Serious Sam II

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Contents 1 Game Information 2 Widescreen Support 2.1 16:9 2.2 16:10 3 Screenshots 4 External links

[edit] Game Information

The series famous for relentless intensity is returning bigger, better looking and more frantic than ever before. Sam Stone is back to rescue the universe one bullet at a time against overwhelming hordes of time traveling enemies in Serious Sam 2. Built from the ground up with a completely new engine, Serious Sam 2 will be a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!

[edit] Widescreen Support

Serious Sam II has native support for widescreen resolutions, but choosing a widescreen resolution does not change the default FOV so you lose a lot of vertical view. Also if you have a 16:10 display the aspect ratio is still set to 16:9. So you need to manually set the right FOV in <Serious Sam 2 directory>\Content\SeriousSam2\Sam2.ini

[edit] 16:9

gfx_fAspectRatio=(1.777);
plr_fFOVOverride=(96.42629);

[edit] 16:10

gfx_fAspectRatio=(1.6);
plr_fFOVOverride=(90.39973);

The FOV setting gets reset every time you exit the game, so either set the Sam2.ini to read-only or enter the command each time at the console (press ~).

The game sometimes sets the Level of Details (LOD) to a smaller setting automatically in widescreen modes. On modern systems you can set this to the default 4:3 value of 0.5. If you experience problems, set it to 0.333 or maybe even back to 0.
ren_fLODBias=(0.5);

[edit] Screenshots

4:3 screenshot: [1]
16:10 screenshot: [2]

Note: this only happens if you don't adjust the FOV manually. Adding the above lines will fix it.

[edit] External links

Official Site: http://www.serioussam2.com/