Settings Menu
I swear: this page of the tutorial doesn't take you more than 2 minute.
Settings is divided into different category.
1) Resolution
ℹ️ V's will try to auto-detect you monitor resolution.
You can change monitor Width and Height resolution manually. Be aware to insert valid ones, cause fix doesn't check if entered resolution is supported by monitor (this is intended).
2) Mantain Aspect Ratio
ℹ️ Widescreen Fix provided by nemesis2000
If you play on a widescreen monitor/resolution the game (that didn't know what even 'widescreen' mean) will stretch game image resulting with character and general image stretched. This will restore a widescreen image like you should see on a modern game (In graphics, I mean. Nothings is modern more than MGS2 plot).
👍 Greatly improve image good looking
3) Extra widescreen options
They can be enabled only if 'Mantain Aspect Ration' is enabled.
Fullscreen Cutscene
This remove the black border on top and bottom of the screen when looking an ingame cutscene. Can be activated only with "Mantain Aspect Ratio" turned ON
Optimized 16:9 FOV
🆕 Inserted in 1.04
MGS2 isn't intended to be viewed in widescreen, so without this it may happen (on certain areas) to view outside the map. See this image for reference.
Enabling this option will fix this issues, restricting FOV on these areas. Can be arbitrarily disabled.
V's advice: Put it to 'on'.
4) Windows Mode
Display the game not fullscreen but inside a window.
You will play the game inside a window, on Windows. Fantastic.
5) Laptop Mode
🆕 From the 1.05 this option is no longer necessary. I keep it here only as a memorial 😄
Game has a LOT of problem with coexisting Intel Integrated Graphics and dedicated VGA adapter.
If you play on a LAPTOP that has an Intel VGA EVEN if you run the game using a dedicated VGA enable this.
This should be enabled always when you play from a laptop (that why is called "Laptop Mode"). This should be auto-detected by V's Fix.
6) Graphical Adapter
❗ Pay attention
If more graphical adapter are installed on the machine, more than one entry will be displayed on this list.
Choose the one you prefer (if more than one appear) and be sure that is coherently runned on the selected VGA. This (expecially on laptop) should require some kind of operation inside your installed VGA driver control panel. Unfortunately this can't be done automatically by the fix.
ℹ️ This is important especially on laptops, that can choose to run the game using integrated VGA or a dedicated one.
ℹ️ Gamepad inputs restored thanks to XInput Plus software done by 0dd14
The only available option here is to trigger the xbox 360 gamepad support.
Here you can disable gamepad support or enable it, choosing at the same time one of the available layouts.
Understand how layout works in the Controllers & Actions manual page.
1) Various Graphics Option
These option are pretty straight to understand. If you have a Desktop PC set all to the max. If you have a laptop and don't want to let it catch fire set it with parsimony. 🔥 🚒
2) Anti-Aliasing
❗ Pay attention
ℹ️ This use ENB dx8 to dx9 done by Boris Vorontsov
ℹ️ External Anti-Aliasing provided by CeeJayDK using SweetFX project.
Anti-Aliasing will help to reduce....aliasing on the screen. Can be demanding on some laptop (It's using SMAA technology) but it will improve greatly the image quality. 🔥 🚒
❗ Anti-Aliasing require that game exe (mgs2_sse.exe, not the fix executable) must work under "Windows XP (Service Pack 3) Compatibility. Fix will try to apply automatically this fix into registry but can be blocked by Windows. If it didn't succeed, do it manually through exe property menu. Starting the game with Anti-Aliasing option without compatibility applied will result in a black screen on game startup
3) Extra-Cool Effect
They were present inside the original configurator in 4 different checkbox:
- FOCUS
- STEALTH Effects
- Codec Focus
- VR Mission Effects
I've included them under one single option.
I swear: If someone email me saying what's the difference between ON or OFF he/she will forever have my gratitude 🐸
The only 2 interesting option here are:
- Open V's Fix after playing
After you finished playing with mgs2, the game (when closing) it will automatically try to re-open V's Fix. You can override this behavior putting it to OFF.
ℹ️ Very useful for putting it into a media-center PC in living room an playing it from a Front-end without having to touch a keyboard or a mouse.
- Various sound options
I bet no one will ever change them.
If you have read all of that I think you will understand my work even better than me (maybe).
You have concluded your training mission, now play!
Press SAVE and let V's do it's magic!
The PLAY and have fun!
🎮 Question about gamepads or ingame actions? Look here!