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Revision as of 07:11, 2 November 2023
Developers | |
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Croteam | |
Maintenance | Alligator Pit |
Publishers | |
Former | 2K Games |
Current | Devolver Digital |
Re-release | Sold Out Software |
Russia | 1C-SoftClub |
Engines | |
Serious Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 11, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 74 |
IGDB | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Vehicles | Flight, Helicopter, Hovercraft |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Comedy, Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Serious Sam |
Warnings
Serious Sam 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action and shooter game in the Serious Sam series.
The Steam version has been continually updated to fix bugs, add features for modern systems such as built-in widescreen and controller support, and also change the online multiplayer servers to Steamworks.[1][2] Additionally, a large quality-of-life update, version 2.090, was pushed to Steam in 2021 with features like sprinting and new radar, new maps, and fixes for bugs like profile corruption.[3]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM disc check. 4 CDs or 1 DVD. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Serious Sam II Patch 2.070. Do not install this if you have the German version as it can cause various problems due to the game's copy protection.[4] The Steam version also doesn't need this patch as it's already updated past this.
Unofficial Linux installer
- flibitijibibo has made an unofficial installer that simplifies installation of the game on Linux. Download the installer here [1].
- To run the game, just run
serioussam2
in the installation folder. It may require privileges, so applychmod +x
to it first. - To run the editor, just run
serioussam2-editor
in the installation folder. It may require privileges, so applychmod +x
to it first. - To get audio working, move to
<path-to-game>
and make a symlink to the 32-bitlibopenal.so
. For Fedora, it looks like
ln -s /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 libopenal.so.0
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Content\SeriousSam2\Sam2.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204340/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Content\SeriousSam2\PlayerProfiles\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204340/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA.[5] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can negatively affect performance in DX9 mode. See Very low FPS when activating Vsync in the game.[6] | ||
60 FPS | Menu frame rate is capped at 33 FPS. Cutscenes are prerendered at 30 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | At high frame rates above 200fps physics and scripts break. See High FPS Issues. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering |
Widescreen resolution
- Steam version has fixed aspect ratio support.[7] Non-standard resolutions still need to be edited manually and can't be selected in-game, but aspect ratio or FOV do not need to be adjusted for Hor+ ultrawide gameplay.
Fix widescreen support (Retail)[8] |
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|
Field of view (FOV)
- Steam version has fixed widescreen FOV (and weapon FOV).[7]
Set custom FOV[8] |
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|
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Goes by percentage. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput support only available in the Steam version. | |
Full controller support | Launch the game in Big Picture mode. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Uses the same sensitivity meter as mouse sensitivity. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse smoothing
Fix mouse smoothing[9] |
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|
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Croatian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Co-op. |
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LAN play | 16 | Co-op, Versus 6 players max for Co-op. |
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Online play | 16 | Co-op, Versus 6 players max for Co-op. To play online with non-Steam versions apply the Master Server Patch. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Listed as "Specify server". |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 25600-25616 |
UDP | 25600-25616 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Graphics problems or crashes
Set OpenGL renderer[8] |
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Very low FPS when activating Vsync in the game
- The game may lock itself to 32 FPS on modern operating systems due to broken 3D audio compatibility.
Use DirectSound 3D restoration software |
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Force in the graphics card control panel |
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in Nvidia Control Panel |
Physics and scripts that break preventing the game from continuing
- At high frame rates above 200fps physics and scripts break[10]
Limit the Framerate to 200FPS or lower.[citation needed] |
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Enable Vsync in the Video Options and set refresh rate on 60hz[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2.1 | |
Shader Model support | 1.1, 2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | DirectSound, OpenAL | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy, Steamworks |
Console commands
- Open the console (~ by default)
sam_iEnableCheats=1
- Enable Cheats- Press Esc and F1 to open the cheats window
hud_bShowPing = 1
hud_iShowBandwidth = 1
hud_bShowCrosshair = 1
sam_ctMaxDebris = 20
sam_bEnableRagdollDeaths = 0
prf_bShowFPS = 1
net_strConnectPassword = "password"
- used to access password protected multiplayer games
Mods
Serious Sam 2: Renovation
- Serious Sam 2: Renovation is a global cosmetic mod to ensure the most comfortable Serious Sam 2 experience possible.
InSamnity! 2
- Made to give players tons of control over the Serious Sam experience.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP or 2000 | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon XP 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
AMD Athlon 64 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 S3 DeltaChrome or XGI Volari DirectX 8.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon X850 DirectX 9.0 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectSound compatible | DirectSound3D compatible with EAX 2.0+ |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/204340/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (204340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Steam official announcements - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Serious Sam 2 - Yeehaaa! Serious Sam 2 now uses Steamworks for online play! - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Serious Sam 2 - Wait, what?! Serious Sam 2 Update 2.090 is Live! - Steam News - last accessed on 2023-09-02
- ↑ Serious Sam II Patch 2.070 Comments - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Serious Sam II : Screenshot Comparison - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ PCGamingWiki user discussion - (Serious Sam 2 Vsync) Do not edit the article if you do not know about the topic - last accessed on 2023-10-23
- "I guess i've figured it out. Vsync only works only after a restart, so toggling it ingame doesn't have immediate effect. Using IndirectSound helps to get 60 fps at 60 Hz, but going higher (240 Hz in my case) still shows some performance loss (up to 50%). So anyway it's busted, better force Vsync from the GPU driver or other tools."
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Serious Sam 2
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Serious Sam II | WSGF
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Serious Sam 2 Config/Tweak guide - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 9 June 2023