Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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.
- 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
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
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
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
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
Crash to Desktop at Startup
External TV locked at 24 Hz
System requirements
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XP |
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Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU
| 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU |
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Video card (GPU) |
GeForce 8800 GS Radeon HD 3800 series
| GeForce GTX 280 Radeon HD 4870 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References