Serious Sam 2
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| Developers | |
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| Croteam | |
| Maintenance | Alligator Pit |
| Publishers | |
| 2K Games | |
| Devolver Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Serious Engine 2 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 11, 2005 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 74 |
| IGDB | 78 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Shooter |
| Vehicles | Flight, Helicopter, Hovercraft |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Comedy, Sci-fi, Space |
| Series | Serious Sam |
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Warnings
Key points
- Steam version has been continually updated to fix bugs, add features for modern systems such as built-in widescreen and controller support, and also change the online multiplayer servers to Steamworks.[1][2]
General information
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SecuROM 7 DRM disc check | |
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| Amazon.com | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
- Serious Sam II Patch 2.070. Do not install this if you have the German version as it can cause various problems due to the game's copy protection.[3] The Steam version also doesn't need this patch as it's already updated past this.
Unofficial Linux installer[edit]
flibitijibibo has made an unofficial installer that simplifies installation of the game on Linux. If you own the game, download the installer at http://www.flibitijibibo.com/fedora/installers/flibitSam2_2070b.tar.gz.
Running the game in Linux[edit]
To run the game, just run serioussam2 in the installation folder. You may have to chmod +x it first.
Serious Editor[edit]
To run the editor, just run serioussam2-editor in the installation folder. You may have to chmod +x it first.
Getting audio to work[edit]
To get audio working, move to the root of the Serious Sam 2 installation and make a symlink to your 32-bit libopenal.so. For Fedora, it looks like
ln -s /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 libopenal.so.0
Game data[edit]
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Content\SeriousSam2\Sam2.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204340/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Content\SeriousSam2\PlayerProfiles\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204340/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings[edit]
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings (1/2).
In-game advanced video settings (2/2).
| 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 | Use Borderless Gaming. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA.[4] | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | Menu frame rate is capped at 33 FPS. | ||
| 120+ FPS | At high frame rates above 200fps physics and scripts break. Active vsync and set monitor on 60hz to fix. | ||
Widescreen resolution[edit]
- Steam version has fixed aspect ratio support.[5] Non-standard resolutions still need to be edited manually and can't be selected in-game, but aspect ratio or FOV do not need to be adjusted for Hor+ ultrawide gameplay.
| Fix widescreen support (Retail)[6] |
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Field of view (FOV)[edit]
- Steam version has fixed widescreen FOV (and weapon FOV).[5]
| Set custom FOV[6] |
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Input settings[edit]
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Goes by percentage. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | XInput support only available in the Steam version. | |
| Full controller support | Launch the game in Big Picture mode. | |
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | Uses the same sensitivity meter as mouse sensitivity. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse smoothing[edit]
| Fix mouse smoothing[7] |
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Audio settings[edit]
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 |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Italian | Only available in the retail release. | |||
| Russian | Retail version, download. | |||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Turkish | Fan translation, download. |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Coop & Unofficial mod. |
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| LAN play | 16 | Co-op, Versus 6 players max for Co-op. |
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| Online play | 16 | Co-op, Versus 6 players max for Co-op. 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 | Listed as "Specify server". |
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[edit]
Graphics problems or crashes[edit]
| Set OpenGL renderer[6] |
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Very low FPS when activating vsync in the game[edit]
| Use IndirectSound[8] |
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Physics and scripts that break preventing the game from continuing[edit]
- At high frame rates above 200fps physics and scripts break[9]
- Active vsync and set monitor on 60hz
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | |
| Shader Model support | 1.1, 2 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware[edit]
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | DirectSound, OpenAL | |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy, Steamworks |
Console commands[edit]
- Open the console (~ by default)
sam_iEnableCheats=1- Enable Cheats- Press Esc and F1 to open the cheats window
hud_bShowPing = 1hud_iShowBandwidth = 1hud_bShowCrosshair = 1sam_ctMaxDebris = 20sam_bEnableRagdollDeaths = 0prf_bShowFPS = 1net_strConnectPassword = "password"- used to access password protected multiplayer games
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP or 2000 | |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon XP 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
AMD Athlon 64 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 S3 DeltaChrome or XGI Volari DirectX 8.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon X850 DirectX 9.0 compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectSound compatible | DirectSound3D compatible with EAX 2.0+ |
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%\VirtualStoreon 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>/204340/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (204340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Steam official announcements
- ↑ Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Serious Sam 2 - Yeehaaa! Serious Sam 2 now uses Steamworks for online play!
- ↑ Serious Sam II Patch 2.070 Comments
- ↑ Serious Sam II : Screenshot Comparison
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Serious Sam 2
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Serious Sam II | WSGF
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Serious Sam 2 Config/Tweak guide
- ↑ Verified by User:Diegoelcapo1231 on 2020-11-1
- Installing IndirectSound fixed very low frame rate on Windows 7,8,10.
- ↑ [1]