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Shadow Warrior 2

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Shadow Warrior 2
Shadow Warrior 2 cover
Developers
Flying Wild Hog
Publishers
Devolver Digital
Engines
Road Hog Engine
Release dates
Windows October 13, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 78
OpenCritic 77
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, FPS, Shooter
Themes Asia, Fantasy, Cyberpunk
Series Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior 2 on HowLongToBeat
Shadow Warrior 2 on IGDB
Shadow Warrior 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Shadow Warrior 2 on MobyGames
Shadow Warrior 2 on Wikipedia
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Shadow Warrior 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Shadow Warrior series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition contains the base game, the Solid Gold Pack DLC, the game soundtrack and a digital artbook.
The Microsoft Store version does not offer multiplayer.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

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

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/[Note 1]
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/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Display and graphics 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 Weapon 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)

Weapon FOV

Since the in-game FOV setting doesn't adjust weapon FOV, you can end up with huge looking weapons. Try the following fixes to correct this:

Default Viewmodel FOV is 50.
Changing this cause weapon textures to load slowly.
This is no perfect solution and can look bugged.[1]
Autoexec.cfg[2]
  1. Create autoexec.cfg in <path-to-game> if not present already.
  2. Add line r_weapon_fov X where X is the desired value.
Command line argument[3]

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

Console command[3]
  1. Press Ctrl+~ and enter r_weapon_fov X where X is the desired value.

Frame rate (FPS)

FPS Cap
  1. Create autoexec.cfg in <path-to-game> if not present already.
  2. 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[4]
  1. Open the console (Ctrl+~).
  2. Type in pp_lens_dirt_enable 0.
  3. Type in pp_lens_flare_enable 0 if certain effects look buggy.

Permanent corpses and debris

Edit config file[5][6]
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\profiles\<user-id>\config.cfg
  2. At the bottom, add the line r_dissolve_time "2000" (or another high number) and save.
  3. Make the file read-only (right-click -> Properties).
Very high settings might slow performance down.
Read-only has to be removed if you want to change further settings from the main menu.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
[7]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Vertical sensitivity is higher than horizontal while aiming down sights.[8]
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 preset layouts.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Dark Blue[9]
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Rapidly changes button prompts.

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings
Game settings
Game settings

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

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op
Cross-play between Steam and GOG.com releases is enabled.

VR support

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

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.[10][11]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11 [7]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio FMOD Ex

Enable AlienFX

Use the -alienfx command line argument[2]

Disable Razer Chroma

Use the -nochroma command line argument[2]

Console

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-6300 3.8 GHz
AMD A10-5800K 3.8 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
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/324800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (324800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Reddit - last accessed on May 2023
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Patch 1.1.3.0 is live! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Shadow Warrior 2 - last accessed on 2016-10-22
  3. 3.0 3.1 PSA: Viewmodel FOV CAN Be Changed In Shadow Warrior 2 - last accessed on 2016-10-22
  4. Shadow Warrior 2: PC Console Commands Guide - last accessed on May 2023
  5. Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
  6. http://www.online-games-shop.de/board/games/93622-shadow-warrior-2-gore-cheats/#post273528
  7. 7.0 7.1 PC Optimization : A Friendly Compilation :: Shadow Warrior 2 General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-10-05
  8. FOV based mouse sens and vertical sens - last accessed on 2016-10-18
  9. Verified by User:Mine18 on 2022-12-21
    Tested on GOG version.
  10. A delicate subject :: Shadow Warrior 2 General Discussions - last accessed on 2018-08-09
  11. Verified by User:Blackbird on 2018-08-09
    This worked. It seems the last object has tendency to spawn in same spawn point as any of the previous ones which causes this bug.