Postal 2

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Postal 2

Developers
	Running With Scissors
Publishers
Retail	Whiptail Interactive
Steam	Running With Scissors
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
UnrealScript components	Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows	April 13, 2003
macOS (OS X)	April 15, 2005
Linux	April 15, 2005

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Postal
Postal	1997
Postal²	2003
Postal III	2011
Postal Redux	2016
Postal 4: No Regerts	2022
Postal: Brain Damaged	2022
Poostall Royale	2023

General information

Postal Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

postalsite.info - Fairly active community hub (downloads, forums, etc.)

Resurrection Studios.net - Modding site for the game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Some copies use SafeDisc v3 DRM, some use StarForce 3 DRM (primarily Russian copies), and others use simple disc-checks.
GOG.com		Comes bundled with Postal 2 Complete original version.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Can be played without Steam if launched directly through Postal2.exe and ParadiseLost.exe (Paradise Lost expansion).

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Demo

Version differences

Share the Pain is an updated version of the game that included multiplayer and mod SDK. The Mac and Linux versions as well as all digital releases are already upgraded to this version.

The Fudge Pack, Postal X: 10th Anniversary edition, and Postal XX are compilation packs that include the original game, Postal 2: Share the Pain and Apocalypse Weekend, plus several popular mods (A Week in Paradise, A Very Postal Christmas, etc.) Some later versions also include Steam keys for the digital version.

POSTAL 2 Complete features proper widescreen support, many additional options and extra content. Developer promised to bring all of the features introduced in 1412 patch to non-Steam versions as well - however this remains MIA for other versions as of mid-2018. It should be noted that this version's included A Week in Paradise mod has some content altered/missing for unknown reasons, though it can be restored through some workshop mods.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Apocalypse Weekend	Included in GOG.com and Steam versions.
Eternal Damnation	Not compatible with the Steam version.
Corkscrew Rules!	Freeware, available here.
Paradise Lost	Only available for the POSTAL 2 Complete version of the game.

Essential improvements

Patches

• Patch 1411 (Apocalypse Weekend)
• Patch 1409 (Share the Pain)
• Patch 1409X A semi official patch that adds additional multiplayer modes and fixes bugs. Note that it's only needed for server side play.
• Patch 1337

The Steam version already include the latest patches.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Postal 2/System
Linux	~/.lgp/postal2/System

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Postal 2/Save
Linux	~/.lgp/postal2/Save

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Saves are cross platform, but for intra-platform Steam sync to occur, files must be manually moved between operating systems. Inter-platform Steam sync is not available.^{[citation needed]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Approx. 476 MB available

Video settings

General settings.

Performance options.

• 

  General settings (Share the Pain)

• 

  Performance options (Share the Pain)

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Enabling Antistropic Filtering[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit Postal2.ini. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]. Under it you'll find LevelOfAnisotropy=1. To enable Anisotropic filtering change 1 in LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to a higher value (maximum is 16). For example, LevelOfAnisotropy=16.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Vsync is enabled by default in non-Steam versions.^{[citation needed]}

Enabling V-sync[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit Postal2.ini. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]. Under it you'll find UseVSync=True. To disable V-sync change UseVSync=True to UseVSync=False.

Input settings

Keyboard remap settings.

Mouse settings.

Binding commands BEHINDVIEW 0 and BEHINDVIEW 1 to keys will allow you to switch between 1st and 3rd person view. Note however that there are some glitches in the 3rd person pistol animation when sprinting and the HUD isn't displayed in 3rd person view.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

• 

  Share the Pain

• 

  Paradise Lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Hungarian
Polish				Audio localization is available only in the local retail release. Unofficial port of the audio files to the Steam version is available here.
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16	May have to manually replace master.gamespy.com with master.333networks.com in the Postal2MP.ini on older versions of the game; GOG and Steam come pre-edited.

Connection types

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

Coop play

Though not officially supported, two methods for playing the game in coop exist:

• Follow this guide for info on converting the single player maps to multiplayer. Note that missions wont work with this method.
• Use Nicks Coop, which is a truer coop experience but is only available for Windows.

Issues fixed

Low performance on modern PC

Edit config file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit Postal2.ini. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]. Under it you'll find ReduceMouseLag=True. Change it to ReduceMouseLag=False

Change the number of prerendered frames
Go to Nvidia panel. Set maximum number of prerendered frames to 1.

Missing content in A Week in Paradise (Steam/Complete only)

Use the following workshop mods

P2M@DMods - Restores M@D's custom weapons. CdInventory - More weapons. TnInventory - Same again. ED Extra Weapons - Same again. ALCRD's Weapons Pack - A lot of weapons were removed. S.M.E.G - Restores one final weapon: the S.M.E.G AW7 School - Restore the school and crossroads maps. Arcade - Restores the ability to play arcade games. Ludicrous Gibs - Restores Eternal Damnation style gore. (might crash your game)

A Week in Paradise crashes (non-Steam/original only)

Change performance settings
Turn off limb and head fix ("Dismemberment Physics"). Reduce corpse population to 0 or reduce ragdolls to 5 or below. Also known as general protection fault.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8	Can be made to work with DX9 using this wrapper.
OpenGL

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

Mods

A stickied list of mods is available on GOG.com forums, (most of the links are dead).

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.13 GHz AMD Athlon 733 MHz	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	384 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1200 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	700 MHz (PowerPC)	1.2 GHz (PowerPC / Intel)
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	384 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1200 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 32 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM

Processor specs are strangely wrong for Mac as Steam is only supported on intel Macs and POSTAL 2 Complete's Steam executable it's self has no PPC code upon inspection with the file -b command.