Difference between revisions of "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within"
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#Rename original steam {{file|PrinceOfPersia.exe}} as {{file|PrinceOfPersiaSteam.exe}} and rename the {{file|_Prince Of Persia Two Thrones.exe}} that you just extracted, to {{file|PrinceOfPersia.exe}}. | #Rename original steam {{file|PrinceOfPersia.exe}} as {{file|PrinceOfPersiaSteam.exe}} and rename the {{file|_Prince Of Persia Two Thrones.exe}} that you just extracted, to {{file|PrinceOfPersia.exe}}. | ||
#Now rename the {{file|_Prince Of Persia Two Thrones.ini}} to {{file|Prin1ceOfPersia.ini}} and open it with a text editor. Edit the following line: | #Now rename the {{file|_Prince Of Persia Two Thrones.ini}} to {{file|Prin1ceOfPersia.ini}} and open it with a text editor. Edit the following line: | ||
− | exe_run = PrinceOfPersia.exe | + | exe_run = PrinceOfPersia.exe to exe_run = PrinceOfPersiaSteam.exe |
− | + | 9.Launch the game from steam, if the launch game button is still greyed out, then click on quit and it should start the game. | |
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{{ii}} It is recommended to be used in combination with the [https://www.nexusmods.com/princeofpersiathetwothrones/mods/10/?tab=description Unofficial Patch]. | {{ii}} It is recommended to be used in combination with the [https://www.nexusmods.com/princeofpersiathetwothrones/mods/10/?tab=description Unofficial Patch]. | ||
If using with the unofficial patch , then extract everything except the {{code|d3d9.dll}} from the widescreen launcher .7z file and use with the unofficial patch. | If using with the unofficial patch , then extract everything except the {{code|d3d9.dll}} from the widescreen launcher .7z file and use with the unofficial patch. | ||
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Revision as of 23:27, 29 February 2024
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Engines | |
Jade | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 2, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 83 |
IGDB | 80 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Platform |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy, Middle East |
Series | Prince of Persia |
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a singleplayer third-person and bird's-eye view action, adventure, hack and slash and platform game in the Prince of Persia series.
General information
- Ubisoft game page
- Ubisoft Forums for game series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | The "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Trilogy" re-release has a simple disc check. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. All other releases use SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 2]. |
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GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+ | |||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [7] |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- There are two demos available: version 1 and version 2.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via Ubisoft+. |
Essential improvements
Unofficial Patch
- Fixes many problems with camera and mouse input, adds proper 16:9 support, 100 FPS cap to help with physics and de-sync problems in cutscenes.
- Odd camera sensitivity for controller users (see below).
Instructions |
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Notes
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Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[citation needed] |
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Skip loading screens
Delete or rename video files[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13500/pfx/[Note 4] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\GameProfiles\POPWWPROFILES[Note 3] %PROGRAMDATA%\POPWWPROFILES\[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13500/pfx/[Note 4] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
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) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Playing at 60 FPS desyncs cutscenes lipsync and audio. See Cutscenes are de-synchronised. Cutscenes and parkour might behave unexpectedly if the frame rate is above 60 FPS. See Falling off Ropes during Wallruns in certain sections of the game. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen fix (Hor+)[8] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Use DxWnd[9] |
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Notes
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Post-processing
Disable post-processing effects[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Forced Negative mouse acceleration and deadzones. Use Unofficial Patch to fix it. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
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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Button prompts | See Button prompts. | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Button prompts
- Works for the entire trilogy.
Instructions[10] |
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Notes
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output.[11] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX Unified (compatible with EAX 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0). Reverb is not audible, requires boosting with DSOAL. |
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Royalty free audio |
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to enable EAX and surround sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Italian | Retail, steam and Ubisoft Connect only. Patch for the GOG release here. |
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Japanese | Retail only | |||
Polish | Retail version only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Russian | Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital release here. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Retail only |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Prince of Persia: Warrior Within | ||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues unresolved
Muted dialogue with Kaileena in the hourglass room
- Voices become inaudible during dialogue with Kaileena; this will force players to enable subtitles in the game options. There is no fix so far.
Issues fixed
FMVs played without audio
Use WW Audio Fix |
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Launcher not working
Registry edit method #1 |
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Registry edit method #2 |
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Run pop2.exe from the game directory while the launcher is open
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Notes
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Use launcher skip |
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Notes
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Use Widescreen Launcher v2 |
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exe_run = PrinceOfPersia.exe to exe_run = PrinceOfPersiaSteam.exe 9.Launch the game from steam, if the launch game button is still greyed out, then click on quit and it should start the game. Notes
If using with the unofficial patch , then extract everything except the |
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Instructions |
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Alt+Tab not working
- After opening the game, pressing Alt+Tab ↹ does not return to the desktop.
Before entering the game, open a folder or a TXT file and then enter the game. |
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The game fails to start
- Error: "The game cannot be launched. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
Run PrinceOfPersia.exe as administrator
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Cutscenes are de-synchronised
- Running the game at 60 FPS or above causes cutscenes to speed up while audio lags behind.
Cap the frame rate below 60 FPS[12] |
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Notes
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Falling off Ropes during Wallruns in certain sections of the game
- This usually happens in the Garden level and to users of High Framerate and Variable Sync Displays that turn off V-Sync.
Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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Enable V-Sync and set the refresh rate to 60Hz |
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Crashes during cutscene after the first boss fight
- In the middle of the cutscene, the game crashes to desktop.
Enable compatibility mode in the properties of PrinceOfPersia.exe , and set it to Windows XP (Service Pack 2) .[13]
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Unable to use Sand Powers besides Rewind/Recall when playing with a Controller
- This is a limitation of XInput Controllers when playing older DirectInput games. LT and RT are bound to the Z-Axis and do not register when held simultaneously.
If the controller supports multiple modes, switch from XInput to DirectInput and rebind buttons in the game options.[14] |
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Use bumpers instead |
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Use Steam Input to map the Left trigger to the R key on keyboard |
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Notes
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Use XInput Plus[15] |
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Notes
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Controller not working
Set the compatibility mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
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If only profile selection works, you need to set the controls again. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0b |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Extract all Voice, SFX & Music files
Instructions |
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Notes
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Mods
Upscaled Videos and Artwork
- Upscales videos and artworks to 1080p.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | 3.5 GB 2.2 GB (Steam) |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 7500 Intel 915G DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9500 |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[5] 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.[6]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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). - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (13500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Games for Windows 3.5.67.0 - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Widescreen HD Test №3 PC - YouTube - last accessed on 2017-03-02
- ↑ speedrun.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Sidspyker on 2020-09-22
- ↑ Verified by User:Reonu on June 12, 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:Sidspyker on 2020-09-22
- I happen to have a multiple modes controller, works as it should with no further tweaking necessary
- ↑ Verified by User:Sidspyker on 2020-09-22