Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 cover
Developers
MercurySteam
Publishers
Konami
Engines
Mercury Engine 2
Release dates
Windows February 25, 2014
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]

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

Game data[edit]

General settings.
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.
General video settings.
Advanced video settings.
Advanced video settings.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Change FOV with Cheat Engine[1]
  1. Download and install Cheat Engine.
  2. Start the game and Alt+Tab out.
  3. Download the cheat table and double-click on it.
  4. In the window that opens, click the flashing button in the top left corner.
  5. Select CLOS2.exe and click Open, then click Yes.
  6. At the bottom part of the window, check the boxes beside FOV [F4] and FOV.
  7. 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.

Mouse sensitivity[edit]

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

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
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]

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