Difference between revisions of "Crysis 2"

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Crysis
Crysis	2007
Crysis Warhead	2008
Crysis 2	2011
Crysis 3	2013
Crysis Remastered	2020
Crysis 2 Remastered	2021
Crysis 3 Remastered	2021
Crysis 4	TBA

Key points

PC version features high resolution textures, tessellation, high quality shadows and more PC specific features.

Great for benchmarking graphics cards

GameSpy online server browser stopped working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down.^[1]

General information

Crysis Website

MyCrysis Forums

Crysis Wiki - A wiki for everything Crysis related

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com		Maximum Edition
Origin		Maximum Edition
Steam		Maximum Edition / Use CD key given on Steam to unlock on Origin.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Patch 1.9 prepares Crysis 2 for DX11 features and high-resolution textures. Each need to be downloaded and installed separately from the 1.9 patch.

DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade

Features

With this package the following DX11 exclusive features will be activated

Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
High Quality HDR Motion Blur
Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
Parallax Occlusion Mapping
Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates
Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping

Requirements

DX11 compatible graphics card with 768 MB Video Memory
545 MB HD space

Download

The DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade can be downloaded here.

High-Resolution Textures

Features

The High-Resolution Texture Pack doubles the fidelity of many of the games art assets.

Requirements

64-Bit Operating System
DX9 compatible graphics card with 768 MB Video Memory

Download

The High-Res Texture Pack can be downloaded here.

NTCore 4GB Patch

Crysis 2 is very memory intensive. This app improves performance for Crysis 2 on 64-bit Windows systems with more than 2GB RAM by allowing it to access up to 4GB RAM.

Modifications

BlackFire's Mod 2 and MaLDo HD Textures

For those who truly want to push Crysis 2's graphical fidelity to its limits, BlackFire's Mod 2 and MaLDo HD serves their needs. A step by step list of instructions is available at this forum post over at Crydev.net [1].

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/108800/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/108800/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

File:Crysis 2 General Graphics.png

In-game general graphics settings.

File:Crysis 2 Advanced Graphics.png

In-game advanced graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

In-game general gamepad settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings for the player.

In-game gamepad layout settings for vehicles.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		16	Online server browser stopped working on May 31, 2014.^[1]

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Use the Crysis 2 Community Dedicated Server Package.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 2891, 2990, 6667, 29900, 64100
UDP	27900-27901, 64100

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Statistic screen

The statistic-screen in the menu displays that 13 weapon-attachments are findable in single-player but in fact there are only 12. Therefore it is not possible to achieve "100%".

Issues fixed

Extreme lag while using Nvidia video card

Instructions

Crash to Desktop at Startup

Instructions

External TV locked at 24 Hz

Instructions

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU	2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce 8800 GS Radeon HD 3800 series	GeForce GTX 280 Radeon HD 4870

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/108800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (108800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Crysis - Official Community • View topic - Crysis and Crysis 2 PC Multiplayer Modes Set to Shut Down

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/108800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (108800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[GameSpy-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Crysis - Official Community • View topic - Crysis and Crysis 2 PC Multiplayer Modes Set to Shut Down

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[Note 1]

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 |windowed notes             =
 |borderless windowed        = hackable
-|borderless windowed notes  = See [[#Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]].
+|borderless windowed notes  = Use [https://github.com/Codeusa/Borderless-Gaming Borderless Gaming].
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = hackable
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = Can be forced through the [[NVIDIA Control Panel#Forcing Anti-Aliasing/Anisotropic_Filtering|NVIDIA Control Panel]]/AMD Control Center.
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = true
-|antialiasing notes         =
+|antialiasing notes         = 2x MSAA.
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
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 }}
-===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Field of view (FOV)}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Change FOV}}
-# Open console with tilde key <code>~</code>.
+# Create an <code>autoexec.cfg</code> file in the installation folder.
-# Enter <code>con_restricted = 0</code> to enable all console commands.
+# Add these lines to it:
-# Enter <code>cl_fov = XX</code> where XX is you desired field of view.
+<pre>cl_FOV = 70
-# Enter <code>r_drawnearfov = XX</code> where XX is you desired field of view (Weapons FOV Only). Only for this entry, you must enter this command every time the game loads a level, otherwise the value is reset to default.
+r_DrawNearFOV = 70
-{{ii}} Crysis is using vertical field of view with 55 as default. Use [http://www.rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php FoV Calculator] to calculate your desired horizontal field of view.
+pl_movement.power_sprint_targetFOV = 70</pre>
-}}
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Field of view (FOV) - permanent solution}}
-# Open up notepad or your chosen text editor.
-# Create a new file and add the following lines: <pre>cl_fov = XX</pre> <pre>pl_movement.power_sprint_targetFov = XX</pre>
-# Save the file as autoexec.cfg in your Crysis 2 folder (default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis 2)
-}}
-===[[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]]===
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Borderless fullscreen windowed}}
-# Set the game to run in windowed mode to the resolution you want
-# Download [http://runtimelegend.com/rep/fullscreenizer Fullscreenizer]<ref>(other tools may work, but I made this after trying a couple of others without success)</ref>
-# Run Fullscreenizer and select the '''Crysis 2''' window
-# Press '''Fullscreenize''' and enjoy the game
-{{ii}} Note that while the game runs fine, the in-game GUI mouse cursor (used in the menus) will believe that the game is running in the resolution the window initially was (even if you use the same resolution as the desktop the window will be a big smaller). This makes buttons and other GUI elements in the menus to not be highlighted or clicked when the real mouse cursor is over them but they will have a small (or big, depending on the resolution you set in game) difference. Fortunately the menu is fully usable with the keyboard (and it is not a big issue if you try to force the same resolution as your desktop).
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} ''cl_FOV'' controls the main game world FOV; ''r_DrawNearFOV'' controls the FOV for nearby objects, primarily your arms and weapon; and ''pl_movement.power_sprint_targetFOV'' controls the FOV used only when you sprint.
+{{ii}} Crysis 2 is using vertical field of view with 55 as default. Use [http://www.rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php FOV Calculator] to calculate your desired horizontal field of view.
 }}

Developers
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	Crytek
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 22, 2011