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Revision as of 10:32, 22 November 2017

Second Sight
Second Sight cover
Developers
Free Radical Design
Publishers
Codemasters
Release dates
Windows February 4, 2005
Second Sight guide on StrategyWiki
Second Sight on Wikipedia

Key points

No longer sold digitally due to legal issues.[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce v3 DRM
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename the trailers folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11550/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11550/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Running the game in windowed mode may cause minor graphical issues.
Force windowed mode[citation needed]
  1. Install ThirteenAG's fix.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Create wndmode.ini.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Low frame rate

The game may initially run at a low frame rate, such as 38 FPS.
Restart your computer[2]
  • Restarting your computer fixes the low frame rate issue.

Black screen with some resolutions

Setting the resolution higher than 1024x768 using the in-game options may result in a black screen.
Use widescreen fix[citation needed]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Although the in-game graphics option allows you to select 85 Hz, the game will not run higher than 60 Hz.
Set refresh rate manually[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open secondsight.cfg.
  3. Change scr_hz=60 to the screen refresh rate.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III / AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon 8500 / Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti200

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References