Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill 3 NTSC Cover Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20622 Release date: August 6, 2003 CRCs: 2498951B Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-51434 Release date: May 23, 2003 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65257 SLPM-65622 (Konami the Best) SLPM-66018 (Konami Dendou Collection) SLKA-25065 Release date: July 3, 2003 July 1, 2004 (Konami the Best) June 9, 2005 (Konami Dendou Collection) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Team Silent
Publisher(s): Konami
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 85/100
Game description: Silent Hill 3 continues the series' trademark brand of psychological horror and terrifying gameplay. As a teenage girl named Heather, you'll explore and unravel the mysterious connection between the godforsaken town and her inner fears. Along the way, you'll encounter many strange characters you're not sure are trustworthy. Silent Hill 3 also features enhanced graphical detail, a more complex storyline, new items and weapons, and even more grotesque monsters than the previous games. Step into this world of nightmares and fight to survive.
Set seventeen years after the events of Silent Hill in which Harry Mason defeats the god of the town cult and is given a baby girl to care for, Silent Hill 3 focuses on Heather, a teenage girl who finds herself being drawn into Silent Hill's alternate reality. She discovers that the cult plans to use her to birth their god, and becomes caught in a conflict within the cult.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows 7 64-bit	AMD Phenom II X6 1065T @ 2.9 GHz AMD Radeon HD 6670	0.9.9.5326 (svn)	GSdx 5530 0.1.16	SPU2-X r5317 2.0.0 LilyPad r5112 0.11.0	BIOS: 1.60	JasonBreen
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i5 3210 @ 2.5GHz duo hyperT Core~Radeon HD mobility 7650M 1GB	1.0.0	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	Seems to play fine, FPS sits around 59.94 fps. Pentium D reQ high performance, Core i5 reQ Balanced, and AMD reQ High performance power for efficient usage. Laptop usage warning! Shadow weird but definitely add creepiness to the game (shadow is not correctly aligned with the protagonist mostly on the character sometimes on floor but not at her feet as if someone else is stading there!)	ericks93Pcsx2
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5492	GSdx 5464 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs above full speed.	General-Plot
NTSC-J	Windows	Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16Ghz Nvidia GTS 250 512MB	1.1.0 r5541	GSdx 5464 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 5478 LilyPad 0.11.0 5403	Playable with occasional display bugs..., Videos, some 2D elements & some effects (shadows, grain filter, too much blur...) are missing in hardware.	Parotaku
NTSC-U	Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1)	ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Core i5-4670k @ 3.4 GHz Radeon HD 7850 6GB DDR3-1333	1.3.0-648 (GIT)	GSdx 1.3.0-648 0.1.16 AVX2 Renderer: D3D11 HW Internal Res: 2560x1440 Enable FXAA: ON	SPU2-X 1.3.0-648 Module: XAudio2 Latency: 150ms Sync Mode: TimeStretch LilyPad 0.11.0	BIOS: USA 2.30, Has some issues with shadows in this game, they look out of place. Possibly can be fixed with pixel offsets, but values are unknown.	Ryudo
PAL	Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1)	Intel Core i5 @ 3.3 GHz Radeon HD 6000	v1.4.0	Default	Default	Use OpenGL Hardware Renderer, turn Hardware Depth On and set Blending Unit Accuracy to at least "Medium" to get the most accurate graphical experience. Runs smoothly, even at higher internal resolutions.	FlatOut
NTSC-U	Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1)	Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.14GHz (x2) AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB	1.4.0	GSdx MSVC 19.00 SSE4 Renderer: OpenGL HW Res: Native	SPU2-X 2.0.0 Lilypad 0.11.0	OpenGL HW produces PS2-accurate effects at no noticeable framerate cost. Runs at anywhere from 99 to 109% emu speed. All "Other" and "MicroVU" hacks enabled without changing EE or VU settings stabilised framerate, which was dipping whenever the in-game flashlight was on (dynamic shadows &c.)	starkeysuper64

Trivia

• Original names: サイレントヒル3 (SLPM-65257), サイレントヒル3 (コナミ・ザ・ベスト) (SLPM-65622), サイレントヒル3 (コナミ殿堂セレクション) (SLPM-66018), 사일런트 힐 3 (SLKA-25065)

Known Issues

Misaligned shadows

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Shadows appear in front of an object instead of behind it in hardware mode.
• Workaround: Use OpenGL hardware mode and enable Hardware Depth, or use software mode.

Missing grain effect

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Grain filter is absent in hardware mode.
• Workaround: In the Config - Video (GS) - "Plugin Settings" menu set the renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)" and the Blending Unit Accuracy to "Medium" or higher.

FMV's obscured in hardware modes

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: In the hardware modes full motion video's are obscured by what looks like a dark grid over the screen.
• Workaround: Switch manually to software mode with F9 during FMV's, or go to the Config - Emulation Settings - Game fixes tab, enable manual game fixes and turn on "Switch to GSdx software rendering when an FMV plays".

	Silent Hill 3 (SLUS 20622) (U) Silent Hill 3 (SLPM 65257) (J)