Silent Hill: Homecoming
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Developers | |
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Double Helix Games | |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
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.
- Resolutions above 1280x720 have major issues.[1][2]
- Alt+Tab ↹ may crash the game.
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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Steam |
Essential improvements
Remove film grain
- Can also apply Xbox/PlayStation button icons separately.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19000/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19000/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
- Video quality can be set to either Medium or High, the latter resulting in slightly better textures and shadows.
- Video quality set to High will make the film grain effect more noticeable, but it can be removed.
Widescreen resolution
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Windowed
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
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Issues fixed
Game crashes randomly
- The game may crash in certain areas, such as entering the Shepherd House.
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Map screen is cropped
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Loading screen freezes
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Camera won't stop rotating when using controller
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Some sounds coming out only from the right speaker
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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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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Other information
ENBSeries
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System requirements
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ |
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System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista) |
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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 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
- ↑ Crash when trying to enter Alex' house :: Silent Hill: Homecoming General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-02-02
- ↑ Fixes for worst glitches :: Silent Hill: Homecoming General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-02-02