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{{--}} Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, cutscenes at 15 FPS. See [[#High frame rate|High frame rate]].
 
{{--}} Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, cutscenes at 15 FPS. See [[#High frame rate|High frame rate]].
 
{{--}} Only supports DirectInput for controllers, with no true analog support.
 
{{--}} Only supports DirectInput for controllers, with no true analog support.
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===[https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#sh4 Silent Hill 4: The Room Widescreen Fix by ThirteenAG]===
 
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*Corrects the cutscenes framerate from 15 to 30
 
*Corrects the cutscenes framerate from 15 to 30
 
*Disables hardware check before launch
 
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===Skip intro videos===
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|xinput controllers notes  =
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|xbox prompts              = unknown
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|impulse triggers          = unknown
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  |fan notes = Fan translation, [http://grajpopolsku.pl/download/silent-hill-4-the-room/ download].
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  |notes    = Retail only. Patch for digital release [http://www.zoneofgames.ru/games/silent_hill_4_the_room/files/314.html here].
 
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{{ii}} On some systems, even though you meet the requirements to play the game it won't run.
 
{{ii}} On some systems, even though you meet the requirements to play the game it won't run.
  
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Revision as of 11:04, 13 September 2018

Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room cover
Developers
Team Silent
Publishers
Konami
Release dates
Windows September 9, 2004
Silent Hill 4: The Room on Wikipedia
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Silent Hill
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

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, cutscenes at 15 FPS. See High frame rate.
Only supports DirectInput for controllers, with no true analog support.
Some of the hauntings from the console version are missing.[1]

General information

Silent Hill Wiki - A wiki for the series
Silent Hill Memories - Informative site

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM v5 DRM.
Windows

Essential improvements

Silent Hill 4: The Room Wrapper by Nemesis

A wrapper for the North American version which can:
  • Disable cutscene letterboxing
  • Change the 15 FPS cutscenes to 30 FPS
  • Enable 60 FPS support. Has serious issues:
    • Causes Henry to be unable to move in attack stance
    • Cannot finish the game because of a game breaking bug during the final boss
  • Disable the blur in cutscenes (change all values to 0)
  • Change the resolution
  • Correct the FOV to widescreen

Silent Hill 4: The Room Widescreen Fix by ThirteenAG

A D3D8 wrapper which adds some fixes and new features, such as:
  • Widescreen support
  • Disable cutscene letterboxing
  • Correct the UI/ HUD width in widescreen.
    • Enabling this option disables shader effects.
  • Corrects the cutscenes framerate from 15 to 30
  • Disables hardware check before launch

Skip intro videos

Use Silent Hill 4 Widescreen Fix[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\input.ini[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves\[Note 1]

Video settings

Silent Hill 4 in widescreen HD.
Silent Hill 4 in widescreen HD.

Template:Video settings

It is highly recommended to adjust the default brightness and contrast. Brightness = 4, Contrast = 8, all gamma 1.0 looks fine.
It is highly recommended to set on realtime shadows in the game settings.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the name and executable path.
  4. Set the window position and size.
  5. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  6. Click on Input tab, set Cursor Clipper to On.
  7. Click OK, then File and Save.

High frame rate

Enable 60 FPS support[citation needed]
  1. Download Silent Hill 4 Wrapper by Nemesis.
  2. Copy Nemesis 60FPS contents to the installation folder.

Notes

Causes Henry to be unable to move in attack stance.
Cannot finish the game because of a game breaking bug during the final boss.

Disable blur in cutscenes

Disable blur[citation needed]
  1. Install Silent Hill 4: Wrapper by Nemesis.
  2. Edit sh4w.ini and change all blur values from -1.0 to 0.0.

Fix the flickering screen on Windows 8/8.1

Fix the flickering[citation needed]
  1. Put the D3D8to9 DLL by crosire in the game folder.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Controller support

A fix is required for the game to properly recognize XInput triggers and right analog stick when assigning controls.
Fix button assignment[citation needed]
  1. Download and run XInput Plus
  2. Set the Target Program to SILENT HILL 4.exe
  3. Go to DirectInput and check Enable DirectInput Output
  4. Assign LT/RT to Button 11/12
  5. Assign right stick to Z Axis/Z Rot
  6. Click Apply, this will install a DLL file in the installation folder
XInput Plus replaces the dinput8.dll included in the Wrapper by Nemesis.
Use XInput Plus and Wrapper by Nemesis
  1. Clean up the game installation folder to its initial state: delete all DLLs besides checkdx.dll, drc.dll and dsetup.dll
  2. Open the Wrapper by Nemesis archive, extract Nemesis 60FPS or Nemesis Wrapper folder to the game installation folder (based on your preferable framerate) and rename it to scripts
  3. Delete the dinput8.dll and rename sh4w.dll to sh4w.asi in the scripts folder
  4. Download the latest Ultimate ASI Loader, extract dinput8.dll, rename it to d3d8.dll and place it to the game installation folder
  5. Now you can install XInput Plus

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Only available in the European version.
Japanese
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Only available in the European version.

Issues unresolved

Poor cutscene shadows

Shadows looks poor in many cutscenes and the player may want to disable them in the options.

Issues fixed

Game fails to run

On some systems, even though you meet the requirements to play the game it won't run.
Use Silent Hill 4 Widescreen Fix[citation needed]
Bypass initial check[2]
  1. Open the folder where the game is installed.
  2. Rename CheckSpec.dll to something else or delete the file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III - 1 GHz
AMD Athlon - 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce3 Ti
ATI Radeon 8500
DirectX 8.1 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 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).

References