Postal 2

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Postal 2
Postal 2 cover
Developers
Running With Scissors
OS X Ryan C. Gordon
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
Retail Whiptail Interactive
Steam Running With Scissors
Engines
Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows April 13, 2003
OS X April 15, 2005
Linux April 15, 2005
 
 
 
Postal
Postal 1997
Postal 2 2003
Postal 3 2011
Postal Redux 2016

General information

Running With Scissors Forum
Postal Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions


Key points

Multiplayer doesn't work on Windows 10[citation needed]

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 
GamersGate
 
 
 
 
GOG.com
 
 
 
Green Man Gaming
 
 
 
 
Humble Store
 
 
 
 
Steam
 
 Can be played without Steam if launched directly through Postal2.exe and the same for ParadiseLost.exe
 
 
 

Version differences[edit]

The Steam version features proper widescreen support, many additional options, and extra content. However, developer promised to bring all of the features introduced in 1412 patch to non-Steam versions as well.[1]

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Apocalypse Weekend Included in Steam version
 
 
 
Paradise Lost
 
 
 

Essential improvements[edit]

Mods[edit]

A stickied list of mods is available on the GOG.com forums, available here (most of the links are dead).

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\System
OS X
Linux ~/.lgp/postal2/System

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save
OS X
Linux ~/.lgp/postal2/Save
This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
  • Saves are cross platform, but for intra-platform Steam sync to occur, files must be manually moved between operating systems. Inter-platform Steam sync is not available.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Recently added in a patch in February

Video settings[edit]

General settings.
General settings.
Performance options.
Performance options.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Native support in GOG.com and Steam versions. May requires tweaks in others.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
Field of view (FOV)
Added to Steam version in 1412 patch. For non-Steam versions, use FOV X console command.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Works with Fullscreenizer.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Added to Steam version in 1412 patch. For non-Steam versions, see Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Added to Steam version in 1412 patch. For non-Steam versions, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Anisotropic filtering (AF)[edit]

Enabling Antistropic Filtering
  1. Go to ..\POSTAL2Complete\System and edit Postal2.ini with a text editor.
  2. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice].
  3. Under it you'll find LevelOfAnisotropy=1.
  4. To enable Anisotropic filtering change 1 in LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to a higher value (maximum is 16). For example, LevelOfAnisotropy=16.

Vertical sync (Vsync)[edit]

Enabling V-sync
Vsync is enabled by default in non-Steam versions.
  1. Go to ..\POSTAL2Complete\System and edit Postal2.ini with a text editor.
  2. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice].
  3. Under it you'll find UseVSync=True.
  4. To disable V-sync change UseVSync=True to UseVSync=False.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard remap settings.
Keyboard remap settings.
Mouse settings.
Mouse settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Added in 1417 patch
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button prompts
Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Music volume and sound volume
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output.[2] May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16
Online play
16

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed[edit]

Low performance on modern PC[edit]

Edit config file
  1. Go to ..\POSTAL2Complete\System and edit Postal2.ini with a text editor.
  2. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice].
  3. Under it you'll find ReduceMouseLag=True.
  4. Change it to ReduceMouseLag=False
Change the number of prerendered frames
  1. Go to NVIDIA panel.
  2. Set maximum number of prerendered frames to 1.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.13 GHz
AMD Athlon 733 MHz		 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 384 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
32 MB of VRAM 		Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
OS X
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) 700 MHz (PowerPC) 1.2 GHz (PowerPC / Intel)
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 384 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
ATI Radeon
32 MB of VRAM 		Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM

References

  1. ↑ http://steamcommunity.com/games/POSTAL2/announcements/detail/1837756282404974827
  2. ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up