This is a directx/gaming issue. After I upgraded my directx from 8.1 to 9, I've never been able to play Silent Hill 2 properly. The game runs all right and so on, there is only one little problem: whenever I turn on the flashlight, everything goes dark! I can't see anything except the game's main character (who is carrying the flashlight) with the flashlight on unless I'm outside or in another place with ambient light. Silent Hill 2 is such a game that it is impossible to play without the flashlight, because often you can't see anything. My software is not a pirate version, and it used to work fine. My graphics card is ATI Radeon 8500. I would really appreciate any help, because I really want to play that game.

i dont know. well, my friend is using dx 9c and it worked fine for all the silent hill series. but he was using nvidia card. you can roll back the driver tho if you want to. is it directx 9, 9b, or 9c? try to upgrde the video card. Wins 98 SE, intel celeron 450MHZ, 128MB pc 100. 6GB HD. ATI rage 128. 24x cd-rom. 8x2x8 cd-rw. "You know what burns my ass? A flame about this high."