Armored Core 2

Armored Core 2

Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20014 Release date: October 24, 2000 CRCs: 0D168765 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-50079 Release date: March 23, 2001 CRCs: D9B48C4A Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25007 SLPS-73403 (PlayStation 2 the Best) Release date: August 3, 2000 August 1, 2002 (PlayStation 2 the Best) Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): From Software
Publisher(s): From Software (JP), Agetec (US), Ubisoft (EU)
Genre: Action
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 78/100
Game description: The sequel to Armored Core takes the action to Mars where the Ravens battle for their corporations. In Armored Core 2, you'll enter new battle arenas and challenge more than 45 menacing Armored Core units. Customize your AC unit's 200 parts, including interior equipment and extension packs, and use over-boost propulsion to generate lightning speed. One or two players can go head-to-head in split-screen battles using more than 200 customizable parts that feature interior equipment and extension packs.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	Intel C2D e8400 OC 3.6Ghz nVidia GeForce 260GTX	r3113	GSDX r3068 0.1.16	SPU2-X r3117 1.4.0 LilyPad r2930 0.10.0	Sometimes HUD gets messed up. No matter what it happens on the first stage then randomly throughout the game.	Sev7en77
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5565	GSdx 5559 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs above full speed.	General-Plot
PAL	Windows 8.1 x64	Intel Core i5-750 @ 3.33Ghz AMD Radeon HD 7870	1.3.1 2015-05-26	GSdx 0.1.16 2015-05-26 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 XPad 0.2.0	Preset 2 + MTVU HW: 3xIR, some vertical lines on loading screens SW: Flawless	Interocitor
NTSC-U	Windows 10 Pro 1909 X64	Ryzen 5 2600X nVidia GeForce 1660 Ti	v1.7.0-dev-157-gedc701d3f	GSdx MSVC 19.26 AVX2/AVX2 1.2.0	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	Besides the HUD line and endless sound issues, it works perfectly.	Xyifer
NTSC-U	Windows 10 Pro 22H2 X64	Ryzen 7 3700X @ 4.2GHz RX580 8GB @ 1365MHz	v1.7.3753 Nightly	Integrated	Integrated Integrated	Solid 60FPS @ 1080p, no-interlace can be buggy in certain menus (Arena)	Evolution

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC	Ubuntu 13.04+, Archlinux	AMD FX4300 Nvidia GTX 650 Ti, AMD Radeon 6850 and 7850	1.2.2	GSdx	SPU2X SDL	runs poorly on Radeon and will freeze sometimes in certain missions on open source and Catalyst driver; runs very well and is playable in hardware mode on Nvidia closed source driver	DaTankAC

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• Original names: アーマード・コア2 (SLPS-25007) & (SLPS-73403)

Known Issues

There are currently no known, active issues for this title. If you find one, please add it here.

Fixed Issues

Persistent sound effect loop

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Oftentimes, after ending a mission, a sound effect will persist and keep looping forever.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Misaligned video during FMVs

• Type: Not an issue
• Description: The game has a different TC buffer setup for FMVs, resulting in the video being slightly off-center in hardware mode while upscaling (with rainbow lines in the empty space on the bottom right). This only happens while upscaling.
• Workaround: On game properties (after launching the game), go to display and crop the bottom, right and top and left of the screen by 1 pixel, should remove any visible garbage.

Known Issues

HUD/Text lines

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Running on Hardware renderer causes artifacts in various HUD elements and UI text.
• Workaround: Use Software renderer. Issue report is here

Garbage texture instead of animated texture

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: The corridor right after the final enemy of the game is supposed to have an energy wave running along the walls effect, but in PCSX2, broken texture appears instead.
• Workaround: No workarounds. Issue report is here.

Floating/misplaced shadows

• Type: Not an issue
• Description: Occurs on real hardware. Shadows often are misplaced or appear wrong, especially at moving near some pieces of geometry in a few area. They even float above your AC standing directly below a piece of geometry can sometimes lead to your shadow being projected above your AC instead of below.
• Workaround: No workarounds. Issue report is here.

Upscaled HUD sprites have artifact lines in hardware mode

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: The game sprites do not take well to being upscaled, and will produce artifacts such as blurry HUD text and stray lines.
• Workaround: You can alleviate this by enabling manual hardware fixes, going into the Upscale Fixes tab, and setting Round Sprite to half, and checking Align Sprite and Merge Sprite (hasn't been tested in full playthrough). Messing with the settings here might produce better results. You can adjust the offset of the textures to remove any HUD artifacts (x400y0 is a good starting point -- a comparison gallery of various values is here), but be warned that as of 1.7.5553 it'll still produce misalignment artifacts elsewhere. This problem's a matter of removing the more glaring artifacts as a compromise. This problem also persists in the sequel, AC2: Another Age.

Images:

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  Glitched HUD (already fixed as of v1.7.5434)

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  Widescreen patched @ 3x Resolution

	Armored Core 2 (SLUS 20014) (U) Armored Core 2 (SLES 50079) (E)