Unofficial bug thread

[danmaku]

Post bugs, glitches. Complaints about lack of graphics options are off topic.

For example, the MGS2 launcher doesn't save the button settings/detect automatically what controller I'm using unlike the MGS1 launcher.

[BulletCap]

Here's the bugs that i found for MGS2:
-The resolution for MGS2/MGS3 seems to be something other than 1080p.
-And there seems to be some audio weirdness when pressing "R2" and "L2", the sound seems to either overlap itself or just outright seems to be less consistent with the original sound effect, after a first time press on each buttons.
-On the Plant chapter, on Strut D Sediment Pool, the audio seems to be completely bonkered, with sound effects cutting while doing certain actions.
-On the bridge from strut A to strut B, the metallic floor seems to have a very weird sound effect other that the original one.

[Darcalus]

Originally posted by Butterscotch:

Anyone on Linux just straight up crashing during the starting cutscene? Everything else is fine and then it just craps out with no audio and then crashes.

i'm getting the same thing in MGS2 & 3

[Xico]

anyone else getting black bars on the sides for mgs2 and 3 on a 16:9 screen?

[ريستو]

BSOD after seeing the Kojima logo, can't play the game.

[oatmealBowser]

i cant spray the coolant. but i'm able to shoot the socom and usp?

[Zaxabock]

None of the soft reset combinations work on MGS2 it seems, trying to do a no alert run so a soft reset would be much welcome instead of quitting entire game every time.

Used to be that you could hold L1 L2 R1 R2 Select and Start for some time and then it reset back to main menu.

[ass pancakes]

Originally posted by squidWard:

i cant spray the coolant. but i'm able to shoot the socom and usp?

that's not a bug, they just changed it for some reason. you need to press up on the right stick.

as for bugs, certain audio is just completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥, namely the codec ringtone

[[TSF] Mason 1290]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Originally posted by amer:

my game is so fast idk why

Make sure you're not running the game above 60fps.

how do you do force FPS? i already tried the standard '-fps 60' no work.

[MechaMike]

Originally posted by Rockhead Gaz:

Originally posted by danmaku:

Theres an option in the main menu of MGS2 to return to the launcher at the bottom

Apologies, I wasn't very clear, I meant is there a way back to the game's main menu during gameplay, other than as neon.wir pointed out, getting a game over? I seem to recall some sort of soft reset button combo in the original game.

The combo was Start + select + all the shoulder buttons
It doesn’t seem to work anymore sadly

[neon.wir]

When switching weapons/items, sometimes the game will not let me act immediately. This results in times I'm hitting the button to raise my M9, and Raiden/Snake stands there like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It also has locked me in to keeping the gun raised, and I have to push the button again to disengage it. Far as I can tell it happens if you act too quickly out of a swapping an item/weapon.

There are also times I'll switch out equipment while running and Raiden will just stop moving for a split second.

[[TSF] Mason 1290]

Originally posted by TSF Mason 1290:

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Make sure you're not running the game above 60fps.

how do you do force FPS? i already tried the standard '-fps 60' no work.

fixed my issue. for FPS, as i have an AMD set up, the frame rates arnt locked, so they spool out at some 4500~fps. locked it down with my AMD overlay to 60fps. everything works at normal speed now.

[foxclub49er]

Anyone else having trouble with the “Rent Money” and “Hold-Up-aholic” achievements?
I’ve been holding up and nutshotting almost every other guard since the beginning, just past the harrier fight now and it still hasn’t popped.
Edit: Johnny achievement seems to be bugged too

[Toasty]

The codec call sound effects in Metal Gear Solid 2 are noticeably bugged and it sounds very grating. I'm not sure exactly what causes it, but if you stand in any spot where the codec starts ringing, you can hear something wrong with it. Making a codec call also allows you to hear something wrong, but it's more subtle.

For some of the in-game cutscenes, the fade-in from black doesn't work properly and you can see a what's behind the fade-in for a single frame before it displays correctly.

Some of the audio sounds a little worse, but I'm not an audio freak so I wouldn't know for sure. It could be a mixing issue.

[PALFox]

Originally posted by TheJapaneseDeskFlipper:

Can't save the game. Save files corrupting.
No option to change resolution and locked at 720p.

Just to add, I've also been experiencing issues with save files corrupting. Added some more info on when/where here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2131640/discussions/0/3874844033651200413/, but I can't figure out what's causing it.

[Kyo Tanaka]

Originally posted by Video Kojimbo:

Originally posted by squidWard:

i cant spray the coolant. but i'm able to shoot the socom and usp?

that's not a bug, they just changed it for some reason. you need to press up on the right stick.

as for bugs, certain audio is just completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥, namely the codec ringtone

They changed it because the coolant was the only weapon in MGS2 that made use of pressure sensitive buttons PS2 had. HD collection controllers with such buttons were becoming really rare, so they use an analog stick to emulate pressure. They could have used the triggers, but they were already occupied.