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Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut
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Developers
Team Silent
Publishers
Konami
Release dates
Windows December 2, 2002
Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut on Wikipedia
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Key points

Can only run stably on a single core. Use Modern Compatibility Fix (if North American version) or sh2proxy (if European Director's Cut version). It is recommended to use the latter.
The PC version adds improved flashlight lighting, the ability to save at any time during the game, swap weapons without opening the menu, and a movie gallery.
The atmospheric fog and the shadowing are a lot simpler and less refined than the PS2 version.[1]
Locked to 30 FPS.

General information

Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series
Silent Hill Memories - Informative site

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
There are two versions, the North American version and European Director's Cut version. If the title screen lacks "Director's Cut" on it, it's the North American version. Both versions include the extra scenario Born from a Wish along with an extra UFO ending.
Released on 3 CDs.

Essential improvements

sh2proxy

Silent Hill 2 running at 1920x1080
Silent Hill 2 running at 1920x1080

A D3D8 wrapper for the European Director's Cut version which allows:

  • Custom resolutions and widescreen
  • Windowed and borderless windowed mode.
  • Fixes antialiasing and processor affinity.
  • Allows you to use a high resolution without slowing down transition speeds.

After installing sh2proxy, you can download this optional alternate .exe which disables cutscene letterboxing:

http://ps2wide.net/other/sh2pc.7z

Modern Compatibility Fix

Allows higher resolutions and easier anti aliasing application (at the cost of some glitches). Only use this for the North American version.

Instructions
Selectable resolutions do not go up all the way to 4k, enabling GeDoSaTo or Nvidia DSR does not affect the list. Selecting a higher resolution than your monitor's crashes the game.

Remastered corrected widescreen FMVs

  • All-in-one archive: MEGA
  • Google Drive mirror: [1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore hardware-accelerated 3D sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.

Issues fixed

Weird lines across the screen

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon - 700 MHz
Intel Pentium - 700 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.8 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible

References