Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
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For the updated HD version, see Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter.
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| Developers | |
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| Croteam | |
| Publishers | |
| Gathering of Developers | |
| Devolver Digital | |
| Russia | 1C Company |
| Engines | |
| Serious Engine 1 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 5, 2002 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 85 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, TPS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Asia, Eastern Europe, Fantasy, North America, Sci-fi |
| Series | Serious Sam |
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Warnings
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS, shooter and TPS game in the Serious Sam series.
General information
- Official game series site
- Seriously! Forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
US: Basic disc check EU: SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Steam | |
Renamed to Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. | |
Essential improvements
- The game seems to choose the lowest screen refresh rate available to the monitor. In order to change the screen refresh rate, press ~ (or the key above Tab) to open the console, enter the line:
gap_iRefreshRate=60(or whatever refresh rate you want) then restart the game.
Source ports
Serious Engine: Ray Traced
Real-time path tracing support for Serious Engine 1.10.
Serious Sam Classic: Vulkan
Vulkan Serious Engine port based on open source version.
Game data
In-game player settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Scripts[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SaveGame[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
In-game general rendering settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | None, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced through the GPU control panel. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Labeled as "Wait vertical retrace". | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Widescreen resolution
- Steam version supports 16:9 and 16:10 resolution from in-game video options. Non-standard resolutions still need to be edited manually and can't be selected in-game, but FOV does not need to be adjusted for Hor+ ultrawide gameplay. You can download the Steam executable here (click) and replace the original executable located in [game directory]/Bin instead of the method below to get access to widescreen resolutions in-game. Alternatively, download Steamify (ignore the text saying The First Encounter, the link says TSE, the text the tab shows also says TSE and the ReadMe.htm also says "The Second Encounter"), extract the archive and copy the SeriousSam.exe from the Bin directory and overwrite the executable in the game's Bin directory.
This is what happens if you don't disable widescreen when setting a custom resolution in Serious Sam: The First Encounter.
| Custom resolution[citation needed] |
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1) Run game at least once. 2) Go to 3) Open 4) Locate lines persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeI=(INDEX)XXX; persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeJ=(INDEX)YYY; 5) Change XXX and YYY to your preferred resolution. |
Field of view (FOV)
- Steam version has fixed widescreen FOV (and weapon FOV).
- FOV resets to 90 when holding the sniper rifle.
| Field of view (FOV)[citation needed] |
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Input
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game axis settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Tracked motion controllers | Supports the Essential Reality P5 with a patch.[3] | |
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| Button/gesture prompts |
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX 2.0 reverb; no DirectSound3D support. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Croatian | Fan translation, download | |||
| Italian | Retail release, download | |||
| Polish | Retail release, download Details | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Unofficial translation; download. | |||
| Russian | Retail release, download | |||
| Spanish | Retail release, download |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus Split-screen. |
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| LAN play | 16 | Co-op, Versus |
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| Online play | 16 | Co-op, Versus Co-op supports 4 players. To play online with non-Steam versions apply the Master Server Patch. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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| TCP | 25600 - 25616 |
| UDP | 25600 - 25616 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Text scaling
| Use dgVoodoo 2 and force borderless |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 8 | |
| OpenGL | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | [4] |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | DirectSound | |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2, NT 4.0 SP5 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II or Celeron-A 300 MHz AMD K6-3 400 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 650 MHz AMD Athlon 650 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | 450 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 256 or TNT2 Ultra PowerVR Kyro S3 Savage2000 3Dfx Voodoo3 ATI Rage128 Pro 32 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live | |
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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (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>/41060/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (41060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ LGR Oddware - Essential Reality P5 Glove - last accessed on 2021-07-06
- ↑ Serious Sam macOS Builds - last accessed on 4 December 2022