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| * The bullet casing sound effects for the handgun and shotgun glitch out. | | * The bullet casing sound effects for the handgun and shotgun glitch out. |
| * Animation for James transcribing notes onto his map is twice as fast. | | * Animation for James transcribing notes onto his map is twice as fast. |
− | * James' inner monologue (immediately upon exiting the hospital) may run twice as fast now. | + | * James' inner monologue (immediately upon exiting the hospital) may run twice as fast. |
| * Water animates/moves quicker in all areas (James rowing on the lake, water in the labyrinth, etc) and drains twice as fast during the RPT Apartment boss fight. | | * Water animates/moves quicker in all areas (James rowing on the lake, water in the labyrinth, etc) and drains twice as fast during the RPT Apartment boss fight. |
− | * The flames in Angela's staircase move twice as fast now. | + | * The flames in Angela's staircase move twice as fast. |
| * The flashlight dies out twice as fast in the prison bug room. | | * The flashlight dies out twice as fast in the prison bug room. |
| * The "ritual" prison monster's footsteps happen way too fast. | | * The "ritual" prison monster's footsteps happen way too fast. |
Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut is a survival horror game developed by Team Silent, ported by Creature Labs, and published by Konami. It is the second installment in the Silent Hill series.
The game was originally released for the PlayStation 2 on September 21, 2001 worldwide. The game later received an extended Director's Cut version on PlayStation 2 as a Greatest Hits re-release, Xbox, and PC, which added a new Born from a Wish scenario, a secret UFO ending, and for the PC version, a quick-save function, real-time weapon swapping, and a movie gallery. The PC also version features improved flashlight lighting like in the Xbox port, however, it also has a number of inaccuracies, missing or downgraded effects, and lower audio and FMV quality than previous versions.[1] It also has compatibility issues with newer versions of Windows and hardware (see here for details).
There has been growing efforts by modders to fix the issues with the PC version, starting with sh2proxy by emoose to address compatibility issues and implement widescreen support for the game. It has since been succeeded by Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, a community-driven project for the PC version that restores features from the original PlayStation 2 version, adds support for HD and widescreen resolutions, improved controller support, and other quality-of-life improvements.
General information
- Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series
- Silent Hill Memories - Informative site
- Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition Installation Guide
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SecuROM 4.83 DRM. Patch 1.1 removes the DRM. Released on 3 CDs. |
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- There are two versions: the North American version and the European Director's Cut version. If the title screen lacks "Director's Cut" on it, it's the North American version. Both versions include the extra scenario Born from a Wish along with an extra UFO ending.
Essential improvements
- Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is a collection of unofficial mods which implement widescreen resolution support, add PlayStation 2 quality audio and fog that were missing from the PC version, improve controller support and much more.[2]
- All improvements in this section are included in the full installation of the Enhanced Edition collection.
- The PC version's FMV videos were re-encoded in Bink format and run at 30FPS instead of 60 on PlayStation 2.[3]
- The FMV Enhancement Pack improves the quality and upscales the resolution of the FMVs.
- The PC version's audio is compressed and lacks detail in comparison to the PlayStation 2 version.[4]
- The Audio Enhancement Pack replaces the PC version's audio files with the original, higher quality PlayStation 2 ones.
- A fix which adds new features and fixes some bugs.
- Do not use this fix if you plan to follow the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition installation method.
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Copy all the files to
<path-to-game>
- Configure the width and height and other options in
Silent_Hill_2_PC_Fix.ini .
- Start the game with
DLLInjector.exe .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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keyconf.dat
stores input bindings.
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language.ini
stores language settings.
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options.ini
stores gameplay and volume settings.
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settings.ini
stores video and audio settings.
Save game data location
Video
Change the frame rate cap[5]
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- Install Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition.
- Open
d3d8.ini .
- Add the following to its own lines in the file:
; Controls the frame rate limit, but it may cause bugs if increased above 30 FPS.
FPSLimit = 60
- Frame rates above 30 fps will result in various minor glitches, including glitched bullet casing sounds, reduced post FX (i.e. motion blur), some off-time animations, and slow motion during boss fights. [6]
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Change noise effect resolution
Change IncreaseNoiseEffectRes[7]
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- Install Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition.
- Open
d3d8.ini .
- Set
IncreaseNoiseEffectRes to any value between 128 and 4096 to adjust the resolution.
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Input
- Analog triggers and vibration on XInput controllers won't function without workarounds.
Fix triggers and vibration[8]
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- Install Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition to restore vibration for XInput-based controllers.
- Download and run XInput Plus.
- Set the Target Program to
sh2pc.exe .
- Go to DirectInput and check Enable DirectInput Output.
- Assign LT/RT to Button 11/12.
- Click Apply and OK.
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Background music and sound effects. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 output.[9] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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DirectSound3D. |
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore hardware-accelerated 3D sound functionality on Windows Vista and later. (DSOAL is included in Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition)
Localizations
Issues unresolved
Issues when playing the game at 60 FPS
- Playing the game at 60 FPS causes various bugs which are as follows.[10]
- The intensity/effectiveness of the motion blur is reduced by half.
- The bullet casing sound effects for the handgun and shotgun glitch out.
- Animation for James transcribing notes onto his map is twice as fast.
- James' inner monologue (immediately upon exiting the hospital) may run twice as fast.
- Water animates/moves quicker in all areas (James rowing on the lake, water in the labyrinth, etc) and drains twice as fast during the RPT Apartment boss fight.
- The flames in Angela's staircase move twice as fast.
- The flashlight dies out twice as fast in the prison bug room.
- The "ritual" prison monster's footsteps happen way too fast.
Issues fixed
Music fades randomly and sound loops
- The game can only run stably on a single core.
Game hangs at startup
- On Windows 7, having single core affinity enabled through Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition may prevent the game from running.
Disable SingleCoreAffinity on Windows 7[11]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Open
d3d8.ini .
- Set
SingleCoreAffinity = 0 .
- Doing this will require manually changing the single core affinity from Task Manager every time you run the game.
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Clicking or popping sound effects
Textures appear as solid white surfaces
"Insert a disc" message in the ending
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
- This replaces the original voice acting with the new voices from the Silent Hill HD Collection release.[15]
- The HD Voice Pack includes and integrates the Audio Enhancement Pack and FMV Enhancement Pack for its audio improvements.
- The HD Collection voices are very divisive and often considered to be inferior to the original voice acting.
Make James run without slowing down
Apply unlimited stamina hack[16]
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- Open
sh2pc.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Press Ctrl+G and go to the address
001356D1 .
- Change the value
CF to C8 and save the changes.
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Disable background fog
Disable fogging[17]
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- Download and run DxWnd.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set the path to
<path-to-game>\sh2pc.exe
- Disable Run in Window.
- Click on the Direct3D tab and enable Disable Fogging.
- Click OK, File, Save, and start the game with DxWnd running.
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Add icon to executable file
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sh2pc.exe
may have no icon set by default.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon - 700 MHz Intel Pentium - 700 MHz |
AMD Athlon - 1 GHz Intel Pentium - 1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.8 GB |
2.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
| 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References