Is there still no easy way to get Silent Hill 3 running good on PC?

[I Am Klaus]

I've followed several guides but I can't get the game to run properly. It has inconsistent frame rates, the widescreen mod doesn't work properly and changing the controls is absolutely horrible. And it doesn't play well on joystick either, buttons just can't be mapped in a way that's comfortable for me.

You'd think after all the work that was done on the SH2 Enhanced Edition for PC that they would have it streamlined for SH3 as well.

[Nikubus]

well the last patch for the enhanced edition was weeks before the SH2R.
so i'll give the guys some time to relax, and possibly enjoy the remake?

but yeah SH3 for PC even with the mods/patches has some issues

[Vagrant]

I can run it good. The only issue I have is I can't swap Triggers with Bumper buttons because the Triggers "don't exist" for the game, so to speak. I'm just using Steam008's patch.

As for community fan patches, SH2EE is more developped because SH2 is more popular and the PC version is super-broken, unlike SH3.

[avestruzrock]

Mine works flawlwss, 16:9 60fps

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by avestruzrock:

Mine works flawlwss, 16:9 60fps

No idea what I'm doing wrong then. I doubt my PC specs are a bottleneck for a game this old.

Geforce GTX 1650TI
Intelcore i5 10300h
32gb DDR4 RAM

[Smufius]

Emulate.

[XΞИOΛLIΞИ]

I think it’s better to use an emulator with the ps2 version. From what i know, is that Lisa Garland’s voice is not present in the pc version.

[80TCS]

Originally posted by Vagrant:

I can run it good. The only issue I have is I can't swap Triggers with Bumper buttons because the Triggers "don't exist" for the game, so to speak. I'm just using Steam008's patch.

As for community fan patches, SH2EE is more developped because SH2 is more popular and the PC version is super-broken, unlike SH3.

You can always use XInput Plus for old DInput only games that don't support XInput controllers.

https://0dd14lab.net/xinputplus/

Just use Google Translate or something to get around the site (the program itself though does have En as well as Jp languages.

[Xiaopang]

Give SH3proxy[github.com] a shot. It's a dx8 wrapper that offers fixes and plenty of resolution options. Runs very well for me.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Xiaopang:

Give SH3proxy[github.com] a shot. It's a dx8 wrapper that offers fixes and plenty of resolution options. Runs very well for me.

Bookmarking for later.

Ty.

[avestruzrock]

Originally posted by I Am Klaus:

Originally posted by avestruzrock:

Mine works flawlwss, 16:9 60fps

No idea what I'm doing wrong then. I doubt my PC specs are a bottleneck for a game this old.

Geforce GTX 1650TI
Intelcore i5 10300h
32gb DDR4 RAM

there are some .dll files you might need.

Silent_Hill_3_PC_Fix.dll
d3d9on12.dll

[Breaking]

I played SH3 on an emulator awhile back and had no issues at all, just installed a few mods and it was good to go

[I Am Klaus]

I'm honestly considering just buying a PS2 at this point and getting the game back in my collection. Even if it is $150 on Amazon.

[DeadGemini]

Originally posted by I Am Klaus:

I'm honestly considering just buying a PS2 at this point and getting the game back in my collection. Even if it is $150 on Amazon.

B A T O C E R A

Seriously. If you have a 2nd hard drive, install it on that and dual boot. If you don't have one, look up how to partition your drive (divide the space on it into pieces) and install Batocera on the new partition.

It's an OS that acts like a video game console for emulators. Just put the Silent Hill 3 PS2 rom in the right folder, reload, and you're cookin.

♥♥♥♥, if you have $150 to burn you could get a Ryzen 5 MiniPC and install Batocera on that. If there's any $$ left over I would upgrade the network card to an Intel WiFi 6 one, and the RAM to the max supported (probably 32gb SO-DIMM)