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Revision as of 23:28, 6 July 2018
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Developers | |
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Double Helix Games | |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
Engines | |
Slayer | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 6, 2008 |
Silent Hill | |
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Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut | 2002 |
Silent Hill 3 | 2003 |
Silent Hill 4: The Room | 2004 |
Silent Hill: Homecoming | 2008 |
Silent Hill 2 | 2024 |
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. Can be fixed.
- Resolutions above 1920x1080 may have major issues.
- The game may crash when using Alt+Tab ↹ in fullscreen.[1] See Windowed.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series
- Silent Hill Memories - Informative site
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Engine\default_pc.cfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Engine\vars_pc.cfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Engine\binds_pc_mjs.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19000/pfx/[Note 2] |
Essential improvements
Silent Hill Homecoming PC Fix by Steam006
- A fix which adds new features and fixes some bugs:
- Allow 60 FPS
- Window mode (Recommended)
- Patch hard-coded 720p resolution values
- Patch the resolution of the map and items
- Up to 8x multisampling
- Force VSync in fullscreen mode
- Disable DirectX fog (F1)
- Wireframe mode (F2)
- Wallhack (F3)
- Controllable map and item size (F4 and F5)
- Controllable FOV (Page up and Page down)
- Fix for a common crash
- Enable DEP (Data Execution Prevention) on SilentHill.exe
- Allow the game to use 4GB of RAM
- Most of these can be configured in Silent_Hill_Homecoming_PC_Fix.ini
- Install:
- 1. Start the game normally and set the resolution of your monitor in the options menu. Exit the game.
- 2. Copy all the files to "steamapps\common\Silent Hill Homecoming\Bin"
- 3. Configure the width and height in Silent_Hill_Homecoming_PC_Fix.ini to be the same as in-game.
- 4. Start the game with Silent_Hill_Homecoming_PC_Fix.exe.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %PUBLIC%\Public Documents\Silent Hill Homecoming\shv_save.bin |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19000/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
In-game video settings. Video quality can be set to either Medium or High, the latter resulting in slightly better textures and shadows.
Widescreen resolution
Set custom resolution[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Force windowed[2] |
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Edit secondary config[3] |
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High frame rate
[Turn on VSYNC through the GPU settings if you have some troubles]
Universal version[4][5][6] |
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Patch inlcudes:
[This patch is under - WIP - work in progress stage and will be updated as soon as I figure out how to fix the other things.] |
Film grain
Remove film grain[7] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Game crashes on Alt+Tab
Run the game in windowed mode[8] |
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See Windowed. |
Game crashes randomly
- The game may crash in certain areas, such as entering the Shepherd House.
Change the resolution to 1920x1080 or lower[9] |
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Map screen is cropped
Change the resolution to 1920x1080 or lower[9] |
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Loading screen freezes
Enable/disable admin mode[citation needed] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 or 100 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.[1]
Set screen refresh rate[8] |
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Camera won't stop rotating when using controller
Restart your PC or log out/in[citation needed] |
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Modify file[citation needed] |
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setbind 0 COMMAND_CAMERA_X MOUSE 0 AXIS_X -1.0 1.0 1.0 setbind 0 COMMAND_CAMERA_Y MOUSE 0 AXIS_Y -1.0 1.0 -1.0 setbind 0 COMMAND_CAMERA_Z MOUSE 0 AXIS_Z -1.0 1.0 1.0
setbind 1 COMMAND_CAMERA_X CONTROLLER 0 AXIS_RX -1.0 1.0 1.0 setbind 1 COMMAND_CAMERA_Y CONTROLLER 0 AXIS_RY -1.0 1.0 1.0 setbind 1 COMMAND_CAMERA_Z CONTROLLER 0 AXIS_Z -1.0 1.0 1.0 |
Some sounds only come out of the right speaker
Change speaker settings[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Other information
ENBSeries
Install ENBSeries[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD Series Nvidia GeForce 7800 Series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (19000) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 120hz not staying! :: Silent Hill: Homecoming General Discussions
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2017-11-20
- ↑ Verified by User:unknownproject on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Silent Hill Homecoming - Patch 1.21b - Update 1
- ↑ Silent Hill Homecoming - Patch 1.21b - Update 2
- ↑ Verified by User:unknownproject on 2018-07-07
- ↑ Replace Button Icons / Remove Film Grain :: Silent Hill: Homecoming General Discussions
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-11-02
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Talk:Silent Hill: Homecoming