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Ultimate Spider-Man

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Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimate Spider-Man cover
Developers
Treyarch
Windows Beenox Shift
Publishers
Activision
Poland Licomp Empik Multimedia
Engines
Treyarch NGL
Release dates
Windows September 22, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 75
IGDB 74
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Open world, Quick time events
Art styles Cel-shaded, Comic book
Themes Contemporary, North America, Sci-fi
Series Spider-Man
Ultimate Spider-Man on HowLongToBeat
Ultimate Spider-Man on IGDB
Ultimate Spider-Man guide on StrategyWiki
Ultimate Spider-Man on MobyGames
Ultimate Spider-Man on Wikipedia
Subseries of Marvel
Spider-Man (1986) 1986
The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! 1989
The Amazing Spider-Man 1990
Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety 1995
Spider-Man: The Sinister Six 1996
Spider-Man (2001) 2001
Spider-Man (2002) 2002
Spider-Man 2: The Game 2004
Spider-Man 2: Activity Center 2004
Ultimate Spider-Man 2005
Spider-Man 3 2007
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe 2007
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows 2008
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions 2010
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
Spider-Man: Homecoming - Virtual Reality Experience 2017
Spider-Man: Far From Home - Virtual Reality Experience 2019
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered 2022
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales 2022

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Port of the Xbox version.[1] [2]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
This game is not available digitally.

Essential Improvements

Skip Intro Videos

Delete/rename video files[5]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\data\movies\pc\.
  3. Delete or rename ATVI spin logo 640 none.dat to skip the Activision logo intro.
  4. Repeat for beenox_short.dat to skip the Beenox logo intro.
  5. Repeat for mlogonosound.dat to skip the Marvel logo intro.
  6. Repeat for Treyarch_USM_logo.dat to skip the Treyarch logo intro.

ThirteenAG's Fix

Adds proper support for widescreen resolutions, increased framerate, and custom FOVs.[6]
Install ThirteenAG's Fix[7]
  1. Download ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix archive.
  2. Extract the contents to <path-to-game>

Notes

Can be easily uninstalled by deleting the dsound.dll file and the scripts folder.
See <path-to-game>\scripts\UltimateSpiderMan.WidescreenFix.ini file for all configurable options the mod has to offer.
Causes minor presentation issues during cutscenes[8] and boss fights[9].
The map texture during gameplay outside the map menu will not appear, safe for the dots such as the player, destinations and alerts. A workaround for this is to open the UltimateSpiderMan.WidescreenFix.ini file and change FixHUD = 1 to FixHUD = 0, this will however stretch the HUD in widescreen resolutions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Activision\Ultimate Spider-Man\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Ultimate Spider-Man\Save\
3 save slots available

Video

Video Settings
Video Settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor
Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Ultra-widescreen
Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
4K Ultra HD
Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Field of view (FOV)
Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Capped at 30 FPS. Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
120+ FPS
Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix. At high framerates, characters (especially Venom) have trouble climbing ledges: for example, at about 90 FPS, Venom will fall as soon as the climbing animation ends, forcing the player to manually jump over the ledge instead.[10]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Force windowed[11]
  1. Install Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
  2. Create wndmode.ini in the installation folder.

Input

Controls Settings
Controls Settings
Remap Settings
Remap Settings
Remap Settings 2
Remap Settings 2

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Done in the same menu as controller remapping, with 3 input slots per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse acceleration is always enabled.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Both axes can be inverted independently.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
All non menu actions aside from character movement are unbound by default.
Controller remapping
Done in the same menu as key remapping, with 3 input slots per action.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Both axes can be inverted independently.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Generic DirectInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg
Additional information
Button prompts Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg Need to set gamepad as the first set of controls.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Allows you to turn mouselook on or off without interfering with other inputs

Audio

Audio Settings
Audio Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Comic style occasional onomatopoeias are part of the cutscene presentation
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Local retail release only.
Spanish
US versions only contain an English language option.

Issues unresolved

Unable to move diagonally when playing with XInput controller

Tested with Xbox One Controller.[citation needed]
Tested and found not to be an issue with Xbox 360 Controllers.

Visual bugs

There are harmless visual problems, most of they are numerous cases of Z-fighting. This also occurs on the Xbox version.[12]

Audio desync during cutscenes

Audio may have synchronization problems during cutscenes.[13]

Run on Newer versions of Windows 10/Windows 11

When trying to run the game on newer versions of Windows the game will instantly crash, even with the widescreen fix and/or compatibility modes.[14]

Issues fixed

Run on Windows 10

Install the Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix[citation needed]
This fix requires a No-CD patch.

Fix crashing on startup on later versions of Windows 10/11

Install the Vulkan translation layer[citation needed]
This fix translates the games Direct3D 9 to Vulkan which seems to increase stability and fixes the crashing on startup issues some are having on modern versions of windows and works with ThirteenAG widescreen patch.
Make sure to place only the x32 dlls into the games directory.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\USM.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Mouse cursor does not remain inside the window

Lock mouse cursor[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game and press Ctrl+ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
  3. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior".
  4. Set "Cursor Boundaries" to "Keep Inside Window" and close the Control Panel.
  5. Press Ctrl+ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video Only for logos, and some cutscenes.

Mods

New Game Plus Save File

Allows for playing the story with costumes, when they normally don't unlock until after you've beaten it.
All races, combat tours, and random crimes can still be done, and all tokens can still be collected.
All story missions will be unlocked to be played in order with no stopping points after completing one of each side objective.
Starts after the tutorial (at the earliest save point).
Does not start Spider-Man with any of the upgrades achieved through races, combat tours, or the campaign.

Ultimate Spider-Man Debug menu for PC

A recreation of the PS2 version's debug menu for the PC version.
Provides options for teleporting to any region, swapping between versions of regions, character switching, setting your progress, editing scripts and flags, etc.
Displays a watermark with no way to remove it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 1500
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[4]

References

  1. confirmed that the pc version is based on the xbox version since the same z-fighting problems occur on both platforms [missing title] - last accessed on 2022-08-31
  2. another example of z-fighting that only happens on pc and xbox [missing title] - last accessed on 2022-08-31
  3. Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  4. Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  5. Verified by User:Zaphero on 2022-01-20
  6. Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix - GitHub - last accessed on 2023-04-13
  7. Verified by User:Supersamus on 2023-04-13
  8. Example of T-posing model that should be off-camera - last accessed on 2023-04-13
  9. Verified by User:Supersamus on 2023-04-13
    For example, while fighting Venom, screen flashes (that represent lighting) don't cover the entire screen.
  10. Verified by User:SuperSamus on 2023-08-23
    Technically, Venom starts having trouble climbing ledges at about 80 FPS: normally you can release the directional input as soon as the climbing animation starts, but at that framerate you have to hold it to keep Venom from falling afterward. For Spidey, at 144 FPS he can still climb most ledges, but not those on sloped roofs.
  11. Verified by User:Zaphero on 2022-01-21
  12. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN Full Game Walkthrough - No Commentary (Ultimate Spider-man Xbox) - last accessed on 2022-08-31
  13. Verified by User:SuperSamus on 2023-07-04
    Experienced it in my playthrough, found a Let's Play that also experienced it as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TMMr5CVvNI&t=321.
  14. Verified by User:Averygoodperson on 2023-04-13
    Tested on Windows 10 and 11.