Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Kane & Lynch
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men	2007
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	2010

Key points

Lacks the splitscreen cooperative multiplayer found in the PC version of the first game.

General information

Square Enix Forums - Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days section

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website		Kane & Lynch Collection also available.

GOG.com		Complete Edition.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Version differences

The Complete Edition includes Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days and all DLC.

The Kane & Lynch Collection includes Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, and all DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Alliance Weapon Pack
The Doggie Bag
Multiplayer Masks Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IO Interactive\Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/28000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\<user-id>\28000\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Square Enix\Kane & Lynch 2 - Dog Days\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/28000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

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

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Racer_S FOV hack (only supports version 1.0).
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use Racer_S FOV hack (only supports version 1.0).
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 16x MSAA and QCSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

The game only runs in exclusive fullscreen mode by default (other screens will be blacked out).

Force windowed / remove black window^[1]

Download and run DxWnd.
Click on Options and enable Expert mode.
Click on Edit and Add.
Set the Path to <path-to-game>\kl2.exe.
Configure one of the following options.
- Disable Run in Window for fullscreen mode.
- Enable Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed mode.
- Set Window initial position and size to the desired values.
Go to the Tweaks tab.
Add win:KillBlackWindows to the active tweaks.
Click on OK, then File and Save.
Start the game with DxWnd running.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output through OpenAL.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EFX. Use OpenAL Soft for binaural HRTF mixing.^[2]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				Voice language cannot be changed to English without this patcher.
Italian
Polish				Retail only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation; download.
Russian				Follow this guide.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Console versions only
LAN play	12	Versus
Online play	12	Versus, Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Secondary screens are blacked out

The game uses a second window, making other screens appear black.

Remove black window with DxWnd^[1]
See Windowed for instructions.

Crashes at Start-Up

The game tries to connect to a dead link depending on your region (kl2-pc-game-content.eidos.co.uk).^[3]
Open the hosts file as admin with notepad located in `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc`. Add `127.0.0.1 kl2-pc-game-content.eidos.co.uk` to the bottom of the file. Save and close the file.

Disable any anti-cheat tools like UAC that you have installed

AL Fix
You will need to download Open AL Fix for Kane and Lynch 2. Or You can also find these two dll files from your Windows and paste them in specified folder. `openAL.dll` and `wrap_oal.dll` You will find them in `OS:/windows/system32`. Now paste them where your Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days is located. `OS:/Program Files (x86)/STEAM/Username/steamapps/common/kane & lynch 2 – dog days/`

Story Mode 42% crashes

Game crashes in Story Mode on any chapter on any difficulty at exactly 42%.

Lower the Texture Resolution from High to Medium

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000 SP4, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel 3.0 GHz AMD 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon X1800 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (28000) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (28000) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (28000) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[dxwnd-2] 1.0 ^1.1 DxWnd / Discussion / General Discussion:Kane & Lynch 2

[3] Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)

[4] Steam Community / General Discussions / can't get off title screen

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Developers

	IO Interactive
Windows	Nixxes Software
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Engines
	Glacier
Release dates
Windows	August 17, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	66
IGDB	69
Taxonomy
Series	Kane & Lynch