There are 3 main versions of the game: North American 1.0, North American 1.1, and European (Director's Cut), and of those there are no-cd crack versions flying around. If you want to know which version you have, upload your sh2pc.exe file to this site: https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha1_checksum.html Make sure it's in SHA1 mode and compare the number you get with those below:
Vanilla DC 9cfb34b42da3a40975a1afa8df92c0335aeef43a 1.0 41f100f3f93b448bee739342acb9539c428dc1c8 1.1 9f34031fab283ca36d4511ae28464f1bfc7ef8f3
No-CD DC 6a89158a97a0749aec9b8fe49e774b6ec3c6dd3e 1.0 3d7e1161772e0a39cb9d57d92cfaf8b5e4871b04 1.1 9f34031fab283ca36d4511ae28464f1bfc7ef8f3
No-CD +icon DC f64dbc94d0a90ffebc9218983cf753bfd12204df 1.0 d7e1d39889fc037368c791d5bd2aff3298244e00 1.1 d3774346e9dba506ec7890dcb9e1fb5ab2ac7256
If your exe is one of those, and you have no d3d8.dll file in the same folder as sh2pc.exe, you should be running a legal build.
Going forward we will be requiring a visible IGT timer on submissions on the PC version, preferably using the LiveSplit script. Most people already do this, but we're making it mandatory to make run verification easier. Thank you for your understanding.
Runs submitted prior to this change will no