Difference between revisions of "Silent Hill 4: The Room"
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+ | # Open the folder where the game is installed. | ||
+ | # Rename {{file|CheckSpec.dll}} to something else or delete the file. | ||
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==System requirements== | ==System requirements== |
Revision as of 06:17, 22 January 2017
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
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, cutscenes at 15 FPS. See Wrapper by Nemesis.
- Widescreen resolutions are not supported. See Wrapper by Nemesis.
- Only supports DirectInput for controllers, with no true analog support.
- Some of the hauntings from the console version are missing.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Wrapper by Nemesis
A wrapper for the North American version 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
- Enable 60 FPS support. Has minor issues:
- Causes Henry to be unable to move in attack stance
- Cannot finish the game because of a game breaking bug during the final boss
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
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Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Video settings
- It is highly recommended to adjust the default brightness and contrast. Brightness = 4, Contrast = 8, all gamma 1.0 looks fine.
- It is highly recommended to set on realtime shadows in the game settings.
Windowed
Instructions |
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Input settings
Controller support
- A fix is required for the game to properly recognize XInput triggers and right analog stick when assigning controls.
Instructions |
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- XInput Plus replaces the
dinput8.dll
included in the Wrapper by Nemesis.
Instructions |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Italian | Only available in the European version. | |||
Japanese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Only available in the European version. |
Issues unresolved
Poor cutscene shadows
- Shadows looks poor in many cutscenes and the player may want to disable them in the options.
Issues fixed
Game fails to run
- On some systems, even though you meet the requirements to play the game it won't run.
Instructions |
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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 |