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{{ii}} Modern systems require a workaround for the 16-bit installer; see [[#Installing on modern versions of Windows|Installing on modern versions of Windows]]. | {{ii}} Modern systems require a workaround for the 16-bit installer; see [[#Installing on modern versions of Windows|Installing on modern versions of Windows]]. | ||
{{--}} The game may crash when using {{key|Alt|Tab}} in fullscreen. See [[#Issues fixed|Issues fixed]]. | {{--}} The game may crash when using {{key|Alt|Tab}} in fullscreen. See [[#Issues fixed|Issues fixed]]. | ||
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==Availability== | ==Availability== |
Revision as of 07:34, 19 November 2022
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Publishers | |
Playmobil Interactive | |
Engines | |
Ubisoft OpenSpace | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Platform |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Medieval, Fantasy |
Series | Playmobil |
Playmobil | |
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Laura's Happy Adventures | 1998 |
Alex Builds His Farm | 1999 |
Hype: The Time Quest | 1999 |
Rescue from Rock Castle | 2004 |
The Big Treasure Hunt | 2005 |
Playmobil Alarm | 2007 |
Playmobil Constructions | 2007 |
Playmobil Knights | 2009 |
Playmobil Pirates | 2009 |
Playmobil: The Movie VR Adventures | Cancelled |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Modern systems require a workaround for the 16-bit installer; see Installing on modern versions of Windows.
- The game may crash when using Alt+Tab ↹ in fullscreen. See Issues fixed.
- Character animations are capped at 30 FPS.
Hype: The Time Quest is a singleplayer first-person and third-person action, adventure, puzzle and platform game in the Playmobil series.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
- A demo is available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Gamedata\SaveGame[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen Patch. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen Patch. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen Patch. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Widescreen Patch. | ||
Windowed | The game can be forced to run in Windowed mode, when using dgVoodoo2. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use dgVoodoo2. Only works with the Direct3D version. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo2. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be forced from nGlide or dgVoodoo2 wrappers. | ||
60 FPS | Capped at 48fps in-game and 50fps in menus (on both D3D6 and 3DFX rendering). See High frame rate. | ||
120+ FPS | See High frame rate. |
High frame rate
Remove FPS cap[3] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | The game doesn't support mouse. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Limited to remapping buttons. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Intro and outro are lacking subtitles. Aside from it - subtitles are always enabled in-game. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Portuguese | Retail only |
Issues fixed
Crash after the intro when using 3dfx wrapper
Disable movies in configuration file[citation needed] |
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Black screen when using 3dfx wrapper
Install compatibility fixes[citation needed] |
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Game crashes on Alt+Tab
Install dgVoodoo 2. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
Glide | 3.01 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Installing on modern versions of Windows
64-bit versions of Windows can't run the CD installer due to it being a 16-bit application. Trying to run the installer in Windows 7 x64 will cause the process to freeze in the background and require the task manager to close.
Alternative Installer[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Manual installation[4] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, NT | |
Processor (CPU) | 200 MHz with MMX | 233 MHz with MMX |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 115 MB | 490 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible | Glide 3 compatible 3D Card 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Rayman Pirate Community Thread
- ↑ Developed by Suicide machine - tested on Polish and English version of the game, on 2 different PCs with Windows 7 (64bit) and Windows 8 (64bit)