General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- GOG.com Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.2 is the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
SR1 Patch
- Improves compatibiltiy with modern versions of Windows and features audio, video, input, and misc enhancements for the game while also fixing various bugs.
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- By default, adds music from other Legacy of Kain games, specifically Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2, which was not re-used from this game, and changes Raziel's appearance.
Remove additions
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- Download SR1 Patch.
- Extract all files to the game directory by overwriting existing files.
To disable the non-vanilla changes of the patch:[3]
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Skip intro videos
Delete, rename or remove video files
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- Go to
<path-to-game> .
- Delete or rename
crylogo.bik and publogo.bik .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Hor+ widescreen support[4]
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- Open
kain2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Press Ctrl+F and change the Datatype option to Hex-Values.
- Type
0000203F in the text field.
- Replace the
0000203F value with:
ABAA2A3F to set 5:4 aspect ratio
8988083F to set 25:16 aspect ratio
5555053F to set 16:10 aspect ratio
0000003F to set 15:9 aspect ratio
0000F03E to set 16:9 aspect ratio
0000B43E to set 21:9 aspect ratio
- Save the changes.
- Download dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe , dgVoodoo.conf and the contents of the MS folder to the game directory.
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe and click .\ to set the game directory as config folder.
- Go to the DirectX tab and set the desired resolution.
- Uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark.
- Click Apply and OK.
- Set any 4:3 resolution in the game settings.
Notes
- Causes the disappearance of the textures on the sides of the screen, which gets worse with wider aspect ratios.
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Use D3DWindower
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- Run D3DWindower as administrator.
- Click on Add Program and add
kain2.exe to the list.
- Select the game and click on Program options.
- Under the Common tab, Tick Use Windowed Mode.
- In the DLL field, click ... and add
D3dHook.dll from the source folder.
- Click OK, then right-click on the added game and select
Run (R) .
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound, Music and Speech. |
Surround sound |
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Use SR1 Patch |
Subtitles |
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Use SR1 Patch |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Use SR1 Patch. |
French |
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Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital releases here. |
German |
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Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital releases here. |
Hungarian |
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Use SR1 Patch. |
Italian |
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Retail only. Patch for digital releases here. |
Japanese |
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Retail only |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Retail only (GreenLeaf). Patch for digital releases here. |
Polish |
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Use SR1 Patch. |
Russian |
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Use SR1 Patch. |
Spanish |
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Retail only. Patch for digital releases here. |
VR support
Issues fixed
Crash when the game starts
Crashes with resolutions larger than 640x480
Raziel runs in circles if a gamepad is connected
Hardware acceleration not available for AMD GPUs
Go to the game directory and delete atiumdag.dll
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Crashes when reaching Melchiah gates after loading a game
- After doing all the puzzles before Melchiah, if you load the game again and try to reach the gates before the boss battle, it'll crash.
Audio issues
- On modern computers, audio may have issues such as dialogues skipping at certain points.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 200 MHz
| Intel Pentium 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
320 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 6 compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ 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).
References