I've noticed more than a few topics just on the front page alone regarding problems with the PC versions of various Silent Hill games. Jigsaw puzzle platinum edition torrents ru. Well, it so happens I own 2, 3, 4, and Homecoming on PC, and I've encountered what seems like the majority of known issues with them. More importantly, however, I've personally resolved those issues, and assisted numerous friends in doing so. And as such, I'd like to submit the following, for the community's benefit. The Nature of Ports I'd like to start by explaining what a PC port actually is, beyond the obvious 'game X on PC'.

A PC port of a console game is typically undertaken by a third party; a subdeveloper contracted specifically for that purpose. This creditation to this third party is often missed, but if you compare the credits from the original console version to the PC version, they will stand out. Silent Hill 2 (PC) was ported by Creature Labs Silent Hill 3 (PC) was ported by Konami TYO (the only one ported by Konami themselves) Silent Hill 4 (PC) was ported by Vivendi Silent Hill: Homecoming (PC) was ported by Double Helix themselves. Furthermore, Silent Hill 2 (PC) is based on the PS2 Director's Cut edition, Silent Hill 3 & 4 (PC) are based on the original PS2 versions, and Silent Hill: Homecoming is based on the Xbox360 version. A port is accomplished by creating a software shell which enables the PC to mimick the running processes of the original console in order to open and render/process the original game content. Porting is essentially a form of emulation, a legal form of emulation. However, it is due to this nature that ports are often glitchy by comparison to the original product (the original console version).

And that's the end of the long-winded part. Silent Hill 2 (PC) Issue: The textures are all messed up / everything looks wrong / some objects are invisible or incomplete. Explanation: The PC version of Silent Hill 2 hates anti-aliasing. This doesn't appear to be an issue for ALL people, certain graphics cards (mostly newer ones) appear to bypass this issue entirely. The game also dislikes Nvidia chipsets in particular.

Aug 17, 2014 - One of the secret endings to Silent Hill 2 can only be achieved once you've earned all the proper endings on one save file - playing the game. The day and it hasn't been available on neither PC nor any of console collections. I liked how the world told the story on its own without any words spoken,. World Home Game.

Sollution: Disable anti-aliasing through your graphics card's configuration software/control panel. If possible, set it to 'application contolled' wherever applicable to minimize potential for graphical errors. If you own a Nvidia card in particular, and the above steps do not help, seek out the 'Silent Hill 2 Nvidia patch' (that term in a search should locate it fairly easily). Issue: The game locks up / lags horribly / there's an insane delay between pressing buttons and actions occurring. Explanation: The PC version of Silent Hill 2 hates multi-core systems, passionately. Sollution: Alt-tab out of the game before proceeding past the main menu. Go into your taskmanager, and locate the 'sh2pc.exe' process (in the processes tab list, not the applications tab list).

Right click on it, and select 'Set Affinity.' If you have a dual core processor, uncheck CPU 0. If you have a triple core processor, uncheck CPU 0 and CPU 2. If you have a quad core processor, uncheck CPU 0, CPU 2, and CPU 3. Leaving only CPU 1 checked in each case. Alt-tab back into Silent Hill 2, and it should run perfectly from then on. (you will need to do this every time you fire up SH2).

Issue: The sound locks up / loops infinetely in an odd way / seems off. Explanation: There isn't an exact explanation as to why this occurs. It's associated with the multi-core problem, but why exactly it happens is unknown.

Sollution: Ensure the above process for multi-core systems does not resolve the issue. If it doesn't, do a search (via google, for example), for 'silent hill 2 pc sound fix', to find the sound patch that should correct the problem for you. Issue: I did everything necessary for [Insert ending here], but got a different ending.