Mafia II

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Mafia II
Mafia II cover.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
Windows
August 24, 2010
OS X
December 1, 2011
Mafia II at WineHQ
Mafia II at Steam Charts
Mafia II at SteamDB
 Mafia II at Wikipedia
Mafia
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven 2002
Mafia II 2010
Jimmy's Vendetta
Joe's Adventure
Betrayal of Jimmy

General information

More information Official website
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Retail Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
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Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg Windows only.
Mac App Store Availability Table Icons - Mac App Store.svg OS X only.
Information All Windows versions require Steam.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Made Man DLC Available only in Digital Deluxe WindowsOS X
Jimmy's Vendetta DLC WindowsOS X
The Betrayal of Jimmy DLC Only available in certain regions. WindowsOS X
Joe's Adventures DLC WindowsOS X
Renegade DLC WindowsOS X
Vegas DLC WindowsOS X
Greaser DLC WindowsOS X
War Hero DLC WindowsOS X

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\2K Games\Mafia II\Saves\videoconfig.cfg
OS X

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\2K Games\Mafia II\Saves\
OS X

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Fix Delete/rename video files

  1. Go to <path-to-game>\pc\sds\video
  2. Delete or rename Logos.bik and NVidia_logo.bik
  3. After the initial information text screen fades press Esc or A button on Xbox gamepad twice.

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Gold.svg
Multi-monitor Native WSGF MM Gold.svg
Ultra-widescreen Native WSGF UW Gold.svg
4K Ultra HD Native WSGF Incomplete.svg
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native Applies 2x1 SSAA.[1] Other forms of AA can be forced via display driver software.
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Native

Disable depth of field[edit]

Fix Replace sds files

  1. Download DOF removal.
  2. Extract the archive to <path-to-game>\PC and overwrite existing files.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Native
Full controller support Native
Controller remapping Impossible Only 2 presets available.
Controller Y-axis inversion Native Tied to Mouse Look settings.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native SFX, Voice, Music, Radio
Surround sound Native 7.1[2][3]
Subtitles Native
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native No option to disable it.

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native
Czech Native Native Native
French Native Native Native
German Native Native Native
Italian Native Native Native
Japanese Native Unknown Native Japan version only.
Polish Native Impossible Native
Russian Native Native Native
Spanish Native Native Native
Turkish Native Impossible Native A Turkish fan patch is available here.

Issues fixed[edit]

FIX "PhysX SDK not initialized. PhysX System Software will be installed"[edit]

Nvidia PhysX Fix

  1. Uninstall Current Nvidia PhysX Installation.
  2. Run Mafia II through Steam and let it install old PhysX distributable that comes with download.
  3. Game should be playable or at least the above mentioned error shouldn't cause it to crash at startup.

Notes

Information You can install the latest PhysX SDK after following the above steps and still be able to play Mafia II

Screen flickering ATI/AMD[edit]

Users with ATI/AMD cards may experience screen flickering while playing the game.

Information Fixing this could highlight screen-tearing

Fix .dll addition

  1. Download Mafia II ATI Fix.rar from the first link at http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=201249636
  2. Extract using Winrar, 7-Zip or another program
  3. Place atiumdag.dll in <path-to-game>\pc
  4. The screen flickering is now gone, turn on V-sync if necessary

References

  1. ↑ Mafia II Tweak Guide
  2. ↑ So this game has surround?
  3. ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up