Red Faction II

Red Faction
Red Faction	2001
Red Faction II	2003
Red Faction: Guerrilla	2009
Red Faction: Armageddon	2011
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered	2018

Red Faction II is a singleplayer FPS game in the Red Faction series developed by Volition and published by THQ. The game features an enhanced version of the proprietary Geo-Mod destruction engine.

After its original PlayStation 2 release in late 2002, Red Faction II received a Windows port developed by Outrage Games that released on April 1, 2003.^[1]

The game was released digitally via Steam on August 6, 2009, and later GOG.com on February 10, 2014.^[2]^[3]

The PC version of Red Faction II lacks the split-screen multiplayer from the console versions.

General information

Red Faction Help - community help site for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		2 CDs. Disc check detects removal after launch.
Retail		Steam key provided for the Complete Collection.
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)
(unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest version is v1.01. Digital distributions are up-to-date.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\pc_media\Movies` Delete or rename `outrage-logo.bik`, `thq-v.bik` and `volition-logo.bik`

HD Music

Music pack that replaces the stock low quality mp3 files with higher quality mp3 files generated from high quality wav tracks extracted from the PS2 version.

The Beginning of a Journey Cutscenes

60 FPS versions of in-game cinematics (e.g. the campaign intro video).

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\rf2_config.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20550/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\profiles\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20550/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher general video settings.

Launcher advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched by default. Use Widescreen fixer.
Multi-monitor		Stretched by default. Use Widescreen fixer.
Ultra-widescreen		Stretched by default. Use Widescreen fixer.
4K Ultra HD		Stretched by default. Use Widescreen fixer.
Field of view (FOV)	Use Widescreen fixer.
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Use dgVoodoo 2 and choose between 2x-16x under "Texture Filtering".
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Use dgVoodoo 2 and choose between 2x-8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Set via launcher.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	High frame rates may cause script timing errors in cutscenes, but does not affect gameplay, 30 FPS in night vision mode and cutscenes.

Input

In-game general control settings.

In-game advanced control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		If enabled, hints display controller buttons if you use the keyboard/mouse.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Actions can not be bound to triggers on X360 controller.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio/video settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, music, voice
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		Subtitles exist in-game, but are never displayed.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Full pause on focus lost.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Russian				Unofficial translation, distributed via bootleg distributions (primarily within Russia).

Issues fixed

"Please insert the Red Faction II disc 1 into your CD-Rom drive"

Empty your disc drives^[4]
If you have no optical drive at all, create an empty virtual CD drive.

Game uses the wrong monitor

The game may pick the wrong monitor on a multi-monitor setup when a multi-monitor resolution is not used in-game.

Change Adapter_number in rf2_config.ini^[5]
Go to the installation folder. Open `rf2_config.ini`. Set `Adapter_number` to `0`. The game should now start on the correct monitor. Try different values if problems persist.

"At least 8MB of available video memory is required to run"

If running Red Faction II on a 64-bit system with more than 2GB of VRAM, the game may crash during launch.

Autopatcher^[6]

If you have the Steam version, download and install Missing Features Patch (Steam)
If you have the retail (disc) version, first update game to retail version v1.01, then download and install Missing Features Patch (Non-Steam)

Ensure you're using the right patch for your version of the game. The Steam version will not work for the retail version of the game, and vice versa.

Script timing errors in cutscenes

Use d3d8to9 Wrapper^{[citation needed]}
Download [1] d3d8to9. Copy D3D8.DLL to the game install directory. Enable Vsync in the Launcher Options Game and Set monitor on 60hz

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
Shader Model support	1.4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows^[7]
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD Athlon 500 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia RIVA TNT1 ATI Rage 128 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce ATI Radeon Matrox Parhelia 32 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 8.1 compatible
Other	8x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/20550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Red Faction II Ships - IGN - last accessed on 2023-05-30
↑ Steam Search - last accessed on 2023-10-20
↑ Release: Red Faction 2 - GOG.com (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-10-20
↑ RFII FAQ: Error "Please insert Red Faction II Disc 1" - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Steam Users' Forums - View Single Post - Red Faction II launching on wrong monitor (retrieved)
↑ RFII FAQ: Fix for "At least 8 MB of available video memory is required to run" - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Red Faction II (Windows) manual - last accessed on 2023-10-22

[gamedir-4] 1.0 ^1.1 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-5] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/20550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[release-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Red Faction II Ships - IGN - last accessed on 2023-05-30

[2] Steam Search - last accessed on 2023-10-20

[GOGrelease-3] Release: Red Faction 2 - GOG.com (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-10-20

[6] RFII FAQ: Error "Please insert Red Faction II Disc 1" - last accessed on May 2023

[7] Steam Users' Forums - View Single Post - Red Faction II launching on wrong monitor (retrieved)

[8] RFII FAQ: Fix for "At least 8 MB of available video memory is required to run" - last accessed on May 2023

[9] Red Faction II (Windows) manual - last accessed on 2023-10-22

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Developers

	Volition
Windows	Outrage Games
Publishers
2003-2013	THQ
2013-2020	THQ Nordic
2020-present	Deep Silver
Engines
	Geo-Mod
Release dates
Windows	April 1, 2003^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	64
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft, Robot, Tank
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi, Zombies
Series	Red Faction