Has anyone successfully run this game on windows 11?

[outlawtorn6221]

Title says it all.
All I get is black screen and I can't even pull up task manager to close it. I can use windows button and see that the resolution has been blown up to some ridiculous setting (font is large) only thing I can do is restart my PC in order to get my PC back.

Tried the unknownproject patch and followed that perfectly only to get a shading error message when running from program files>bin folder>silent hill homecoming.exe then tried running from steam only to have same black screen come back and again only way to resolve is PC restart, and then launching from same bin folder after patch install yields nothing...just thinks about it for a few seconds and does nothing.

[NeutronVortex]

I'm on Windows 11 and it ran fine out of the box, as far as I recall(aside from a scaling issue, which I think you have too, see below.) I did install Unknown Patch afterwards also, but I'm on the 3.0 version and I haven't had any problems so far(haven't beaten it yet so I could still have issues later, ig.)

The resolution issue you describe sounds like a scaling issue. To fix it change the DPI setting for the game. You can do this by right-clicking on the game in your Library, choose Browse Local Files. Then open the bin folder and right-click on SilentHill.exe and go to Properties(click 'show more options first, since you're on Win 11) then switch to the compatibility tab. From there you can change the high DPI setting. Set it to Override 'Application'.

I don't remember having any shader errors so I can't help with you there, sorry. :/

[outlawtorn6221]

Turns out I didn't patch it properly. I watched another video of a guy that removed the file from the download and then dragged, dropped and copied it over. Ya know, actual patching. The unknown unkownproject video didn't go over that. I also put the file in the wrong directory cause I just copied what he did and wasn't thinking about what I was actually trying to achieve cause it's been a few years since I've had to patch an older game to work for a modern PC. So, everything works now, or at least I'm able to get it to start up and get to the options menu. Weirdly, I can't change the resolution from its default. Any change I make to bump it up or change the refresh rate just crashes the game instead of restarting upon accepting the new setting and goes back to the default when manually restarting.

That DPI setting was already on override application. Could that be the reason it won't allow resolution changes? Thanks for your help.

[FreshRevenge]

Here is what I did. No need to download patch.

Go to game files where it's located on your PC. Look in the Bin folder and click on the .exe(it has the icon). And start the game that way. You will have to start the game from the .exe from the Bin folder every time you play it. Don't use the Steam play button or the desktop icon.

Afterwards go to the settings and select desire resolution. I would just use 1920x1080p and you should be fine. And you should be able to play it.

[NeutronVortex]

Originally posted by outlawtorn6221:

That DPI setting was already on override application. Could that be the reason it won't allow resolution changes? Thanks for your help.

No, it doesn't affect it.

I don't know why you can't change your res, I have mine set to 4k. I may have done it through the config file though - it was quite a while ago that set everything up and I haven't played in months.

To set your desired res manually from the config; go to the game install folder, open the Engine folder and then open the var_pc.cfg file and set the ScreenResHeight and ScreenResWidth values. You can also set FullScreen, fpsLimit, and ScreenRefresh values from here, if you need to.

[Wynter.paine]

Originally posted by outlawtorn6221:

Title says it all.
All I get is black screen and I can't even pull up task manager to close it. I can use windows button and see that the resolution has been blown up to some ridiculous setting (font is large) only thing I can do is restart my PC in order to get my PC back.


Im having the exact same issues

[Nezchrynliir]

I tried 3.10 shader.pak is missing

[Demonicus]

Originally posted by Nezchrynliir:

I tried 3.10 shader.pak is missing

I got that when trying to use the patch. Turns out it put a Silent Hill Homecoming folder into my Silent Hill Homecoming folder. I Ctrl+X the one the patch created, backed out to Steamapps>Common, Ctrl+V, and hit overwrite when prompted. Game started up fine after that. Seems the patch is touchy when trying to pick your games folder for installation.

[NeutronVortex]

Originally posted by NeutronVortex:

... I did install Unknown Patch afterwards also, but I'm on the 3.0 version and I haven't had any problems so far(haven't beaten it yet so I could still have issues later, ig.)

^^ That was a bit premature! >.<

I ended up jumping ship and just switched to playing the ps3 version via rpcs3. Even with the patch and after getting used to the horrible right stick sensitivity, there are still waaay to many random crashes on the PC version once you get further into the game; It can crash when opening doors, saving, dying(lol), or just walking around. Seemingly any time, any where it can happen. Its just not worth it - especially when you're playing through blind for the first time. It really kills your motivation after a while.