Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut
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| Developers | |
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| Team Silent | |
| Publishers | |
| Konami | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 2, 2002 |
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| Silent Hill | |
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| Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut | 2002 |
| Silent Hill 3 | 2003 |
| Silent Hill 4: The Room | 2004 |
| Silent Hill: Homecoming | 2008 |
| Silent Hill 2 | 2024 |
Key points
- Can only run stably on a single core: for European Director's Cut version (superior version), use Silent Hill 2 Widescreen Fix. For North American version (inferior version), use Modern Compatibility Fix.
- The PC version adds improved flashlight lighting, the ability to save at any time during the game, swap weapons without opening the menu, and a movie gallery.
- Atmospheric fog and the shadowing are much simpler and less refined than the PlayStation 2 version.[1]
- Audio is compressed and lacks detail in comparison to the PlayStation 2 version.[2]
- FMVs suffer significantly in quality compared to the other versions.[3]
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. See High frame rate to raise frame rate cap.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Released on 3 CDs. | |
- There are two versions, the North American version and European Director's Cut version. If the title screen lacks "Director's Cut" on it, it's the North American version. Both versions include the extra scenario Born from a Wish along with an extra UFO ending.
Essential improvements
Silent Hill 2 running at 1920x1080
Silent Hill 2 Widescreen Fix
- A D3D8 wrapper for the European Director's Cut version which adds some fixes and new features.
Silent Hill 2 Fog Fix
- A fix that improves fog quality and allows for custom fog settings.
- For Widescreen Fix compatibility, see Use Fog Fix alongside Widescreen Fix.
Silent Hill 2 FMV Enhancement Pack
- A widescreen FMV enhancement pack with improved quality and upscaled resolution over the original PC version's FMVs.[1]
Silent Hill 2 Modern Compatibility Fix
- A fix that allows higher resolutions (excluding 4K) and easier anti-aliasing application (at the cost of some glitches). Only use this for the North American version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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keyconf.datstores input bindings. -
language.inistores language settings. -
options.inistores gameplay and volume settings. -
settings.inistores video and audio settings.
Save game data location
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Video settings
Video settings
Windowed
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
- MSAA is not compatible with the WineD3D fix; another option is to force SMAA instead.
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High frame rate
- Changing the frame rate causes audio bugs when firing and reloading some weapons.
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Input settings
Controller support
- A fix is required for the game to recognize XInput LT/RT and D-pad when assigning controls.
- Force feedback cannot be enabled for XInput controllers.
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Audio settings
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore hardware-accelerated 3D sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Russian |
Issues fixed
Fixing most major issues
- Issues: white textures, music fades randomly and sound loops, missing fog at the beginning of the game, missing graphical overlays, slow transitions, black lines appearing on faces, flashlight illuminates objects behind James, crashes, slow camera speed, "Maria" ending has buggy shadows and no fog, and chunks of environments missing when a camera is fixed close to a wall.
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Game hangs at startup
- On Windows 7, having single core affinity enabled through the Silent Hill 2 Widescreen Fix may prevent the game from running.
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"Insert a disc" message in the ending
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 8 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Use Fog Fix alongside Widescreen Fix
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Make James run without slowing down
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Add missing icon to executable file
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon - 700 MHz Intel Pentium - 700 MHz |
AMD Athlon - 1 GHz Intel Pentium - 1 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.8 GB | 2.3 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |