I'm realllllly excited. Plz excuse my english. MAYBE THIS WORKS FOR OTHER GRAPHIC CARDS AS WELL!!!!!!!
Ok, lets get to the point: For almost 6 months I've tried to get the MGS2 running as it should, but no success, today I think I did it. If this is something you might have figured already, I'm happy for you, but since I don't read those forums too much, I don't know whether you have successeded playing MGS2 on full settings. I haven't played the original PS2 version, so actually I don't know how it should look, therefore I'm providing screenshots so you can judge by yourself.
My system is: Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester) 1024 DUAL DDR Gigabyte Geforce 6800 Windows XP SP2/DX9.0c + February patch (don't think it matters, but who knows) Forceware 78.03 MGS2:Substance installed with ATI patch.
After setting everything to max (detail, effects)@ 1024x768 the game looks like this: I can see the shadows I've never seen before > ftp://195.216.166.112/shadow1.JPG
I can also see the faces in codec > ftp://195.216.166.112/codec.JPG
The VR mode looks like this, I dunno if its right > ftp://195.216.166.112/VR.JPG
The camo looks like this > ftp://195.216.166.112/camo.JPG
Theese are the results. If they are still not true to the original, plz don't be upset, because I don't know how they should look, but if they are, you probably would want to know how did I managed to get it work. Ok, run Rivatuner (I'm using version 15.7) and under D3D options disable pixel shaders. Now you would think that it disables shader support, but turns out it doesn't (judging by that camo screenshot and water effects, also when Snake gets shot in alternative missions there is a shattered glass efect - definetely looks like shaders to me).
Have fun and spread the news!
Māris
This message was edited by JozefsK on Sep 11 2005.
This message was edited by JozefsK on Sep 11 2005.
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you´re the man!!!! it works!! now i only need a trick for the first part (mgs 1), it only runs in "software rendering" mode!
What WORK FOR ME!! What I did for mine was changing the compatibility mode by right clicking the EXE file and go to properties then compatibility and then run in windows 2000 and then change the resolution to 640*480. And it worked like a charm for
May 04, 09 04:10PMOrbb24
Hey to the person who said just put that one slider second from the right. How does that work? I can't see shadows and I am stuck at one part on the tanker. It's where you have to shoot the 3 green lights to disable the c4 but i can only see one of the lights. I have an idea of where they are because I have played this before but I still miss them and I hit the c4 so i can't get passed it. Any help with this?
Jun 06, 08 01:57AMMamdouh
Hey man thanks very much that was awesome and helpful, I thought I would never be able to play this game with good graphics.
Jun 04, 08 04:48AMMongoose Man
Um this is for ATI grpahics cards users but i downloaded a patch and it fixed that awful fuzzyness the shader had (well i had any way) heres the site http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=2752
Hope it helps
May 07, 08 06:33AMSwatttt
hi ppl i hav an Amd Athlon 64+ processor 2800+bit 1.8 ghz..1gb ramhaving Ati Radeon xpress 200 Series graphics card... i hav installed the game nd after doin all patch updates and crack files, stil iam gettin an error called....... (failed access to file "D:\cdrom.img/stage/init/data.cnf") i dunno wat to do ...........can anybody plzzzzzzz help....
Jan 13, 07 07:03PMFluXBurneR
cheers dude that is gr8 I've had this stupid game 4 3 years and could never get it to run and finally sorted it lol....I was gonna chuck it , then thought I'll just see if anyone knows the answers to set up on the web and wala .....funny
Flux This game is still good but FEARMP has my vote these days ...
Dec 04, 06 05:10PMboroveeK
Change DRAWING\MODEL QUALITY to second from left. I have it like that, everything else at maximum and 1600x1200, it works fine. Putting this setting at higher value gives me no textures at all. My system is C2D@3,2ghz and 7900gs.
Nov 10, 06 02:12PMednerf
i have an nvidia geforce 6600 and problems with the textures.. also on the codec i cant see anything.. i think its the same problem as yours.. i have already installed the ati patch but no results yet.. i instaled rivatuner but i cant find the option about pixel shaders.. can somebody help me?? thanks
Mar 29, 06 06:06AMALiCaN
guys this trick made the game run perfect on my machine.. amd 3200+ geforce 6800GS
thanks alot..but i need config ini files for the game because i cant change the configurations from the config tool..
Mar 29, 06 04:05AMALiCaN
i have amd 3200+ s930 256mb msi geforce 6800gs 256 bit
i cant change the configurations in this game..can someone please send me the setting ini files? email: ali.kkfl@gmail.com thanks alot
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cheers dude that is gr8 I've had this stupid game 4 3 years and could never get it to run and finally sorted it lol....I was gonna chuck it , then thought I'll just see if anyone knows the answers to set up on the web and wala .....funny 
