Silent Hill 4: The Room

Silent Hill 4 gets an optional free camera outside the apartment and real analog movement. Cutscenes run at 30 FPS instead of 15, stereo sound and realtime shadows work again, and wide screens show more.

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Features

Camera and controls

Free camera over Henry's shoulder outside the apartment, with the mouse or right stick
Analog movement: Henry no longer only stands or runs
Modern controller layout, with Xidi included
Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo button icons

Fixes

Cutscenes at 30 FPS instead of 15
A hardware check that fails on current PCs no longer turns off sound effects and realtime shadows
Stereo sound actually plays in stereo
The four European languages hidden in the PC release
No reset to 640x480 after a crash

Display

Wider view while menus, text and pictures stay 4:3 in the middle
Blur, glow and fades cover the whole screen; peep holes and the door scope get black sides
Field of view multiplier
Cutscene borders: letterbox, pillarbox, both or none
Movies shown whole, in the 4:3 area or filling the screen
Fullscreen, windowed or borderless

Extras

Play or skip the intro
Settings on a Plugins page in the Options menu

Supported versions

The PC version (Silent Hill 4.exe, with its SH4Config.exe launcher).

Install

Customize the settings below, or keep the recommended ones.
Download the package and unpack it beside Silent Hill 4.exe, keeping its folders.
Start the game. The settings are on the fourth Options page, Plugins, under Fusion Fix.