Shank 2

Shank 2

Developers   Klei Entertainment OS X Alternative Games Linux Alternative Games

Publishers   Electronic Arts

Release dates Windows February 7, 2012 OS X December 19, 2012 Linux December 19, 2012

Shank

Shank	2010
Shank 2	2012

Key points

This game does not support cross-platform multiplayer.

General information

Official website

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Humble Store
GamersGate
Steam

Game data

Configuration file location

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Shank 2\
OS X
Linux	~/.klei/shank2/

This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Shank 2\
OS X
Linux	~/.klei/shank2/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/6120/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

In-game options menu.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution		The game always runs in 16:9 when windowed.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		Capped at 60 Hz in fullscreen. Runs at 120 Hz in windowed mode but the background still shows a distinct double imaging which blurs it out (best seen at thin vertical elements like a pole). Tested with low persistence monitor 120 Hz monitor (Eizo Foris FG2421).

Pressing Ctrl+G on OS X and Linux releases the mouse.

Input settings

In-game key/button map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller Y-axis inversion

See here for controllers on Linux.

Controller vibration does not work on OS X and Linux.

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local co-op		2	Shared-screen.
LAN co-op
Online co-op		2

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Progression not saved

Level selection.

In some cases, Shank 2 on Windows will not save the player's progress.

Shank 2 game save workaround Notes You will need a pre-existing Shank 2 savegame.sav file in order to proceed. You can find one here. This is not a blank file. However, you will be able to clear its contents should you wish to start a fresh game. Go to the installation folder. Make a folder called users Extract the savegame.sav file in the users folder. Start the game. To make sure that the game sees an actual save file, select Campaign Mode from the main menu. After choosing a difficulty mode, you should see the level selection screen. To erase the contents of the save file: select Help & Options in the main menu, then select Clear Save Data.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3400+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3400+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 256 MB of VRAM