/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8239892]

Is the EE mod for PC the best way to play this now? Or is the PS2 version on a CRT still superior?

[Anonymous No.8239902]

EE?
*sniffle*
EE, we called her that, Emma Emiric
We use to play together
At the pool, she almost drowned I should have been watching her
Now Vamp, why
WHY
*sniffle*
I should have been there, I should have protected her, that's what big brothers do
*cries for another 3 minutes*

[Anonymous No.8240126]

>>8239892
>Is the EE mod for PC the best way
Yes.
>PS2 version on a CRT
Hah, no. Never was.

[Anonymous No.8240134]

>>8239892
Just look through their comparison page between it and PCSX2 while keeping in mind that even more has been added and improved since the page was last updated.
http://www.enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/compare.htm

[Anonymous No.8240280]

>>8239892
PS2 in a CRT. The game was literally made for PS2 and CRT TVs.

[Anonymous No.8240342]

>>8239892
>CRT still superior?
You already know the answer.

[Anonymous No.8240389]

>3d games on a CRT

[Anonymous No.8240505]

>>8240389
>he likes is games stretched and his blacks nice and bright

[Anonymous No.8240542]

>>8240505
>games stretched
>blacks nice and bright
Wait... do CRTfags really not know LCDs have easily adjustable settings?
Is that what all this CRT humping has been about lately, none of you know how to change settings on a modern TV?
fucking boomers and zoomers, never could figure out the tv

[Anonymous No.8240662]

>>8240542
LCDs show proper blacks when they're turned off :)

[Anonymous No.8240669]

I tried doing this recently and it just wouldn't fucking install, my PC is brand new too and there's no reason it should have any issue, it works for every other game
It's bizarre

[Anonymous No.8240672]

>>8240662
Fucking based holy shit

[Anonymous No.8240680]

>>8240662

[Anonymous No.8240681]

>>8240126
good troll

[Anonymous No.8240683]

>>8239892
>is the PS2 version on a CRT still superior?
Enhanced Edition updates the PC port with all of the upsides of the PS2 version that were originally missing from the PC port. If you want the ultimate experience but without any modern changes, install everything except the high-resolution image module, which changes the 2d screens of the game into high-resolution modern variants that were not present in any official version. All of the other changes that EE makes to the game are simply elevating the PC version of the game to the highest possible standard that the game in all its forms cumulatively achieved in official capacity. So, all of the upsides of every port combined and all of the downsides of every port removed.

[Anonymous No.8240862]

>>8240662
>>8240542
>>8240680
>>8240505
>what are OLEDS

>>8240280
Doesn't matter

[Anonymous No.8240923]

>>8240862
>oled
enjoy your burn in, that'll be $1199 + tax

[Anonymous No.8240927]

>>8240923
burn ins only happens to retards who keep looking at static tv (news shows and such), OLEDS are in that regard perfect for gaming since screen usually change a lot of pixels

[Anonymous No.8240945]

>>8240927
You are downplaying it. A fun experiment for you: Leave a bright, static picture with vivid colors on with OLED brightness set to 100 for a minute. Just a minute. Flip to a dark grey screen. Just for fun. Now imagine what would happen if you left it on for hours by accident.
t. OLED owner

I don't think I could step down at this point but hoping Neo QLED has the local dimming, motion, and uniformity down enough by next year. I want to get away from this thing. Sick of wanting to turn brightness down for certain games out of anxiety.

[Anonymous No.8240957]

>>8240927
(continued)
>usually change a lot of pixels
Yeah but when you don't you feel it and agonize about it. CRPGs, VNs, and a few others tend to keep some elements exactly the same with no screen transitions for a long, long time. Most games at least flip screens just enough for it not to matter, but not all. The only smart mitigation is to turn brightness down wholesale and/or leaving that god awful distracting ABL on.

[Anonymous No.8240967]

>>8240862
>>8240927
the eternal coper.

[Anonymous No.8240979]

>>8240927
If you enjoy moviegames without HUDs, sure

[Anonymous No.8241027]

>>8240979
You mean like Silent Hill 2?

[Anonymous No.8241038]

>>8240967
Haven't had any burn in, have one for over a year now

>>8240979
it's usually not like i am playing for over 8 hours these days

>>8240957
>playing VNs
>PLAYING
>VNs

>>8240945
Why the fuck would you but brightness at max, are you retarded? Standard here is light enough, plus mine has a light sensor that adjusts brightness to the room (room is more dark, brightness also goes down)

[Anonymous No.8241061]

>>8239892
>Is the EE mod for PC the best way to play this now?
No
>Or is the PS2 version on a CRT still superior?
Yes

[Anonymous No.8241650]

>>8241038
The more you argue the more you make oled looks like shit tier display for coping people thinking they got the best christmas gift.

[Anonymous No.8241672]

>falling for the CuckRetardTranny meme
I sure hope you guys don't do this

[Anonymous No.8241691]

>>8240923
>enjoy your burn in
Image retention is worse. Have fun seeing a faint ghostly images of this on the screen during vidya that will eventually go away (after a week).

[Anonymous No.8241707]

>>8241038
You're shill attempt isn't going to work.
Having to monitor your playtime and the type of games your play just to babysit your TV like it's a dog is tiring and this is coming from a 2014 Plasma tv owner. Even with bog standard image settings and pixel shifting, you're still gonna' have the image retention issue.
This whole "Works on my machine!" shit is good for you, but the attempted defense is embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.8241736]

If it works it works. I like Silent Hill 2 and replayed it on a CRT recently but as long as it isn’t HD collection levels of fucked then just enjoy the game.

[Anonymous No.8241775]

>>8241707
>Having to monitor your playtime and the type of games your play just to babysit your TV like it's a dog is tiring and this is coming from a 2014 Plasma tv owner.
Who says I am?

>you're still gonna' have the image retention issue
Again, haven't seen any of it, you say embarrassing attempted defense, if you ask me that is what you CRT fetishist do. All your arguments of why OLEDs are bad mostly come down on things that MIGHT happen. The only thing I can think of that CRTs are better in is refresh rate.

>>8241736
Go buy a Mac if you just want things to >le just works

[Anonymous No.8241941]

>>8239892
HD Collection for 360 is fine.

[Anonymous No.8241943]

>>8241941
Whether or not it's fine is besides the point. Looking for the best way to play the game.

[Anonymous No.8241953]

>>8241943
HD Collection for the 360

[Anonymous No.8241954]

>>8241943
PC obviously

[Anonymous No.8241957]

>>8241953

[Anonymous No.8241960]

>>8240134
The fucking website is fucking ridiculous. Did it REALLY need all that ridiculous animation? Did it NEED to require me to click every single section for it to unroll? Fucking shit.

[Anonymous No.8241965]

>>8240505
>blacks nice and bright
glowing, in fact.

[Anonymous No.8242710]

>>8241943
Just mod the PC port if you want to play on modern displays, stick to CRTs if you want to play on consoles.

[Anonymous No.8242769]

>>8240505
>crts have amazing blacks
meme

[Anonymous No.8242779]

>>8240683
no one is playing SH2 for the visuals

[Anonymous No.8242802]

>>8241691
image retention is temporary, burn-in is permanent, so no it isn't worse
>>8241941
holy shit no it isn't lol, that's literally the worst remaster of any game ever and the 360 version didn't even get that yeye ass patch

[Anonymous No.8242843]

>>8241941
Guys come on, it's just a low effort bait

[Anonymous No.8242856]

>>8242843
your mom is low effort bait

[Anonymous No.8242953]

>>8242802
the software PS2 emulator you can use on jailbroken PS3s is literally superior to the HD collection. I've beaten SH2 for the first time on a slim PS3 like that, and it was almost 1:1 to playing the actual PS2 version aside from James' left leg disappearing in a cutscene shot or two.
Doesn't the 360 have backwards compatibility with the original XBOX? Play the XBOX port.

[Anonymous No.8243507]

>>8242953
>James' left leg disappearing
this can actually be patched out

[Anonymous No.8243691]

>>8240927

[Anonymous No.8243745]

>>8242779
And? What is ever the point of an argument like this? You might not play a game for the visuals but that doesn't mean you might not want the best quality of them

[Anonymous No.8243824]

>>8239892
>Reddit hill 2
Ps2 version on original hardware and crt for maximum upvotes

[Anonymous No.8243830]

>>8242779
The PC version has the highest fidelity of rendering.
The PS2 version has the highest fidelity pre-rendered segments.
The PS2 version has the highest fidelity audio.
Enhanced Edition puts those together.
Simple as.

[Anonymous No.8244153]

How the fuck do you install this correctly? First you install the game, then you download and place the enhancement files in the game directory but I keep getting a appcrash, if I try to not use the audio pack I get a white screen. I want to use all the enhancements they provided except for better FMVs

[Anonymous No.8244192]

>>8244153
The instructions should inevitably lead to a proper install and it should work out of the box. Do you have the Director's Cut of the game? I think it needs to be that version. I have the copypasta for the disc images somewhere if you want it.

[Anonymous No.8244205]

>>8244153
Follow the extremely clear and detailed instructions.

[Anonymous No.8244329]

>>8244192
Directors cut yes.

>>8244205
>HOW TO INSTALL THE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT PACK:
------------------------------------------
NOTE: You can NOT simply replace the pre-existing sound files with the new files; doing so will crash the game upon launch.

To learn how to use the Audio Enhancement Pack, visit the following page below for the latest installation methods:

http://www.enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/

>go to link
>just get send back to the headpage of the site

>extremely clear

[Anonymous No.8244337]

>>8240680
do you know whats this from anon

[Anonymous No.8245384]

>>8244205
bump

[Anonymous No.8245812]

>>8244329
>>8245384

http://www.enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/install.htm

What they mean by you "can't just replace" is that you need to follow their preset folder structure where modded files are in a specific new folder (sh2e). The download from the site is of course prepacked for that.

This is showcased extremely clearly here:
http://www.enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/troubleshoot.htm
Just scroll down and the entire game folder structure is shown.

Though it seems you somehow missed all this. Maybe give up?

[Anonymous No.8245834]

>>8242802
You're right, that one sign you see for a fraction of a second having a different font completely ruins the game.

[Anonymous No.8246096]

>>8239892
>Is the EE mod for PC the best way to play this now?
Yes
>PS2 version on a CRT still superior?
You're joking right?

[Anonymous No.8246154]

>>8245834
this but unironically

[Anonymous No.8246518]

>>8244337
>click on the little arrow
>saucenao

Slayers Excellent - 2
OVA (1998-1999) - 3 Episodes

[Anonymous No.8246527]

>>8242802
You can burn black over the burn in and that literally removes it, what is your point then?

[Anonymous No.8247454]

>>8245812
Some of those files that are supposed to be created after you launch it for the first time aren't there, language.ini, options.ini, settings.ini

[Anonymous No.8247540]

>>8247454
Well, did you launch the game for the first time? Before installing EE?

[Anonymous No.8247572]

>>8247540
no, I'm pretty sure they said you shouldn't

[Anonymous No.8247632]

>>8247540
Not that anon, but I installed EE without launching. I was under the impression that an original retail DC would not even work on a modern OS, and EE was supposed to introduce that compatibility, so there would be no reason to launch the game before applying the update. And I was able to apply all the modules of the update successfully, except the gamepad addon. A tank control game works better with a keyboard anyway.

[Anonymous No.8247720]

Apparently they started changing textures in EE to the point of it being newly thought up additions.

PS2 it is, in that case

[Anonymous No.8247737]

>>8247720
>Apparently they started changing textures in EE to the point of it being newly thought up additions.
The update site states very clearly which changes are new additions, and they are specifically kept as a separate optional module. The 2d closeups of objects being examined are brand new upscales and therefore not part of the original game assets of any version or port. If you don't want them to be included, you can choose to only install the rest of the modules. They include assets that have only ever been officially released.

[Anonymous No.8247750]

>>8241941
>>8245834
-Ruins half of the sound effects
-Fucks up the textures on all the roads
-Tons of flickering
-Shadows broken in certain places
-Fog completely broken throughout the game
-Fade-in on cutscenes and menus are full seconds longer than they’re supposed to
-Weird frame overlays on important cutscenes covering half of them
-Music cuts and loops (often completely off-beat), some taken from soundtracks with crossfaded tracks without correcting them

And so much more

[Anonymous No.8249045]

>>8242779
you're demented

[Anonymous No.8250882]

>>8247720
how

[Anonymous No.8251395]

Does anyone have working torrent links/guide for the PC versions?

[Anonymous No.8251473]

>>8251395
it's all in one package on steam unlocked. just select check for updates in one of tge inis and it will just werk