvidia Profile Inspector. Create a profile for the game. Use 0x00000040 for AA, 0x0000002C for AO. Set AA Mode to Override any application setting, AA Setting to 8xQ and AA Transparency Supersampling to 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling. Set AO Setting to 'Quality' and AO Usage to 'Enabled'. Apply the changes.

Input

Controls menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only 2 preset layouts.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Can configure X and Y axis independently.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

May have audio popping with sound set to 192000 Hz, the fix for this is to simply set the audio settings in Windows to 48000 Hz.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Fullscreen mode only.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Newer Direct2Drive versions included French, German, Italian and Spanish. For different releases use this.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation, download.
French
German
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Spanish				Fan translation, download.
Ukrainian				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Some resolutions are limited to 100 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate
Download Special K. Copy SpecialK32.dll to <path-to-game>. Rename SpecialK32.dll to d3d9.dll. Start the game and exit. Open d3d9.ini in <path-to-game>. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	2.0b

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD Ex	4.8.5
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.8w

Mods

Extended Executions

Restores all PlayStation 2 beta executions and adds some new ones.

Includes both interactive and non interactive executions, read the READ ME!.txt included in the file for more information.

Not compatible with Definitive weapon placements mod.

Extended Executions: Re-Delivered

A remake of the original Extended Executions mod, aiming to add the new content from the PSP prototype and fix oversights.

Compatible with Definitive Weapon Placements mod.

Introduces minor bugs, refer to the Read Me!.txt included for more information.

Definitive weapon placements

Adds weapon placements from other versions.

Not compatible with the original Extended Executions mod.

Lost Environmental Executions - The Vending Machine

Restores the beta vending machine execution.

Enhanced Cutscenes

Enhances the cutscenes with higher quality, extended, and 60FPS support. Taken from various console versions of the game.

Does not use FMVs from the Wii version.

Wii version FMVs

It is not recommended to install this mod, kept here for archival purposes.

These FMVs are taken from the Wii version of the game, where the cutscenes have broken lighting and textures to gameplay and have plot inconsistencies like Leo not wearing his proper outfit during flashbacks. The only difference is that Daniel has varying levels of blood on him during cutscenes. Comparison video (Wii is on the bottom right)

Manhunt 2 Blood Overhaul

Adds more blood in the game.

No red filter

Removes the "red filter" present in executions without eliminating other effects.

Note: It is a common misconception that the red filter is intended for censorship. This is simply not true, the filter serves a similar purpose to the first game's Camera FX. Purely for stylistic purposes.

Static Camera

Removes camera "shake" from executions.

Includes "with, and without" red filter version.

Compatible with Extended Executions mod.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP1, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2600+
System memory (RAM)	512 MB (XP) 1 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6200 ATI Radeon X300 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0b support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible