Found in d3d8.ini

Adjusts the color temperature of the overall game image to give it a slight cool tint. Requires d3d8to9 = 1.

Found in d3d8.ini

Detects when any audio event is stopped prematurely and fades out the sound to avoid "popping/clicking" that would otherwise be heard.

Found in d3d8.ini

Upon game launch, Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition will check for updates and, if available, will ask the user if they would like to update their files to receive new improvements and features for the project.

Found in .\sh2e\bg\ and .\sh2e\bg2\ - Cannot be modified

Adjusts the game's camera in certain areas to prevent the camera from clipping into the walls when using a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Found in d3d8.ini

Places James inside the apartment closet after the cutscene ends, to help guide the player's attention to the key inside.

Found in d3d8.ini

Corrects color and level values for the Catacomb's meat cold rooms to resemble the PlayStation 2 version.

Found in d3d8.ini

Checks if unsupported Windows compatibility options are enabled for sh2pc.exe and disables them.

Found in d3d8.ini

Removes unneeded Windows Virtual Store files for the game and checks if administrator access is required (and prompts for UAC, if needed) upon launch, in order to save game progress. (Silent Hill 2 PC will not save game progress if you installed the game to an admin-protected directory, unless you run the game as administrator.)

Found in d3d8.ini

Darkens the closet bars and moves the noise grain layer to be on top of the closet bar blur layer during the first-person segment of the apartment closet cutscene to match the PlayStation 2 version. Also adjusts the visuals during another camera cut to better light the scene.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue in the Inventory screen where the mouse would not properly interact with choices in the Command window if there are three selections to choose from. Allows keyboard/controller inputs to change selections in the Command window while the mouse is hovering over any of these selections.

Found in d3d8.ini

Creates a local.fix file in the game's directory (if it does not already exist) to allow GPU-based anti-aliasing support for the game.

Found in d3d8.ini

Converts the game from DirectX 8 to DirectX 9, allowing for additional features and fixes to be used.

Found in d3d8.ini

Removes cutscene letterboxing.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables Microsoft Game Explorer (GameUX) to prevent the game hanging on launch and rundll32.exe high CPU usage.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables Windows' high DPI scaling for the game to prevent certain display issues, such as a "burnt-in" image from appearing during fade transitions.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables the low health indicator completely.

Found in d3d8.ini

Hides the low health indicator during in-game cutscenes. Use with FastTransitions = 1 for best results.

Found in d3d8.ini

Prevents the game from using the lowest visual settings upon relaunch, if the game crashed previously.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables the screensaver in Windows while the game is running.

Found in d3d8.ini

Allows the D-pad on DirecInput gamepads to act as an additional movement pad to control James and to be used to navigate menu selections.

Found in d3d8.ini

Detects every resolution your display offers and makes them selectable choices in the game's Options > Advanced Options menu, along with displaying their respective aspect ratios. (The original game only allowed you to select between six pre-defined resolutions.)

Found in d3d8.ini

Replaces the game's bugged CRIWARE audio engine with a custom, made-from-scratch audio engine solution. This fixes the infamous issue where the game's audio would glitch out and play an infinite one second loop, which would inevitably crash the game. This audio issue was the reason why the game would need to be ran on a single processor core prior to this fix. With this fix, the game can now run stable on multiple cores with overall performance improvements (such as less game stutters).

Found in d3d8.ini

Allows higher quality sound files to be used. Must be enabled if using the Audio Enhancement Pack.

Found in d3d8.ini

Enables mouse support during regular gameplay.

• Mouse movement: Character turning (Rotational 3D movement only) and search camera movement
• Left click: Interact/Action
• Right click: Ready Weapon/Cancel

Found in d3d8.ini

Enables the scroll wheel on a mouse to be used for switching weapons.

• Scroll wheel up: Next weapon
• Scroll wheel down: Previous weapon

Found in d3d8.ini

Enables subpixel morphological anti-aliasing (SMAA). Requires d3d8to9 = 1.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores soft shadows, shadow level intensities, shadow fading on flashlight toggles, and self shadows.

Found in d3d8.ini

Allows higher quality, upscaled images to be used.

Found in d3d8.ini

Changes the "Analog" movement selection to "Toggle", found in the game's Options > Game Options menu. This option will allow you to toggle between walk/run, instead of having to hold down the button. (Analog movement for controllers is retained when this feature is enabled.)

Found in d3d8.ini

Increases the speed of all fade out/fade in transitions. Examples include going between rooms, opening/closing the inventory screen, examining memo/riddle images, and saving.

Found in d3d8.ini

Enabling this feature sets the 2D, full screen images to their original aspect ratios. This will remove stretching on the images, when played in widescreen.

Disabling this feature stretches the images to fit the screen. This affects all full screen images, such as the main menu, save screens, memo/riddle images, and inventory screen, along with other textures such as subtitles and the flashlight lens glow.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes numerous text display issues in the game's Options > Advanced Options menu, such as missing and incorrect descriptions when the save confirmation prompt shows up.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes the flashlight rendering on the apartment grandfather clock at the end of the failed attempt to push it.

Found in d3d8.ini

Prevents the chainsaw from spawning on a first playthrough, which is a developer-intended design choice.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue where Lying Figures would exit from underneath vehicles incorrectly.

Found in d3d8.ini

Prevents the player from bringing up the PC pause menu during a fade-in, which would otherwise use the wrong screen grab of the game for the pause menu background image. Use with FastTransitions = 1 for best results.

Found in d3d8.ini

Thickens the horizontal line in the hospital diary text to make it easier to see at higher rendering resolutions.

Found in d3d8.ini

Unlocks the game's framerate while FMVs are playing. This allows the FMV's framerate to be different than the game's base framerate, which allows the FMVs to play back correctly regardless of their framerate.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes issues for Nvidia graphics cards, such as missing/incorrect shadows, when force-enabling anti-aliasing through of your GPU's control panel.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue where the top-most layer of memo images would not correctly fade/darken with the rest of the image when viewed through your memos list.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue on Nvidia graphics cards where chunks of the wall would disappear if the camera got to close to the geometry when using a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Found in d3d8.ini

Ensures the correct background image for the save/load screen is always shown for each campaign.

Found in d3d8.ini

Changes James' commentary about the back alley Heaven's Night gate at night to properly reflect the gate's status.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes a bug that would make James' body flash with light if exiting the pause menu while the flashlight is off.

Found in d3d8.ini

Increases the thickness, size, and amount of fog to resemble the PlayStation 2 version.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue where the game would play the wrong background music when pulling up the inventory screen under certain circumstances.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue where the game would render the subtitles behind the noise grain during FMVs.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue on Nvidia graphics cards where the 2D fog layer and the glow around James' flashlight is missing.

Found in d3d8.ini

Adjusts the fog-of-war boundaries for specific areas to fix visual errors.

Found in d3d8.ini

Adjusts the speed of the fog for slower, more natural movement to better match the PlayStation 2 version.

Found in d3d8.ini

Adds compatibility for the Image Enhancement Pack to have its visuals display correctly. Must be enabled if using the Image Enhancement Pack. Requires Fix2D = 1.

Change the value to affect how the memo/riddle images will be displayed.

• 1 Displays images without any cropping.
• 4:3 resolution will have letterboxes.
• 16:9 resolution will have pillarboxes.
• 2 Scales images to have them fill the display area, removing any letterboxes or pillarboxes, up to a 16:9 aspect ratio.
• 4:3 resolution will noticeably crop the images horizontally.
• 16:9 resolution will slightly crop the images vertically.
• 3 Automatically scales the images depending on the current aspect ratio being used. This is the default setting for this feature and is best used with DynamicResolution = 1.
• Resolutions < 16:9 will display images without any cropping.
• Resolutions ≥ 16:9 will scale images to have them fill the display area, up to a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Found in d3d8.ini

Change the value to affect how the FMVs will be displayed.

• 1 Displays FMVs without any cropping.
• 4:3 resolution will have letterboxes.
• 16:9 resolution will have pillarboxes.
• 2 Scales FMVs to have them fill the display area, removing any letterboxes or pillarboxes, up to a 16:9 aspect ratio.
• 4:3 resolution will noticeably crop the FMVs horizontally.
• 16:9 resolution will slightly crop the FMVs vertically.
• 3 Automatically scales the FMVs depending on the current aspect ratio being used. This is the default setting for this feature and is best used with DynamicResolution = 1.
• Resolutions < 16:9 will display FMVs without any cropping.
• Resolutions ≥ 16:9 will scale FMVs to have them fill the display area, up to a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables free-saving in select rooms that would cause issues upon loading back into the rooms. Addresses quick save bugs that could otherwise softlock the game. Fixes the issue where loading a Game Result file while in-game could cause the game to crash or softlock.

Found in d3d8.ini

Allows the same controller input to be assigned to multiple game functions.

Found in .\sh2e\bg\ and .\sh2e\bg2\ - Cannot be modified

Numerous fixes applied to specific .map (room) files that include adjusting UV/texture positioning, correcting 3D vertex normal data, touching up 2D imagery, improving the levels/color balance of a room, and more.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores luminance for certain environment assets.

Found in d3d8.ini

Correctly syncs Red Pyramid Thing's attack animation to the rest of the cutscene that plays out during the hospital elevator chase sequence.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores lighting values for the water throughout the game.

Found in .\sh2e\etc\effect\, .\sh2e\menu\mc\, and .\sh2e\pic\ - Cannot be modified

Provides upscaled, remastered, and remade full screen images for the game. Examples of full screen images include the main menu, save screen, inventory screen, maps, and memo/riddle images.

Found in d3d8.ini

Allows the game to correctly check free disk space for hard drives larger than 2 TB in order to save the game. Changes the displayed unit of measurement for available free space from KB to a scaled, proportionate unit. Example: Changes 99999999+ KB to 108.21 GB.

Found in d3d8.ini

Increases the blood pool size of dead enemies to better match the PlayStation 2 version.

Found in d3d8.ini

Increases the front draw distance in certain areas to hide the environment loading in.

Found in d3d8.ini

Adjusts the noise filter's resolution. Set to any value between 128 - 4096 to adjust the resolution. The larger the value, the smaller the noise grain will be. Set to any value within this range to remove the widescreen stretching on the filter. Set to 512 to use the game's default noise filter size.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores proper environmental settings for the "Maria" ending, and restores lighting conditions for the 3D trees in the "Leave" and "Maria" ending.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue where some light sources would not properly brighten and darken James.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables the screen position feature found in the game's Options > Advanced Options menu, which is no longer needed for modern displays.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables changing the speaker configuration feature in the game's Options menu, as after Windows XP this change must be done through Windows' sound control panel and can no longer be changed within the game.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes the mouse hitboxes for the game's main menu selections for the North American version 1.1 executable.

Found in d3d8.ini

Loads translated main menu text selections for the North American version 1.0 and 1.1 executables.

Found in d3d8.ini

Enables keyboard arrow keys for movement and Enter key for selection while in the game's Memos screen.

Found in d3d8.ini

Removes the CD check on some versions of the game. Not guaranteed to work on all executables.

Cannot be modified

Displays a debug overlay. This overlay displays useful information for testing and troubleshooting purposes.

Press Ctrl + G to toggle the debug overlay.

Cannot be modified

Displays a game information overlay. This overlay displays useful stats, such as total items collected, number of enemies killed, total time played, and other pertinent information used to help achieve a particular ending for the game.

Press Ctrl + I to toggle the information overlay.

Found in d3d8.ini

Removes flicker when accessing the pause menu and restores the noise filter and bloom effects in the pause menu for Room 312 of the Hotel.

Found in d3d8.ini

Hides a piston behind the wall that would otherwise be seen when Angela opens the door in the Labyrinth during a cutscene.

Found in d3d8.ini

Increases the camera speed movement to match the PlayStation 2 version, and removes "floaty/bouncy" camera behavior that was present in the PC version.

Found in d3d8.ini

Adjusts the flashlight's brightness to resemble the PlayStation 2 version by reducing its intensity for environments, but keeping enemies and NPCs bright. Also corrects flashlight levels for Woodside Apartment Room 205 (the flashlight and mannequin room), along with a handful of other specialized rooms.

Found in d3d8.ini

Adjusts the noise filter's opacity and grain spacing to resemble the PlayStation 2 version.

Found in d3d8.ini

Cosmetic fixes for the game's Quick Save feature. Always positions the quick save notifications to the bottom left corner of the game window, regardless of aspect ratio used. Color codes the quick save notifications for easier status identification (purple is successful, red is unsuccessful). Fixes a bug where the quick save notifications would only stay on screen for a few frames.

Found in d3d8.ini

Cutscenes will be zoomed in to match their original 4:3 horizontal compositions when playing in widescreen. This will hide visual anomolies such as characters who would appear "frozen in place" before they are supposed to step into the scene.

Found in d3d8.ini

Removes flicker that appears at the beginning of any motion blur event.

Found in d3d8.ini

Removes flicker from environment settings resetting to default values at the end of certain cutscenes.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores the secondary/alternate stomp animation. When performing a stomp, there is now a 50/50 chance of receiving either stomp animation.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores the ability to adjust the brightness level found in the game's Options > Advanced Options menu, regardless if playing in windowed or fullscreen mode. Requires d3d8to9 = 1.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores right joystick functionality for controllers to move the search camera around. Change the value, depending on what type of controller you are using, to allow search camera movement on the right joystick.

• 1 For XInput gamepads (most commonly used).
• 2 For DirectInput gamepads.
• 3 For DirectInput gamepads (alternate mode).

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores post-processing effects to their original intensities. Effects include depth-of-field blur, motion blur, static blur, and pseudo blooms.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores vibration/rumble for XInput-based controllers.

Found in d3d8.ini

Prevents distracting shadow flickering along the patio glass doors while in Room 312 of the Hotel, and restores the chair's shadow during the cutscene that takes place in this room.

Found in d3d8.ini

Prevents the game from using wrong environmental and fog lighting values in the cemetery, if you load back into this area from a save point. Also corrects lighting levels in various other rooms/areas.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue with James' character model being placed erratically into the rowboat if you previously entered the rowboat then load an earlier save point to enter the rowboat again.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores the "save game" sound effect when selecting to save your game through the pause menu.

Found in d3d8.ini

Sets the screen mode for the game.

• 1 Runs the game in windowed mode.
• 2 Runs the game in windowed fullscreen mode.
• 3 Runs the game in fullscreen mode.

Found in d3d8.ini

Forces all dynamically made pillarboxing to be black in color, restores pillarboxing to events which did not have them, and hides map markings behind the pillarboxing.

Found in d3d8.ini

Run the game at 60 FPS (frames per second) while fixing numerous high framerate issues. High framerate issues that are fixed include various animations, physics-based elements (such as spray particles and bullet casings ejecting from firearms), damage-per-frame multipliers, post-processing effects, frame-based audio events, and much more.

Found in d3d8.ini

Limits the game to run on one processor core. Set SingleCoreAffinityLegacy to a value of 1 or higher to change the core used.

Found in d3d8.ini

Swaps left joystick/D-pad and right joystick functions. Useful for left-handed players.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes specific, unique sound looping bugs with the chainsaw and moth attack sounds.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores specularity and specular behavior throughout the game. This gives "shininess" to things such as character eyeballs, Pyramid Head's helmet, Maria's skirt, etc. And shiny things will shine brighter whenever they're under a light source or when James' flashlight is on.

Found in d3d8.ini

Prevents a crash when Steam controller configuration is used or when going to the game's Options menu while using certain types of gamepads.

Found in .\sh2e\etc\message\ - Cannot be modified

Improves the grammar, punctuation, and sentence structures for the game's text and subtitles for various languages.

Found in d3d8.ini

Unlocks the ability to select Japanese for the game's text/subtitles.

Found in d3d8.ini

Enables all advanced graphics settings from the game's Options > Advanced Options menu (complex fog, shadows, lens flare, etc) by default upon each game launch.

Found in d3d8.ini

Restores all language options (English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish) as selectable choices in the game's Options menu and creates language-specific pause menu text for the North American executables of the game.

Found in d3d8.ini

Uses custom font files to produce high-resolution text in-game. Compatible with all preset language files (English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish) in the game.

Found in d3d8.ini

Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition will read and use files in the <path-to-game>\sh2e\ folder, rather than the <path-to-game>\data\ folder, whenever possible. This allows us to store custom, modified game files in the sh2e folder so as not to replace/overwrite original game files, which are found in the data folder. Any game files which we have not modified will still be read from the data folder like normal, so you must keep the data folder and leave it untouched.

Found in d3d8.ini

Disables the <path-to-game>\sh2e\pic\ path and redirects to <path-to-game>\sh2e\ps2\ to use the original, low resolution full screen images. This is an easy to way enable/disable the use of the Image Enhancement Pack images.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes an issue on Nvidia graphics cards where certain areas would appear white when they should be black.

Found in d3d8.ini

Creates a window border for the game. Requires ScreenMode = 1.

The game's windowed resolution must not be close to or exactly the same as your display's width and/or height, otherwise the border will not appear. This is a safety measure to ensure the border doesn't get lost outside of your display area.

Found in d3d8.ini

Fixes a rare bug where the Mannequin creature in Woodside Apartments Room 205 may not spawn/behave correctly upon entering the room.

Found in d3d8.ini

Adds a roughly 0.128 second delay before fading in the screen upon entering new rooms/areas. This delay hides animation bugs and other visual anomolies when entering new rooms. Examples include Maria spawning in the next room using her running pose before resetting back to her idle pose, or blood pools from dead enemies "popping" back onto the floor after a brief moment.

Found in d3d8.ini

Shows the actual resolution being used in the game's Options > Advanced Options menu, along with displaying its aspect ratio. If this feature is enabled, it will disable the ability to change the resolution through the game. Requires DynamicResolution = 0.

Found in d3d8.ini

Allows you to adjust the size of the game to a specific resolution, but cannot be changed after the game launches. (Example: ResX = 1920, ResY = 1080.) Requires DynamicResolution = 0.