Serious Sam II

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Serious Sam II
Serious Sam II Box.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
Windows
October 11, 2005
Serious Sam II at Steam Charts
Serious Sam II at SteamDB
 Serious Sam II at Wikipedia
Serious Sam
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Serious Sam 4 2014

Key points

Disadvantage Online server browser for non-Steam versions has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.
Information Steam version online multiplayer has been transitioned to Steamworks.[1]

General information

More information Serious Sam Wiki
More information Seriously! Forums
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Retail DRM details are not known
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg

Essential improvements[edit]

Serious Sam II Patch 2.070[edit]

Information Do not install this if you have the German version as it can cause various problems.

Console commands[edit]

Information Open the console (~ by default)
  • sam_iEnableCheats=1 - Enable Cheats
    • Press Esc and F1 to open the cheats window
  • hud_bShowPing = 1
  • hud_iShowBandwidth = 1
  • hud_bShowCrosshair = 1
  • sam_ctMaxDebris = 20
  • sam_bEnableRagdollDeaths = 0
  • prf_bShowFPS = 1
  • net_strConnectPassword = "password" - used to access password protected multiplayer games

Unofficial Linux installer[edit]

flibitijibibo has made an unofficial installer that simplifies installation of the game on Linux. If you own the game, download the installer at http://www.flibitijibibo.com/fedora/installers/flibitSam2_2070b.tar.gz.

Running the game in Linux[edit]

To run the game, just run serioussam2.exe in the installation folder. You may have to chmod +x it first.

Serious Editor[edit]

To run the editor, just run serioussam2.exe in the installation folder. You may have to chmod +x it first.

Getting audio to work[edit]

To get audio working, move to the root of the Serious Sam 2 installation and make a symlink to your 32-bit libopenal.so. For Fedora, it looks like 

ln -s /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 libopenal.so.0

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\Content\SeriousSam2

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\Content\SeriousSam2\PlayerProfiles

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

In-game general video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF Incomplete.svg Stretched by default.
Change gfx_fAspectRatio inside sam2.ini to fix
Multi-monitor Impossible False icon.svg
Field of view (FOV) Hackable See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Unknown
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Unknown

  • In-game advanced video settings (1/3)

  • In-game advanced video settings (2/3)

  • In-game advanced video settings (3/3)

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Fix Changing the FOV

  1. Open sam2.ini in a text editor.
  2. Under [Sam2Game] add this line : plr_fFOVOverride = X;
  3. Recommended values: plr_fFOVOverride = 90.4 (for 16:10) or plr_fFOVOverride = 96.4; (for 16:9)
  4. Save the file and set it to read only to prevent the game from changing it back.

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
In-game general control settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Impossible Dead zone exists for controllers, which aren't supported.

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Native
Subtitles Native
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native
EAX support Native

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play Impossible
LAN play Native 16
Online play Native 16
Local co-op Impossible
LAN co-op Native 6
Online co-op Native 6

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Dedicated Native
Direct IP Unknown

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 25600-25616
UDP (outbound) 25600-25616

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium IV 2 GHz or Pentium M 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1.5 GHz Pentium IV 3 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
3 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 3
ATi Radeon 8500
S3 DeltaChrome
XGI Volari
DirectX 8 compatible 		NVIDIA GeForce 7800
ATi Radeon X850
DirectX 9 compatible

References

  1. ↑ Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Serious Sam 2 - Yeehaaa! Serious Sam 2 now uses Steamworks for online play!