Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper: Art of Victory	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2	2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	2021

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate

GOG.com		Single-player only. Includes Siberian Strike and Digital Extras DLC.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
itch.io
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Digital Extras
World Hunter Pack
Siberian Strike

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable company logos^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Game\_FastLoad\`. Rename/move/delete `IntroMovies.pak`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34870/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Game data files (.pak files) are ordinary ZIP archives and can be extracted and modified.

There are many .cfg files within .pak files with configuration variables. You can experiment with different setting by placing these cvars in config.cfg or autoexec.cfg file.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\SniperGhostWarrior2
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34870/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Basic settings.

Advanced settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		UI elements on side monitors
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		In-game Vsync seems broken; see Vertical sync (Vsync) for workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Game may set refresh rate to 24 Hz. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Crossfire

Use the Crysis2 crossfire profile.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Field of view^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>
Open system.cfg
Add these lines and change xx for your desired FoV value:

cl_fov = xx
r_drawnearfov = xx
pl_movement.power_sprint_targetfov = xx

Disable motion blur

Disable motion blur^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Open `autoexec.cfg`. Create it if necessary. Add line `r_MotionBlur = 0` and save.

Disable SSAO

This will disable screen space ambient occlusion effect (shadows around object) and gain 20% frame rate boost.

Disable SSAO^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Open `autoexec.cfg`. Create it if necessary. Add line `r_SSAO = 0` and save.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		`↵ Enter` cannot be bound to any commands.
Mouse acceleration		Acceleration seems to be off by default, can't be turned on.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Issues fixed

Errors at launch

Some users have reported that having ASCII characters in your Steam nickname will cause errors at launch.

Change your nickname to one with basic characters only^[1]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

CryEngine 3 may set the monitor's refresh rate to the lowest supported refresh rate, resulting in choppy gameplay even if the internal GPU render shows a high FPS.

Override refresh rate set by game^[2]
Download 3Dmigoto. Copy the files in the `x32` folder to `<path-to-game>\Bin32\`. Open `d3dx.ini`. Change `;refresh_rate=60` to the desired value, and remove the semicolon (e.g. `refresh_rate=144`). Change `hunting=1` to `;hunting=1` by adding a semicolon. Save the changes and close the file.

Play the game in DirectX 9^[2]

Workaround with a deprecated fullscreen setting^[3]

Open <path-to-game>\system.cfg
Set Fullscreen to 0.

If the in-game fullscreen setting is set to on, the game will return to fullscreen with unlocked framerate upon reaching the menu.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play		12

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, see here.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 2 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom X4
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT AMD Radeon 3850 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD 6850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ 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>/34870/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 :: Steam General Discussions :: "Invalid parameter detected in CRT function" WHAT IS THIS? - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2020-04-29
↑ Verified by User:Gymon on 2022-05-10

[gamedir-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-2] 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>/34870/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 :: Steam General Discussions :: "Invalid parameter detected in CRT function" WHAT IS THIS? - last accessed on May 2023

[Keith-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2020-04-29

[5] Verified by User:Gymon on 2022-05-10

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[Note 2]

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Developers

	City Interactive
Engines
	CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 12, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	52
IGDB	52
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	Sniper: Ghost Warrior