Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
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Developers | |
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Konami Computer Entertainment Japan | |
Windows | Success |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 27, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
IGDB | 80 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Metal Gear |
Key points
- The unpatched game is notorious for its poor compatibility with most video cards causing serious graphical issues
- Most of these problems can be fixed with third-party patches
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 2.0 - Fixes some graphical issues on GeForce and Radeon video cards.
MGS2 V's Fix
- Installer built from scratch with many fixes automatically applied.
- Open source.
- Official 2.0 patch & sound fix included and automatically applied.
- Easy resolution and graphics setup.
- Nvidia & Intel fix automatically applied.
- Nemesis2000 widescreen fix automatically applied.
- Xbox 360 Controller supported + restored vibration (uses XInput Plus).
- V's button layout + simil-PS2 one.
- Anti-aliasing (FXAA/SMAA) included.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin\*.ini[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savedata[Note 1] |
- MGS2 V's Fix (version 1.7 and above) will move savegames location to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SUBSTANCE\
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use MGS2 V's Fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use MGS2 V's Fix. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use MGS2 V's Fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use MGS2 V's Fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use MGS2 V's Fix. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use SRWE. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use MGS2 V's Fix. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Cutscenes are locked at 30 fps. | ||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. |
Input
- While playing the Right Click button is used to shoot any weapons, choke, drag, throw or drop enemies around.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Limited and poor native support. Use MGS2 V's Fix. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See Controller support | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | See Controller support |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | For XInput controllers, use MGS2 V's Fix. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
- This fix aims to implement a modern approach to the control scheme. It is a combination of using xpadder and modifying the game's controller support, and meant to be used with an Xbox 360 or Xbox One controller.
"Modern" controller layout for XBox 360/One Controller[1] |
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The controls are the following
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Certain Cutscenes and transitions are presented in stereo | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Unofficial translation by «7 Wolf» and translation by «8-bit» |
Issues fixed
Green screen on the projector in Tanker Chapter
Install MGS2 V's Fix[2] |
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- Fixed in GOG version
Black screen at startup
- Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
Sound Device Playback to 44,100 Hz[citation needed] |
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Broken graphics on GeForce/Radeon GPUs
- Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
Missing textures
- Download the PCGamingWiki Patch.
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Missing shadows and other textures on laptop with dual graphics
- Sometimes there is an issue with missing shadows, for example when Snake sees enemies' shadows and Raven's shadow. There's also an issue with missing textures such as ugly water on a laptop with dual graphics, even if you already applied PCGamingWiki Patch.
Hex edit exe file[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Game freezes on intro video
Blacklist game in LAV Filters[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
PCGamingWiki Patch
- Alternative to MGS2 V's Fix.
- Fixes missing textures and other graphical issues, includes an enhanced control scheme.
Instructions[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | 800 MHz Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon | 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.9 GB | 7.6 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerator card 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 3D accelerator card 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).