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{{++}} [[#Availbility|GOG.com]] and [[#Improvements|New Dark patched]] versions are virtually identical and run well on modern machines.<ref>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140849&page=2&p=2166436&viewfull=1#post2166436</ref>
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{{--}} [[#Availbility|GOG.com]] is simply the retail version patched with an old version of SSTool.<ref>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140849&page=3</ref><ref>http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=4517.48</ref><ref>http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/User_talk:Delusibeta Follow the steps to update to the latest version correctly.</ref>
  
 
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==Availability==
 
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{{Availability Table/row| [http://www.gog.com/gamecard/system_shock_2 GOG.com] | {{ID|Gog}} | Pre-patched with [[#SS2Tool|SS2Tool 4.0]]. Some bugs can be fixed by updating to the latest version of SS2Tool. }}
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{{Availability Table/row| [http://www.gog.com/gamecard/system_shock_2 GOG.com] | {{ID|Gog}} | Pre-patched with [[#SS2Tool|SS2Tool 4.0]]. Some bugs can be fixed by updating to the latest version of [[#SS2Tool|SSTool 4.8]]. }}
 
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==Improvements==
 
==Improvements==

Revision as of 01:32, 15 February 2013

Template:Infobox Key points

GOG.com is simply the retail version patched with an old version of SSTool.[1][2][3]

General information

TTLG Forums - System Shock Series
systemshock.org Forum - dedicated to modding System Shock series.

Availability

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Game data

Save game location

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Improvements

System Shock 2 Mod Manager

Essential for managing mods for the game. Also contains a few useful tools and options.

SHTUP

'Shock Texture Upgrade Project' enhances texture quality.

SS2Tool

An unofficial patch/fix-tool released by the community. It fixes a wide range of compatibility and stability issues as well as introduces widescreen-resolutions and other enhancements to the game. It also patches the game to be mod-ready and to work with SS2 Mod Manager. Highly recommended.

Removes CD-check.

For retail install

Official patch

Official patch ss2patch.zip fixes numerous gamebreaking bugs.

New Dark

New dark 2.4 patch ss2_v24.zip.

Issues and fixes

Run without CD/DVD

The CD is normally required to run the game but SS2Tool removes this check.

Windows 7 compatibility

There are numerous problems with running the game under Windows Vista/Windows 7, especially in 64-bit. Most of them, however, are fixed with the SS2Tool.

In addition most modern computers use multicore processors which can cause random crashing. A way to fix random inexplicable crashes is to Alt-Tab to task manager to and under the processes tab set shock.exe's affinity to only one core.

Running the game under compatibility mode can stop the game from crashing on startup. Setting it to run in Compatibility for "Windows XP Service Pack 2" seems to work best. To do this, right click shock2.exe in your installation folder, and click the compatibility tab. There choose "Run as Administrator" and tick the "Run this program in Compatibility mode for:" box, and choose XP SP2. If that does not work, try the other modes as it can be different for certain computer setups.

Left-clicking/dragging items doesn't work/is buggy

This is a common problem that can be fixed in a number of ways, the easiest being to choose one of the default control schemes. For instance the SS2 Mod Manager has a function to correct it. Go to the Tools-menu and then click Fix Use-Mode keybind file. You can also fix it by going to the file and editing it manually: locate User2.bnd in the main game directory. Open it with Worpad and find the line 

bind mouse1

Replace whatever it says with 

bind mouse1 +drag_and_drop_mode

Can't activate 3D sound

If you have a Creative card and Alchemy installed try adding the following to it: 

[System Shock 2]
Buffers=4
Duration=25

Game window tiny/Black screen

Some machines using Intel GPUs may have a game launch in a tiny window in the top left corner (or present a black screen once you enter gameplay). It's possible to fix this (assuming you've installed SS2Tool) by disabling multisampling: open cam_ext.cfg and add a ; to the start of the multisampletype 8 line

Video settings

General settings.

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Windowed

Instructions

Antialiasing

The game doesn't have built in anti-aliasing but forcing it through the graphics control panel works.

Anisotropic filtering

See above. Forcing it should work.

Vertical sync

Using the SS2Tool framerate is capped at 60. To change this open ddfix.ini in the main game directory and edit the line FrameRateLimit. 

;Frame rate limit in frames per second. Float. (0 = unlimited.)
FrameRateLimit=60

Also, the value FlipVSync determines if V-sync is used or not. 

;Use vsync. Boolean.
FlipVSync=0


References