Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Developers
	Dennaton Games
	Abstraction Games
Publishers
	Devolver Digital
Engines
	GameBaker 2.0
	SilverWare
Release dates
Windows	March 10, 2015
macOS (OS X)	March 10, 2015
Linux	March 10, 2015

Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami	2012
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number	2015

Key points

As of 1.06 patch the game now includes level editor and workshop support

General information

Official Website

Unofficial wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate		Special Edition also available.
GOG.com		Special Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Special Edition also available.
Humble Store		Special Edition also available.
Steam		Special Edition also available.

Australian users can buy the game from the Humble Store in order to circumvent the region block. Its store entries are hidden, so the store pages can only be accessed using their URLs.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Soundtrack	Does not include the second credits theme which can be purchased on other services such as Bandcamp.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami2\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/HotlineMiami2/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/HotlineMiami2/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami2\savedata.vfs
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/HotlineMiami2/savedata.vfs
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/HotlineMiami2/savedata.vfs

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

Graphics settings menu.

Input settings

Controls settings menu.

Remap settings menu.

Button prompts

Forcing specific prompts
Go to <path-to-game>\Config\ Open System.json in text editor Remove // in front of "buttonSprites" Change DS3 into values specified in line above (X360, DS3, DS4)

Audio settings

Audio settings menu.

Mute on focus lost

Enable mute in background[citation needed]
Download Special K. Copy SpecialK32.dll to the installation folder. Rename to d3d9.dll. Run the game and exit. Edit d3d9.ini in the installation folder. Find [Window.System]. Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true.

Localizations

Non-English localizations have sexual content disclaimer, tutorial and subtitles translated only.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game won't start

Disable statistics (FPS counters) software

Programs that report computer statistics such as frame rate, GPU usage, memory usage etc. can cause the game to not start correctly and is recommend to shut them down if you're having issues launching the game. Programs that use RivaTuner Statistics Server such as MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X allow you to exclude a game's executable file to prevent RivaTuner from attempting to look at the game if you wish to keep MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X running for those that want to view their system's statistics. Open RivaTuner Statistics Server if installed. Click the "+" button to open a separate window that will ask you to select the executable. Locate HotlineMiami2.exe in the installation folder. On the right, look for "Application Detection Level" and select "None". Minimize RivaTuner Statistics and try to launch the game.

Add "-gl" to launch options[citation needed]
Forcing the game to run in OpenGL can fix the issue. Use the -gl command line argument.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	On Windows XP, start the game with -d3d.
OpenGL	3.2	On Windows Vista+, start the game with -gl.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD Studio
Input	SDL2

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.2 compatible DirectX 9.0c compatible	512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.2 compatible DirectX 9.0c compatible

Steam version of the game (and DRM-free versions after a patch) launches on Windows XP SP3 too, but this system is not officially supported.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.2 compatible	512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.2 compatible

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB