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Improving Sonic Adventure 2 with EASY Modding [GUIDE]

By Cosmo

A very simplistic guideline to ensure you can enjoy a much more smooth experience playing Sonic Adventure 2 on Steam by downloading a series of mods and the SA Mod Loader. Tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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Guide Index

Overview

Installation of the Game

Installation of the Mod Loader

Downloading and Installing the Mods

Enabling "Quality of Life" Settings

Assigning your Graphical Settings

The Final Step

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Installation of the Game

To begin, please ensure you have installed a fresh copy of the game and launched it to the main menu at least once. Afterwards, you may close out and begin the steps listed in this guide.

Installation of the Mod Loader

Step 1: Download and Install the SA Mod Loader.
https://gamebanana.com/tools/15436

Downloading and Installing the Mods

Step 2: Once completed, go to each of these links and select the option to install using the Mod Loader.

HedgePanel Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/48950
Cutscene Revamp Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/48872
Dreamcast Character Mod: https://gamebanana.com/wips/48797
Disable Upgrade Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/48841
No Model Tinting Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/48874
Highest Quality Texture Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/48912
Eggman Lighting Fix Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/397234
SA2 Volume Controls Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/381193
Level Oddity Patch Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/48894
Physics Improvement Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/48920
Smoother Wall Collisions Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/363188
No Battle Mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/33167

Once the above mods are all installed and show up in your mods section, ensure they are all enabled.

Enabling "Quality of Life" Settings

Step 3: Go into the cheats tab within the SA Mod Loader and enable the following:
- All Emeralds Trackable in Treasure Hunt
- Disable Loading Tips
- Disable Omochao
- Reduce Spin Dash Delay
- Press B to Somersault

Select "Save" in the bottom to keep the cheats enabled for your play sessions.

Assigning your Graphical Settings

Step 4: Ensure you set your game's resolution properly based on your monitor and refresh rate.

Goto the Game Config tab within the SA Mod Manager and from there, you can adjust which display you want to play the game on, the screen mode (I'd recommend Borderless Fullscreen) and the render resolution which should be the size of your monitor or however you would like to play the game.

Ensure the Refresh Rate is set to 60.

After making these changes, you can click Save in the bottom.

The Final Step

Step 5: Enjoy a much improved Sonic Adventure 2 experience!

That wasn't so bad, was it?
Now go jam out to Crush 40 and raise some Chao!

If you followed everything in this guide, you are now free to click "Save & Play" and launch your much improved Sonic Adventure 2.

9 Comments

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BrentGameDev 24 Feb @ 2:02pm

@Not_Jake_Playz Drop The Mod Loader Files Into The Game

peresanfille 19 Feb @ 3:51pm

Thanks, man!

I've got the fantastic better SADX mod installed already. If I download this one, will they come into conflict with each other?
I'm mostly interested in the volume control option, anyway.

mabad 17 Feb @ 3:11pm

Cutscenes are still locked in a 4:3 ratio

MetoolMan 12 Feb @ 6:26pm

blueberyramune - ???

blueberyramune 10 Feb @ 8:17pm

where is sonic chest scars mod

Not_Jake_Playz 21 Jan @ 1:16pm

How do u install it like add it to the game?

CocoBocoNoco 18 Jan @ 5:01pm

but doesnt eggman lighting fix comes included with the render fix mod?

Cosmo [author] 17 Jan @ 5:35pm

@Kalos, I don't have a steam deck yet to test myself, but there are some youtube tutorials that should get this to work!

Kalos 17 Jan @ 7:19am

Hey thanks for the tutorial but does samodmanager work on the steam deck? it says I need to install a windows runtime, and when I do it still doesn't open. Any help would be appreciated!

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