Dead Rising 2

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Dead Rising 2

Developers
	Blue Castle Games
Windows	Mercenary Technology
Publishers
	Capcom
Release dates
Windows	September 28, 2010

Dead Rising

Dead Rising 2	2010
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record	2011
Dead Rising 3	2014
Dead Rising	2016
Dead Rising 4	2016

Key points

Steam version DRM switched from Games for Windows Live to Steamworks.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GameStop
Green Man Gaming
Steam

All non-Steam versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.

Retail product keys activate on Steam (Games for Windows Marketplace game and DLC cannot be transferred).

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Ninja Skills Pack
Psychopath Skills Pack
Soldier of Fortune Pack
Sports Fan Skills Pack

Essential improvements

Patches

For the Russian version use Russian patch 1.0.0.1.

A title update is available. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run setup.exe).

Skip intro videos

Replace fecmn.big[citation needed] Download a modded fecmn.big. Place it in <path-to-game>\data\frontend and replace the original file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dead Rising 2\rendersettings.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dead Rising 2\saves\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\45740\remote\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

PC Settings

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Use d3d9hook.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use d3d9hook.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Field of view (FOV)

Use Gibbed.DeadRising2.Tools Download Gibbed.DeadRising2.Tools and extract it somewhere. Go to the Dead Rising 2 installation folder, and open the data folder. Drag datafile.big and place it onto Gibbed.DeadRising2.Unpack.exe. When it's finished unpacking, open the datafile_big folder that was created in the data folder. Open camera.txt with Notepad, and click Edit -> Replace. Type FOV = "43" in the Find, and FOV = "63" in the Replace (change 63 to desired FOV) and click Replace All. Some other cameras use FOV = "45" which can also be replaced, such as in the cVehicleBehaviorCam PushableCam section. Save the file. Drag the datafile_big folder and place it onto Gibbed.DeadRising2.Pack.exe. This will create a new file called datafile_big.big. Backup the original datafile.big by renaming it to something else. Rename datafile_big.big to datafile.big.

Input settings

Controls

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration is active.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Only if controller is disabled.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Only Microsoft brand Xbox 360 controllers work, third party controllers are unrecognized by the game and the option to enable a controller will be grayed out.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See Remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Remapping

Editing input text files Go to <path-to-game>\data\controls\ Edit the desired text file: Edit keymap.txt for keyboard bindings Edit mousemap.txt for mouse bindings Edit padmap.txt for Xbox 360 Controller bindings

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume sliders for music and sound effects.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		4	Co-op, Versus Co-op: Co-op campaign (2 players). Versus: Terror Is Reality mode.

Issues fixed

Game crashes to desktop on launch

This issue was resolved in the 20 May 2015 patch released for the Steam version.

Set sound quality to 24 bit, 48000 Hz[citation needed] See Sound problems (cracking, delays, missing music/effects, etc.)

"Games for Windows – LIVE has encountered a corrupted file." error

The game may show the following error after start: Games for Windows - LIVE has encountered a corrupted file. Please reinstall the game fix. This error is related to "Game for Windows – Live! Zero Day Piracy Protection".

This issue happened when trying to launch game from Steam under Windows 8.1 64-bit. It is unknown if it happens under different OS versions or retail version.

Manually run zdp.exe[citation needed] Go to <path-to-game>\Zdp\ Run zdp.exe. The game should launch successfully. From that point, the game should work fine when launching through Steam normally.

Game doesn't launch

The game is not launching after successful release date check on Windows 8 and later.

Update Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable[citation needed] Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable. Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace. Install the Games for Windows Marketplace Client.

Item cycle buttons are reversed

Swap cycle buttons[citation needed] Edit <path-to-game>\data\controls\padmap.txt. Change COMMAND_PLAYER_MAIN_ITEMS_CYCLE_LEFT from BUTTON_L1 to BUTTON_R1. Change COMMAND_PLAYER_MAIN_ITEMS_CYCLE_RIGHT from BUTTON_R1 to BUTTON_L1.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz AMD Athlon X2 2.2 Ghz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS ATI Radeon HD 3850 DirectX 9.0c compatible