The Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 next gen updates have been reverted on PC

Last Updated on: 24th June 2022, 08:39 am

Recently, Capcom released updates for Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which brought all three games into the next generation.

These updates increased the resolution and frame rate on console, allowing for up to 120fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, while also adding ray tracing for console and PC.

This was something the Resident Evil community was incredibly excited about…until it went live on PC and it soon became apparent that the update had broken aspects of the game, particularly in Resident Evil 2.

It was soon discovered that mods, trainers, and speedrun tools such as Livesplit and SRT no longer worked in the games.

But perhaps the most surprising change was that some of the enemies acted differently and some even changed positions.

This did not seem intentional and appeared to be a consequence of changing some coding as Capcom updated the games.

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It had been reported that stair skating, a method to move up and down stairs quickly, had been altered and slowed down. The William Birkin G2 boss fight had changed, and Mr. X’s movement wasn’t as predictable, he also appeared in different areas in the 4th Survivor bonus mode.

These are just some of the changes reported by members of the Resident Evil 2 community, there are likely minor changes that have happened in Resident Evil 3 and 7, but those haven’t been as well documented yet.

Because of this, Capcom has announced that they will be reverting the update on PC, instead giving players the option as to which version of the game they want to play, the new next-gen version or the previous DX11 version.

This will mean that modders and speedrunners will likely use the DX11 version, while casual players will likely stick with the new next-gen version.

Here is how to choose which version of the game you want to be installed.

1. Click LIBRARY in Steam client.
2. Right-click the game and select “”Properties…””
3. In the pop-up menu, select “”BETAS””
4. From the pull-down menu, select “”dx11_non-rt”” (Note: password not required)
5. Close the pop-up menu and let the Steam client auto-update the game
6. You should be able to launch the game normally once the update completes
7. Please note some of the in-game option settings will be reset as a result of the rollback process.

If you would like to update the game to the new version again, simply select “”None”” from the pull-down menu in Step 4 above.

If you don’t want to reinstall the game every time you switch, a workaround is to change the directory name of one version of the game, such as changing the folder name to “Resident Evil 2 Next Gen”. This will cause Steam not to detect it and require it to be installed again. Then choose the DX11 version and install it.

Then, when you want to play the next-gen version, change the folder name back to the original name and change the name of the DX11 folder so Steam no longer detects it.

This will allow you to quickly jump between the two versions, allowing you to use mods when you want to and also experience better visuals when you fancy it.

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It is worth noting that this will require double the disk space, which does rack up when taking into account all three titles.