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Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext)

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Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext)
Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext) cover
Developers
Sourcenext
Publishers
Capcom
Release dates
Windows February 17, 2006[1]
Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext) guide on StrategyWiki
Biohazard 2 (Sourcenext) on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).
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Key points

Port of Biohazard 2 made for Windows 2000 / XP.
Has improved compatibility for modern versions of Windows.
Allows both scenarios to be played without needing to change discs.
Has the highest quality FMVs out of any other release.
Death scenes are censored in Original Mode.

General information

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
CD key
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is 1.1.0. Save files from version 1.0 will not work with version 1.1.0.

Gemini's Classic REbirth patch

Translates the game into English, adds support for higher resolutions by pressing F8, adds XInput support, fixes some lag issues on Windows 10, fixes color space issues for the prerendered backgrounds, restores some missing audio tracks, removes censored death scenes, and allows the game to run as a portable program.
Provides extended mod support.
Requires version 1.1.0.

RE2SN HQ sound for Classic REbirth

Replaces the audio in the game with higher quality sounds.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Capcom\Biohazard 2[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savedata[Note 2]
This is the default path used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user by editing the SavePath value in the registry.
CLAIRE_MAX.BIOHAZARD2 and LEON_MAX.BIOHAZARD2 are required to start a new game.

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Japanese
FMVs have subtitles that are part of the FMV itself.
English
Use Gemini's patch for English text.

Issues fixed

Black screen when playing FMVs

This is generally caused by DirectShow codecs on Windows 10 being incompatible with Nvidia desktop drivers. Versions such as Windows XP do have the codecs to run the cutscenes with no issues.
Gemini's patch makes FMV work again by replacing DirectShow with FFMPEG.[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000 / XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.6 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other 2x speed CD-ROM

Notes

  1. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  2. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References