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Revision as of 17:54, 3 January 2018

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Postal 2
Postal 2 cover
Developers
Running With Scissors
Publishers
Retail Whiptail Interactive
Steam Running With Scissors
Engines
Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows April 13, 2003
macOS (OS X) April 15, 2005
Linux April 15, 2005
Postal 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Postal 2 on Wikipedia

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Still stuck with the older Share the Pain version (POSTAL 2 Complete and Paradise Lost expansion are not for sale on GOG.com).
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Can be played without Steam if launched directly through Postal2.exe and ParadiseLost.exe (Paradise Lost expansion).
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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 and Postal X: 10th Anniversary edition are compilation packs that include the original game, Postal 2: Share the Pain and Apocalypse Weekend, plus several popular mods (i.e. A Week in Paradise, A Very Postal Christmas, ect.) 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.[1] 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.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Corkscrew Rules! Freeware, available here.
Windows
Paradise Lost Only available for the POSTAL 2 Complete version of the game.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
An updated version of Corkscrew Rules! for POSTAL 2 Complete is available here at the Steam workshop.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

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

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Performance options.
Performance options.

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Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Enabling Antistropic Filtering[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit Postal2.ini.
  3. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice].
  4. Under it you'll find LevelOfAnisotropy=1.
  5. 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]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit Postal2.ini.
  3. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice].
  4. Under it you'll find UseVSync=True.
  5. To disable V-sync change UseVSync=True to UseVSync=False.

Input settings

Keyboard remap settings.
Keyboard remap settings.
Mouse settings.
Mouse settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Audio localization is available only in the local retail release.
Russian
Simplified Chinese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16
Online play
16 GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Issues fixed

Low performance on modern PC

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit Postal2.ini.
  3. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice].
  4. Under it you'll find ReduceMouseLag=True.
  5. Change it to ReduceMouseLag=False
Change the number of prerendered frames[citation needed]
  1. Go to Nvidia panel.
  2. Set maximum number of prerendered frames to 1.

Other information

API

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
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.13 GHz
AMD Athlon 733 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
32 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) 700 MHz (PowerPC)
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
ATI Radeon
32 MB of VRAM

References