Does this version have the missing hauntings?

I am 100% sure it does not have them as this is basicaly the 2004 PC version.

Is this something that has been ported back into the PC version by mods at anypoint? I'm sure I could find this on Google, but curious to know if there's anything that works with the GOG version to improve it further.

Not allegedly, it's there. I still remember this horrible choppy mess that Konami released originally, now the FMVs and cutscenes run at 30FPS.

I can also confirm that the cutscenes run at the proper frame rate.

Not only does it have the proper framerate, it has widescreen support and some of the postprocessing effects that didn't exist in the original PC version are now here.

So, it's entirely possible the missing hauntings are here too. Haven't been able to confirm that yet but so far, this is actually much, much better than the original PC release.

Can somebody confirm if it's there or not?

A few people I've talked to in the community have said that the hauntings are NOT there. I just got finished talking to a friend of mine that speedruns SH4 and he said he hasn't been able to get them to work and so has a friend of his.

So, as of this moment, it's looking like they are not there.

Can anyone confirm what the missing ones are?

I remember going through this on the OG Xbox with my brother, and we saw something we only had once, ever, in many plays:

A decapitated head floated down past the living room window, outside. One time! Goddamn freaky.

Apart from that, I remember the chair and TV, the faces in the wall, the bloody fridge, the shoes moving from the front door with footprints... Can't remember any more. Full list anyone?

Here is a link to a site with a full list of the hauntings and it also mentions if they were not in the original PC release by placing a * by the name of that haunting.

LINK: http://www.silenthillmemories.net/sh4/hauntings_en.htm

If someone spots one in the GOG version please post on this thread.


I'll also include a copy/past just the ones that weren't in the PC release below in case that site goes down.

So be warned, spoilers in coming.

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"*" means that it is not in PC version

(Kitchen Faucet*)

Description: The kitchen faucet will poor blood continuously into the sink. Put a Holy Candle on the floor in front of the sink to get rid of it.

(Wandering Slippers*)

Description: The slippers normally located by your front door are found in the middle of the kitchen floor, with trailing bloody footsteps. Put a Holy Candle on the ground by them to clear it.

(Front Door Visitor*)

Description: Check the peephole of your front door to take a look at Victim 21/21, of whom you should know. The haunting will affect you whenever standing near the door. Drop a Holy Candle on the floor by the front door to get rid of it.

(Closet Visitor*)

Description: The shadow of a small boy will appear in your bedroom closet. This also makes it difficult when waking up each time, so purify it right away. Put a Holy Candle on the floor in front of the closet to make it disappear.

(Walter's Portrait*)

Description: The photo of the church in Silent Hill that Henry took will change into a portrait of Walter, but this is a rare haunting. Put a Holy Candle on the dresser it's on to make it go away.

(Item Chest Wall*)

Description: Small, ugly doll figures will appear extruding from the wall above your item chest and make crying sounds over and over, making it difficult to use your item chest. This haunting only occurs if you take the Shabby Doll offered to you by Walter in the Apartment World and you place it in your item chest. Whenever the haunting is happening, the Shabby Doll won't be in your chest, so you can't take it out without disposing the haunting first. If you have the doll in your chest, this haunting will absolutely occur, and if you continuously leave it in the chest it will continue to appear. Don't take it in the first place and you'll be fine. To clear the haunting, place a Holy Candle on the ground in front of the chest.

If the list on SHMemories is correct, then this should easily by testable.

The list names the haunting above the item chest as one of those missing in the PC port.
This haunting can only happen if the Shabby Doll item is placed in the item chest.

So it should be testable by throwing the doll into the chest, making a save when the haunting part of the game comes up and repeatedly trying to finish -> reload -> finish -> etc. to check if the haunting can be triggered eventually.

Don't have the game but this guy claims it does restore at least *some* of the cut content. Additional confirmation would sitll be welcomed.

''At the very least I definitely triggered the bloody faucet haunting, which was a previously cut haunting.''

Apparently GOG can't be bothered with giving us a straight answer whether the hauntings are in or not. This is starting to piss me off. They should post the list of changes like they did for the MGS re-releases.

Many thanks for the list above!