Difference between revisions of "Silent Hill 4: The Room"
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{{--}} Max resolution locked to 1280 x 960. Requires modding to increase to widescreen 1920x1080 or 1920x1200. FMVs are stretched, though there are not a lot of FMVs in the game anyway. | {{--}} Max resolution locked to 1280 x 960. Requires modding to increase to widescreen 1920x1080 or 1920x1200. FMVs are stretched, though there are not a lot of FMVs in the game anyway. | ||
{{--}} Only supports Dinput for controllers and default bindings are awkward. Controls should be adjusted. No true analog support. | {{--}} Only supports Dinput for controllers and default bindings are awkward. Controls should be adjusted. No true analog support. | ||
− | {{ii}} It is highly recommended to adjust the default brightness and contrast. Brightness = | + | {{ii}} It is highly recommended to adjust the default brightness and contrast. Brightness = 4, Contrast = 8, all gamma 1.0 looks fine. |
+ | {{ii}} Shadows looks poor in many cutscenes and the player may want to disable them in the options. | ||
'''General information''' | '''General information''' |
Revision as of 19:35, 20 May 2015
Developers | |
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Team Silent | |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 9, 2004 |
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 2 | 2024 |
Key points
- Gameplay locked to 30 FPS, cutscenes locked to 15 FPS. Requires mod to change cutscenes to 30FPS.
- Max resolution locked to 1280 x 960. Requires modding to increase to widescreen 1920x1080 or 1920x1200. FMVs are stretched, though there are not a lot of FMVs in the game anyway.
- Only supports Dinput for controllers and default bindings are awkward. Controls should be adjusted. No true analog support.
- It is highly recommended to adjust the default brightness and contrast. Brightness = 4, Contrast = 8, all gamma 1.0 looks fine.
- Shadows looks poor in many cutscenes and the player may want to disable them in the options.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Wrapper by Nemesis
A wrapper which can:
- Disable cutscene letterboxing
- Change the 15 FPS cutscenes to 30 FPS
- Disable the blur in cutscenes (change all values to 0)
- Change the resolution
- Correct the FOV to widescreen
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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- If you don't run the game as administrator, your save files may end up in Virtualized Folder. See Game data for more information.
Save game cloud syncing
- No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.
Video settings
- Do NOT download any of the attachments at WSFG (sh4resolution.7z, SH4FOV.rar, SH4FOV euro version.rar). It is possible that they may not actually work (specifically sh4resolution.7z) and contain viruses.[1][2]
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Resolution locked to 400 x 300
Go to the game's folder, locate "CheckSpec.dll", and rename or delete it.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98/ME/2000/XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium III - 1GHz AMD Athlon - 1GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 256MB RAM | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3GB | |
Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti ATI Radeon 8500 DirectX 8.1 compatible |