Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2

Developers
	Avalanche Studios
GOG.com	General Arcade
Publishers
	Square Enix
Retail (Russia)	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Avalanche Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows	March 23, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	84
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Unlock
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Open world, TPS
Sports	Parachuting
Vehicles	Automobile, Flight
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Just Cause

Just Cause
Just Cause	2006
Just Cause 2	2010
Just Cause 3	2015
Just Cause 4	2018

Just Cause 2 is a singleplayer third-person open world and TPS game in the Just Cause series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GOG.com		Complete Edition. Does not include nor supports Multiplayer Mod.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Demo

A free demo version is available from GamePressure and Steam: steam://install/35110

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	All parachute DLCs are skins.
Unlock	All the other DLCs unlock additional weapons and vehicles in the Black Market.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Agency Hovercraft
Black Market Aerial Pack
Black Market Boom Pack
Bull's Eye Assault Rifle
Camo Parachute
Chaos Parachute
Chevalier Classic
Chevalier Ice Breaker
Dare Devil Parachute
Firestorm Parachute
Multiplayer Mod	Free download.
Monster Truck
Rico's Signature Gun
Scorpion Parachute
Tiger Parachute
Tuk Tuk Boom

Essential improvements

Make 100% Completion Possible

Because of two unpatched bugs, no more than 99.96% completion can be attained in the vanilla game. One of the 221 water towers does not actually exist, and the final optional sidequest - no matter which one it happens to be - does not reward the usual 3 Weapon and 3 Vehicle parts.

Use Jusupov's 100% Completion and World Location Settings mods

Download the 100% Completion mod, as well as the prerequisite World Location Settings mod if you don't have it. Place x_Jusupov_100percent.arc and x_Jusupov_100percent.tab (from the 100% mod), as well as x_worldbin.arc and x_worldbin.tab (from the WLS mod) into <path-to-game>\archives_win32. Upon loading the game, the missing water tower should now be in the correct position in Panau (X:18111, Y:15326), and the six missing boxes should be near the tower's base.

Bullseye Rifle fix

This mod fixes a couple of annoying issues with the Bullseye Rifle (a DLC weapon), like using improper ammo type, lack of possibility to zoom with scope and more.

Installation
Download the Bullseye Rifle Fix. Place pc_00.arc and pc_00.tab into <path-to-game>\DLC.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Square Enix\Just Cause 2\Saves\JC2Settings
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8190/pfx/

Configuration file is a binary file.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\8190\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8190/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		9.15 mb available

Video

In-game resolution settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA and up to 32x CSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap; however, as framerate increases, slingshotting momentum will decrease.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Multi-monitor

Instructions
See Command line arguments. Use the following arguments. Set the variables to the desired values. /WidthW=YourWidth /HeightW=YourHeight

Field of view (FOV)

Run the game with the /fovfactor=[number] command line argument[citation needed]

Only values between 1.0 and 2.0 can be used.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Run the game with the /borderless command line argument and disable fullscreen.

Notes

On some systems, the borderless window is slightly higher than it is supposed to be, cutting off the top and revealing the taskbar.

Remove film grain

Run the game with the /filmgrain=0 command line argument

Input

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

In-game key map settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration. Can be disabled (only working for non-inverted mouse input).
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		Requires an XInput wrapper; see the glossary page for applicable tools.
PlayStation button prompts		A mod is available that swaps the Xbox prompts with Dualshock prompts. An XInput wrapper is still required.
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Mouse speed changes when the controller is used, and changes back when released. Button prompts change rapidly.

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  In-game gamepad layout screen (for General).

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  In-game gamepad layout screen (for Land/Sea Vehicles).

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  In-game gamepad layout screen (for Helicopters).

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  In-game gamepad layout screen (for Planes).

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Effects, Speech.
Surround sound		5.1, 6.1 and 7.1 are supported.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation; download.
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by GameVicio; download.
Russian
Slovak				Fan translation; download.
Spanish

Network

In order to play online download the Official Multiplayer Mod.

Not available in GOG.com version.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		See the Just Cause 2 Multiplayer wiki.
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision			Native support for up to triple-monitor setups.
vorpX		2D Officially supported game. Note:Game is currently not on official list, but listed on vorpx local profile factory list. Game has not been confirmed to be 3D yet.

Issues fixed

AMD launch crash fix

AMD's graphics drivers codenamed Crimson are not compatible with Just Cause 2 Multiplayer.

Solutions here[citation needed]

Possible crash fix

Crashing issues observed with decals on some NVIDIA cards.

Use DXVK
Download dxvk-"version number".tar.gz. Extract dxgi.dll d3d11.dll and d3d10core.dll to the game installation folder. This should allow the "Decals" option to be enabled without crashes and overall makes the game less prone to crashing. Bokeh filter and GPU water simulation effects will become unavailable.

Disable dual core optimizations for ASYNC10

Download Nvidia Profile Inspector. From the Profiles drop-down menu, select "Just Cause 2" profile. Click on "Show unknown settings from NVIDIA predefined profiles". Find option "ASYNC10_ENABLE" (Under "8 - Extra" section). Set it to "0x53850673 OFF - Disable dual core optimizations". Click on "Apply changes" This should allow the "Decals" option to be enabled without crashes. Significantly impacts performance, recommended only on faster machines.

Turn off 'decals' in video options menu

Turn off Steam overlay in the Steam game properties[citation needed]

Directx Error 3

Run the game with the /dxadapter=0 command line argument.[citation needed]

Very low framerate on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs

On NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series (Blackwell) GPUs, performance will be very low if Bokeh filter is enabled, even on a RTX 5090.

Disable Bokeh filter in video options

Alternatively, you can set up DXVK, which will have the effect of making the Bokeh filter option unavailable (therefore avoiding the problem).

Slingshotting has reduced momentum

Air momentum is reduced as framerate increases, especially above 60 FPS. Manually lock the game's framerate to 60 or lower to mitigate the issue.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	10

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD Ex
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.9q

JC2MapViewer

A map viewer, that loads a save game and displays missed resource/chaos items, required for 100% completion.

Compatible with 100% Completion mod.

Command line arguments

All listed parameters work in both the demo and the full game.

Command line parameter	Description	Accepted variables
/FailSafe	Run in failsafe mode (ignore settings)
/Fullscreen	Force fullscreen mode
/Windowed	Force windowed mode
/Width=N	Change resolution width
/Height=N	Change resolution height
/WidthFS=N	Change resolution width (fullscreen only)
/HeightFS=N	Change resolution height (fullscreen only)
/WidthW=N	Change resolution width (windowed only)
/HeightW=N	Change resolution height (windowed only)
/RefreshRate=N	Change the refresh rate
/MSAA=N	Alter the MSAA sample count
/VSync=B	Enable (or disable) V-Sync	0 - 1
/Aniso=N	Alter the anisotropic filter intensity	0 - 7 (Default: 7)
/Shadows=N	Change shadow quality	0 - 2 (Default: 1)
/ShadowRes=N	Alter shadow resolution	0 - 1 (Default: 0)
/SSAO=B	Enable/disable SSAO	0 - 1 (Default: 0)
/HBAO=B	Enable/disable HBAO method for SSAO	0 - 1 (Default: 1)
/PLSpec=B	Enable/disable pointlight specular	0 - 1 (0)
/PostEffects=B	Enable/disable post-processing effects	0 - 1 (1)
/LODFactor=N	Alter level of detail	0-3 (Default: 0)
/Decals=B	Enable/disable decals	0 - 1
/EdgeFade=B	Enable/disable edge fade effect	0 - 1
/FilmGrain=B	Enable/disable film grain effect	0 - 1
/fovfactor=N	Changes field of view.	1.0 - 2.0 (Default: 1.0)
/DXBuffers=		(Default: 1)
/FramerateCap=	Allows frame rate capping	(Default: disabled)
/DXAdapter=	Allows users with multiple GPUs to force the use of a specific card
/borderless	Force borderless windowed mode (set Full Screen to Off in Resolution menu)

^{B stands for boolean; Where 1 is equal to "enabled," and 0 is equal to "disabled"}

^{N stands for number; Set to whichever number requested}

Multiple parameters can be used by separating them with a space (for example: /fovfactor=2 /frameratecap=30 /filmgrain=0).

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista		Vista SP1, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz		AMD Phenom X3 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		3 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro Nvidia GeForce 8800 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible		ATI Radeon HD 5750 series Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10.1 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 10 compatible		DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1
Controller			XInput controller

CPUs must have SSE3 available