Mafia II: Definitive Edition

This page is for the remaster of Mafia II. For the original game, see Mafia II.

Mafia II: Definitive Edition

Developers
Original game	2K Czech
Definitive Edition	Hangar 13
Definitive Edition	D3T
Definitive Edition, GOG.com	General Arcade
Publishers
	2K Games
Engines
	Illusion Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 19, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	72
OpenCritic	64
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world, Shooter, TPS
Vehicles	Automobile
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America, World War II
Series	Mafia

Mafia
Mafia	2002
Mafia II	2010
Mafia III	2016
Mafia II: Definitive Edition	2020
Mafia: Definitive Edition	2020

Mafia II: Definitive Edition is a singleplayer third-person action, shooter game in the Mafia series. The game is a remaster of Mafia II which contains graphical upgrades like improved textures, improved shadows, higher resolution ambient occlusion, added HBAO-support, generally improved anti-aliasting (like added MSAA-support), improved facial feature definition, remastered facial animations, reworked post-processing and implemented DX11-support. It was remastered by D3T and published by 2K Games.

Mafia II: Definitive Edition was released May 19, 2020 on Steam and later on Epic Games Store on September 25, containing all the DLC from Mafia II. Previous owners of Mafia II on Steam were automatically given this version for free, and the original Mafia II was renamed to Mafia II (Classic) in the Steam Library.

Compared to the original, the game lacks support for Windows 7 and Windows XP, although a workaround exists for Windows 7.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Steam and GOG.com purchases grant Mafia II, also known as Mafia II (Classic), for free.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Chicago Outfit Pack is offered as a pre-order bonus fo Mafia II: Definitive Edition and Mafia III: Definitive Edition when pre-ordering Mafia: Definitive Edition. Lincoln's Outfit and Car is offered for owners of Mafia III: Definitive Edition.
Time-limited	Chicago Outfit Pack can only be unlocked by pre-ordering Mafia: Definitive Edition.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove intro files
Go to <path-to-game>\pc\sds\video\. Remove or rename d3t.bik and Logos.bik.

Skip launcher

Use the "<path-to-game>\pc\Mafia II Definitive Edition.exe" %command% command line argument on Steam

Game data

Launcher general settings.

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Mafia II Definitive Edition\Data\profiles\<user-id>\settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1030830/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Mafia II Definitive Edition\Saves\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1030830/pfx/

Saves from the original game are supported and their migration was fixed in June 18, 2020 patch.

The path for saves cannot contain non-English characters. See Savegame issues.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay. Pillarboxed cutscenes. FMVs are simultaneously Vert- and pillarboxed. Use the community patchers as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2x-8x MSAA, FXAA and SMAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No FPS cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV with Gibbed Tools

Download Illusion Engine Gibbed Tools and extract it somewhere. Run Gibbed.Illusion.ExploreSDS.exe and click Open SDS. Go to <path-to-game>\pc\sds\tables\. Open tables.sds. Click the + beside XML, scroll down to /config/gameCamera/playerCamera and double-click on it. It contains various camera views (<Stay>, <Sprint>, <Climb>, etc.), each having their own <Fov value="XX" /> parameter listed under their name. Change the values of those parameters (most are set at 65 or 75) to the desired FOV for that camera. Don't miss the ones under the <Interier> section also. Click Save, and switch back to the archive via the Windows menu at the top. The FOV for the various driving views can be changed in the carCameraBumper, carCameraGamepad (chase cam), carCameraHood, and carCameraWheel files, by editing the same <Fov value="XX" /> parameters. Other cameras (cover system, melee, etc.) have their own file as well. When all files are saved, switch back to the archive and click Save Archive. Double-click tables.sds and replace it (or make a backup first before replacing).

Input

In-game control settings.

In-game keyboard bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Home cannot be bound to commands.
Mouse acceleration		Positive acceleration. Can't be turned off.[citation needed]
Mouse sensitivity		Preset based. Very Low/Low/Medium/High/Very High.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		2 presets available.
Controller sensitivity		Shares the same setting with mouse sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Tied to Mouse Look settings.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Launcher audio settings.

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, Voices, Music and Radio. Music volume also affects pre-rendered cutscenes.
Surround sound		Stereo, 5.1, 7.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Depends on Video - Focus Loss Options.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Must for mods.
Bulgarian				Fan translation, download. Only covers the main game. DLCs are not translated by this patch.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, download.
Indonesian				Fan translation by IGTC Team (Indonesia Game Translator Community), download it here.
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Arabic				Fan translation, Arabic Subtitles.

Two different languages for Audio and Subtitles

Game doesn't offer the option to have audio and subtitles in two different languages. Useful if one doesn't like the dubbing in their language.

Copy text files from the desired text language to the chosen audio language
In the game's launcher, select the desired language as audio language for voice dubbing, then enable subtitles and close the launcher. Go into <path-to-game>\pc\sds_[language]\ and copy text_credits and text_default into <path-to-game>\pc\sds_[language].

Issues unresolved

Infinite loading screen in Stairway to Heaven

An infinite loading screen in the chapter Stairway to Heaven might happen after the cutscene where Vito pays back Bruno if he raised money by holding up stores.

Restart chapter
Some players have been able to start the following chapter from the main menu but otherwise, the chapter must be restarted from the main menu and the player should raise money by dropping off cars to Bruski. Notes This bug is also present in the original version.

FOV changes after loading

Gameplay FOV may change after loading from a checkpoint or restarting the game and loading into a mission.

Bugged cutscenes

Characters close their eyes in cutscenes when their eyes are normally suppose to move with some not even moving or blinking at all. Movements are choppier, more robotic and awkward and limbs can clip into the torso of the characters and twist around unnaturally. Cutscenes can even be black with only audio or repeat indefinitely.^{[citation needed]}

Issues fixed

Cloth APEX PhysX fix workaround

APEX PhysX effects work properly except the cloth physics in the main game. APEX PhysX works well in the DLCs and with DLC clothing.

Delete CLOTH folder

Go to the in-game video settings. Set global settings to "high". Close the game. Go to <path-to-game>\EDIT\APEX\. Back up CLOTH to another directory. Delete CLOTH in <path-to-game>\EDIT\APEX\. Notes APEX PhysX particles + standard cloth physics. Other video settings can now be changed to the desired values. This will change the preset to "custom". If the preset is changed to "low", it will disable APEX PhysX. It should be added back when playing the DLCs.

APEX PhysX debris doesn't last as long as in Mafia II: Classic

Copy Effects folder from Classic
Download the Effect folder here. Extrect the .zip file. Replace Effect in <path-to-game>\EDIT\APEX with the downloaded one. Notes Makes PhysX more demanding.

Flickering fog

Set Vsync to FAST or ADAPTIVE in Nvidia Control Panel
Notes Nvidia only.

Savegame issues

The path for saves cannot contain non-English characters.

Use SilentPatch to resolve the issue

Resolution list locked to single monitor (Unable to select certain resolutions)

In multiple monitor setups, it's possible that game won't let user to select certain resolutions, because one of devices has lower resolution in comparison to others.

For example, with two monitors: 1st - 5:4(1280x1024) and 2nd one 16:9(1920x1080) <- set as main one, user will not be able to render game above 1280x1024. If resolution is set in config file, and it exceeds 1280x1024 game will render game in 640x480.

Disconnect lowest resolution display

Add Windows 7 Support (Error: xinput1_4.dll missing)

The game was compiled to use most modern xinput1_4.dll, which is not available for Windows 7. However, it's still possible to use earlier version of XInput library as a workaround.

Windows 7 workaround
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 and copy xinput1_3.dll to a different directory. Rename newly copied xinput1_3.dll to xinput1_4.dll. Move newly renamed xinput1_4.dll to <path-to-game>\pc.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Mods

MAFIA II UNCUT RADIO - Restores car radio tracks cut from final game.

REAL CAR NAMES & Chevrolet Bel Air - Adds authenticity.

Friends For Life - Adds Free Ride Mode

Chapter 14 Script Fix - Fixes the bug where Joe and Vito repeat the same overlapping dialogue twice in Chapter 14

Chapter 15 Cutscene Fix - Fixes the bug with Leo Galante's eyes

Player Model Changer script

Real Remaster ReShade

VStormV's Mafia II Definitive Edition Reshade

PlayStation Icons - Changes the buttons to Playstation Icons

Classic Weapon Sounds - Restore the original sounds of weapons

DLC Unlocker - Unlocks all the DLC's without having to create a 2K Account

[1] - Upscaled textures

[2] - Mafia 2 Definitive Edition Script Hook (Plus trainer scripts)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500K AMD FX-8120	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290X 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.