Shadow Warrior 2

Shadow Warrior 2

Developers
	Flying Wild Hog
Publishers
	Devolver Digital
Engines
	Road Hog Engine
Release dates
Windows	October 13, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	77
IGDB	78

Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior (1997)	1997
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux	2013
Shadow Warrior (2013)	2013
Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior	2013
Shadow Warrior 2	2016
Shadow Warrior 3	2021

Key points

GOG.com and Steam players can play multiplayer together.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Gamesplanet
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition contains Solid Gold Pack DLC, the game soundtrack and a digital artbook.

The Microsoft Store version does not offer multiplayer.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Alienware DLC	Free. Use steam://install/522332 to install.
Bounty Hunt DLC Part 1	Free
Bounty Hunt DLC Part 2	Free
PAX West DLC	Free. Use steam://install/522330 to install.
Quakecon DLC	Free. Use steam://install/508970 to install.
Solid Gold Pack	Included with Shadow Warrior 2 Deluxe
The Way of the Wang	Free

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the -novideos command line argument

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\profiles\<user-id>\config.cfg
Microsoft Store	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\profiles\<user-id>\config.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324800/pfx/

Photo Mode screenshots are stored in %USERPROFILE%\Screenshot\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\profiles\
Microsoft Store	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\profiles\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324800/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

Display and graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		50-100 vertical; see also Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Window can be freely resized to any resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA, up to 4x SSAA via Resolution Scale setting.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		To lock the frame rate, see Frame rate (FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Adjusting the Viewmodel FOV (default 50).

This may cause weapon textures to load slowly.

Autoexec.cfg
Create autoexec.cfg in <path-to-game>\ if it's not present already. Add line r_weapon_fov X where X is the desired value.

Command line argument
Use r_weapon_fov X command line argument where X is the desired value.

Console command
Press Ctrl+~ and enter r_weapon_fov X where X is the desired value.

Frame rate (FPS)

FPS Cap
Create autoexec.cfg in <path-to-game>\ if it's not present already. Add line r_max_fps X where X is the maximum framerate you want to lock on.

Disable lens dirt

Post process lens dirt toggle
Open the console (Ctrl+~). Type in pp_lens_dirt_enable 0. Type in pp_lens_flare_enable 0 if certain effects look buggy.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		In order to see options, must have controller plugged in and active before launching.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Choose between default and left handed layout.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Rapidly changes button prompts.

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  Mouse and keyboard settings

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  Controller layout settings

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  Controller layout settings when using a DualShock 4 controller

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  Controller layout settings when using an Xbox controller

Audio settings

Audio settings

Game settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish				"Fortune cookies" are only in English.

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		4	Co-op

Issues unresolved

"A Delicate Subject" mission is stuck on 3/4 Demonic Rods

If this happens you have to quit to the main menu and then resume the game again for the last object to spawn.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	FMOD Ex

Enable AlienFX

Use the -alienfx command line argument

Disable Razer Chroma

Use the -nochroma command line argument

Console

The console can be toggled with Ctrl+~. For a full list of commands, see Shadow Warrior 2: PC Console Commands Guide.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-6300 3.8 GHz AMD A10-5800K 3.8 GHz	Intel Core i5-5675C 3.1 GHz AMD A10-7850K 3.7 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	14 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon HD 7970 AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB of VRAM
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.