sa2 repair guide
images will be added later
so, you got the steam port of sonic adventure 2, and you noticed its a completely broken mess. yeah, i did too. i've spent a few hours troubleshooting issues ive encountered, and i've compiled some bugs and solutions in case it could help anyone. all of this is only tested for windows 10 with an xbox one controller (and a dualsense, in later revisions) and an NVIDIA graphics card
i’ll start by saying the pathing to navigate to the sa2 folder because youll need to be in the folder to change a few things. the pathing for me is
This PC > C:// > Program Files (x86) > Steam > SteamApps > Common > Sonic Adventure 2
this may change if youve changed where your steam games install, but this should be the default. ill just be referring to this as “the sa2 folder” from now on
- my game freezes on boot
navigate to the sa2 folder. right click “sonic2app” (you may also want to do this for “Launcher”). click “Troubleshoot Compatibility”, then “Try Recommended Settings”, this should set the game to windows 7 compatibility. test it, and if it stops crashing, save the settings image
- my controller isnt being recognised
this is something that ive found can only be toggled through the launcher rather than ingame, under the menu Player
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- i don’t even see gamepad as an option under that menu
try booting SA2 specifically through steam’s client, as opposed to through the modloader or other methods
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- i can't get past the creating a savefile screen
while in the sa2 folder, navigate to Resource > gd_PC folder. right click and hover New, and make a new folder inside gd_PC, and rename the folder as SAVEDATA. relaunch the game and you should be able to save now
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- my game is going like 120-200fps, oh god
(note: this has two valid options for reparing. one is the one i'm about to detail, the other is using the SA2 modloader's FPS lock)
open the nvidia control panel (i can access it via right clicking on my desktop, and it comes up under the dropdown)
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navigate to Program Settings, and under Add, navigate to “sonic2app” (location listed above). to tweak any settings under this, i had to set “Select the preferred graphics driver for this program:” to be “High-performance NVIDIA processor”
under “Specify the specifics for this program:”, scroll to Vertical sync and toggle it to on. Max frame rate can also be toggled under the same window, i toggled mine to 60fps
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- under my game keeps freezing
this fix is also under the nvidia control panel. change the toggle for power management mode, i have it set to prefer maximum performance but maybe try adaptive. default seems to be optimal power
- wtf is with this trolley in city escape being stuck on my screen?
this is an issue with intel processors. this is another issue that can be fixed with the SA2 modloader
other issues ive had have been mod related. i could detail those at a later date