Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Castlevania
Castlevania	1990
Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra	2002
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	2013
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2	2014
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD	2014

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Gamesplanet
GameStop
Green Man Gaming
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Armored Dracula Costume
Dark Dracula Costume
Relic Rune Pack
Revelations

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\bik\
Delete or rename 28409563.bik, 138243771.bik, and 226441803.bik.

Game data[edit]

General settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\game.cfg

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer with this plugin.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer with this plugin.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use any third-party application.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Labeled as Texture Filter, up to 4 samples. Force 16 samples externally.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Off, low (1x), and high (2x).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Change FOV with Cheat Engine^[1]

Download and install Cheat Engine.
Start the game and Alt+Tab ↹ out.
Download the cheat table and double-click on it.
In the window that opens, click the flashing button in the top left corner.
Select CLOS2.exe and click Open, then click Yes.
At the bottom part of the window, check the boxes beside FOV [F4] and FOV.
With FOV selected, press ↵ Enter and type in a new value (default is 1.39), then press ↵ Enter to apply.

Notes

This fix also affects the cutscenes and menus. Press F4 to toggle as required.

Input settings[edit]

Most on-screen prompts are shown as Xbox buttons.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Can't assign Mouse 5 button.
Mouse acceleration		Seems to use negative mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		See Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Mouse sensitivity[edit]

Edit game.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\game.cfg
Change the values for MouseSensitivityV and MouseSensitivityH, which are set to 1.000000 by default.

Adjust controller dead zone[edit]

Edit game.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\game.cfg
Change the value for PCPadDeadZone, which is set to 0.200000 by default.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, music, and voices.
Surround sound		Auto configures up to 7.1 output^[2]
Subtitles		Option is located under Video settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Polish				A Polish fan translation is available.

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Castlevania : Lords of Shadow 2.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	FMOD Ex Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz	Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	Broadband Internet connection	XInput controller highly recommended

References

[1] [GUIDE] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Dead End Thrills

[2] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

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Developers

	MercurySteam
Publishers
	Konami
Engines
	Mercury Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	February 25, 2014