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Revision as of 18:21, 18 October 2023
This page is for the original 2005 version. For the updated 2020 version, see BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut.
Developers | |
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Terminal Reality | |
Publishers | |
Majesco | |
Engines | |
Infernal Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 2, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 67 |
IGDB | 64 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Hack and slash |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Supernatural |
Series | BloodRayne |
BloodRayne | |
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BloodRayne | 2002 |
BloodRayne 2 | 2005 |
BloodRayne: Betrayal | 2014 |
BloodRayne: Terminal Cut | 2020 |
BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut | 2020 |
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites | 2021 |
BloodRayne 2 is a singleplayer third-person action and hack and slash game in the BloodRayne series.
The game lacks an FPS limiter or Vsync, which causes bugs and crashes at frame rates over 60 FPS. The only way to fix this is to use the FSAA patch.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | English copies use SecuROM 7 DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut.[5] | |||
Steam | Bundled with BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut.[6] | |||
ZOOM Platform (unavailable) |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- A demo is available from Archive.org and on Steam (per direct link):
steam://install/3850
Essential improvements
BloodRayne 2 Patch
- A project that fixes the BloodRayne 2 'BR2 FSAA Patch 1.666' patch[7] on Windows 8.1 and newer.
- Adds support for custom resolutions and refresh rates, plus other enhancements and fixes.
All Windows compatibility settings for br2.exe
need to be disabled.
Skip intro videos
Move, delete or rename files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\system\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3820/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3820/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF Fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Very high frame rate may break jumping physics. | ||
120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. |
Widescreen resolution
Use unofficial patch to select widescreen resolution |
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Windowed
Force windowed[citation needed] |
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Input
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 | DirectInput only. See Controller support. Dual analog sticks required. |
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Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
Fix Xbox 360 controller support[8] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, dialog and effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[9] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. Version without movies is also available here. |
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Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation: download. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation, download. |
Change text language
Change text (menus and subtitles) language in GOG.com and Steam version[10] |
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Issues fixed
FSAA Patch crashes the game on startup
Use fixed version by elishacloud[11] |
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Install the BloodRayne 2 Patch instead. |
High refresh rate causes issues with movement
- High refresh rate may break the game - for example, you can get stuck mid-air after performing double-jump with the slow-motion mode enabled.
Lock the game at 60 FPS |
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Black screen during cutscenes
Fix cutscenes with FSAA Patch[7] |
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Fix cutscenes with dgVoodoo 2[12] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 100 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Use unofficial patch[12] |
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Use dgVoodoo 2[12] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires dgVoodoo 2, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound3D |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000/XP | XP |
Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB 200 MB virtual memory |
512 MB 200 MB virtual memory |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6800 AMD Radeon X800, 9600, 9700, 9800 |
Other | 4X CD-ROM | 24X CD-ROM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 (3820) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut - GOG Database - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ How to launch the original release of Bloodrayne or Bloodrayne 2 using the Terminal Cut - Steam - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CooPDB - Cooperative Games Database
- ↑ This fix was made using XInput Plus wrapper created by 0dd14.
- ↑ BloodRayne 2 with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ BloodRayne 2 changing language, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2017-01-17
- ↑ BloodRayne 2 · Issue #7 · elishacloud/dxwrapper - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-09