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Revision as of 12:25, 8 May 2021
Developers | |
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Team Silent | |
Windows | Creature Labs |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 2, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 70 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Cinematic camera, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Survival horror |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, Horror, North America |
Series | Silent Hill |
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: The Arcade (unofficial port) | 2014 |
Silent Hill 2 | 2024 |
Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut is a survival horror game developed by Team Silent, ported by Creature Labs, and published by Konami. It is the second installment in the Silent Hill series.
The game was originally released for the PlayStation 2 on September 21, 2001 worldwide. The game later received an extended Director's Cut version on PlayStation 2 as a Greatest Hits re-release, Xbox, and PC, which added a new Born from a Wish scenario, a secret UFO ending, and for the PC version, a quick-save function, real-time weapon swapping, and a movie gallery. The PC version also features improved flashlight lighting like in the Xbox port, however, it also has a number of inaccuracies, missing or downgraded effects, and lower audio and FMV quality than previous versions.[1] It also has compatibility issues with newer versions of Windows and hardware (see here for details).
There has been growing efforts by modders to fix the issues with the PC version, starting with sh2proxy by emoose to address compatibility issues and implement widescreen support for the game. It has since been succeeded by Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, a community-driven project for the PC version that restores features from the original PlayStation 2 version, adds support for HD and widescreen resolutions, improved controller support, and other quality-of-life improvements.
General information
Availability
- There are two versions: the North American version and the 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.
Essential improvements
Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition
- Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is a collection of unofficial mods which implement widescreen resolution support, add PlayStation 2 quality audio and fog that were missing from the PC version, improve controller support and much more.[2]
- All improvements in this section are included in the full installation of the Enhanced Edition collection.
Silent Hill 2 FMV Enhancement Pack
- The PC version's FMV videos were re-encoded in Bink format and run at 30FPS instead of 60 on PlayStation 2.[3]
- The FMV Enhancement Pack improves the quality and upscales the resolution of the FMVs.
Silent Hill 2 Audio Enhancement Pack
- The PC version's audio is compressed and lacks detail in comparison to the PlayStation 2 version.[4]
- The Audio Enhancement Pack replaces the PC version's audio files with the original, higher quality PlayStation 2 ones.
Silent Hill 2 PC Fix by Steam006
- A fix which adds new features and fixes some bugs.
- Do not use this fix if you plan to follow the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition installation method.
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
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keyconf.dat
stores input bindings. -
language.ini
stores language settings. -
options.ini
stores gameplay and volume settings. -
settings.ini
stores video and audio settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data\save\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, then set ScreenMode in d3d8.ini to 1 . |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, then set ScreenMode in d3d8.ini to 2 . |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition, then set AnisotropicFiltering in d3d8.ini between 2 to 16 ; setting this value to 1 will automatically use the highest amount supported by your video card, and 0 will disable anisotropic filtering. |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition. For SMAA, set EnableSMAA in d3d8.ini to 1 . Alternatively, GPU-based MSAA can be forced via your video card's respective control panel; see here for instructions and recommended settings. |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Capped at 30 FPS. See High frame rate. | ||
120+ FPS |
High frame rate
Change the frame rate cap[5] |
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; Controls the frame rate limit, but it may cause bugs if increased above 30 FPS. FPSLimit = 60 Notes
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Change noise effect resolution
Change IncreaseNoiseEffectRes[7] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Mouse buttons cannot be remapped with other keys. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Not supported in the pause menu. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | DirectInput only. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition to assign multiple actions to any button. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | See Controller support. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
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 | DirectInput only. Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition to restore vibration for XInput controllers. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
- Analog triggers and vibration on XInput controllers won't function without workarounds.
Fix triggers and vibration[8] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Background music and sound effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output.[9] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D. |
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore hardware-accelerated 3D sound functionality on Windows Vista and later. (DSOAL is included in Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition)
Localizations
- Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition to restore the language selection in the options menu.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | Fan translation, download. | |||
Simplified Chinese | Fan translation, download. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. Includes a widescreen patch. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, download. It requires the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «HomeTown.ru / Ashigaru». | |||
Spanish | Game is officially translated in Spanish but an improved fan translation is also available, download. | |||
Indonesian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Music fades randomly and sound loops
- The game can only run stably on a single core.
Limit the game to one CPU core[citation needed] |
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Game hangs at startup
- On Windows 7, having single core affinity enabled through Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition may prevent the game from running.
Disable SingleCoreAffinity on Windows 7[10] |
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Clicking or popping sound effects
Use AudioClipDetection[11] |
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Textures appear as solid white surfaces
Use WhiteShaderFix[12] |
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"Insert a disc" message in the ending
Rename ending.bik[13] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | For DirectX 9 support, use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition. |
Shader Model support | 1.4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | ADX | Sound files are compressed compared to the PlayStation 2 version. PlayStation 2 quality audio can be restored into the PC version with Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition and installing the Audio Enhancement Pack. |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | FMVs are compressed and play at 29.97 full frames per second (29.97p), compared to the PlayStation 2 version which plays them at 59.94 half frames per second (29.97i). The quality of the PC version's FMVs can be improved by using the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition mod and installing the FMV Enhancement Pack. |
Silent Hill 2 HD Collection Voice Pack
- This replaces the original voice acting with the new voices from the Silent Hill HD Collection release.[14]
- The HD Voice Pack includes and integrates the Audio Enhancement Pack and FMV Enhancement Pack for its audio improvements.
- The HD Collection voices are very divisive and often considered to be inferior to the original voice acting.
Make James run without slowing down
Apply unlimited stamina-hack[15] |
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Disable background fog
Disable fogging[16] |
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Add icon to executable file
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sh2pc.exe
may have no icon set by default.
Set icon with Rcedit[17] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 700 MHz Intel Pentium 700 MHz |
AMD Athlon 1 GHz Intel Pentium 1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.8 GB | 2.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
References
- ↑ DF Retro: Silent Hill 2 - Horror Perfected on PS2/Xbox/PC/PS3 - YouTube - last accessed on 2020-11-01
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Installation Guide
- ↑ DF Retro: Silent Hill 2 - Horror Perfected on PS2/Xbox/PC/PS3
- ↑ Silent Hill 2 Sound Comparison (PC vs PS2) - YouTube
- ↑ Silent Hill 2 FPS won't increase beyond 30 FPS · Issue #826 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack
- ↑ Side effects playing the game at 60 FPS · Issue #28 · elishacloud/Silent-Hill-2-Enhancements
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Configuration Examples
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Update Video #3 - YouTube
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ Troubleshooting · AeroWidescreen/NFS-SH-WidescreenFixWiki Wiki
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Configuration Details
- ↑ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition - Installation Guide
- ↑ Silent Hill 2 Director's Cut PC Ending Troubles : silenthill
- ↑ Voice Comparison
- ↑ Silent Hill 2 stamina fix · Issue #344 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack
- ↑ DxWnd / Discussion / General Discussion:Silent Hill 2: no sound on alt-tab
- ↑ SH2 Options/Inventory Font Resolution · Issue #375 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack