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Revision as of 07:51, 8 June 2020
Developers | |
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Tate Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Australia | Auran Games |
Europe | JoWood Productions |
North America | Atari |
Poland | Cenega |
Russia | Russobit-M |
Digital | THQ Nordic |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 4, 2003 |
Kao the Kangaroo | |
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Kao the Kangaroo | 2000 |
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 | 2003 |
Kao: Mystery of Volcano | 2005 |
Kao the Kangaroo (2022) | 2022 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | European copies use SecuROM 5 DRM. Polish and Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. US copies use SecuROM 7 DRM. |
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Retail | Australian and later copies of Polish and European versions. | |||
Steam |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Version differences
- Steam release is an updated version featuring widescreen resolutions, XInput controller support and compatibility fixes for modern machines, as well as achievements.
Game data
- North American retail version stores files in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Kao - Round 2\
, while all other releases store files in<path-to-game>\media\
.
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\media\*.ini[Note 2] %LOCALAPPDATA%\Kao - Round 2\*.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1048540/pfx/[Note 3] |
-
key.ini
stores keyboard/controller mapping and sound volume,lang.ini
stores the currently selected language anduser.ini
stores graphical options.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\media\[Note 2] %LOCALAPPDATA%\Kao - Round 2\ |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1048540\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1048540/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Steam version only. For others, see Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Steam version only. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Steam version only. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Limited to 1600x900, 1280x960, 1280x720, and 800x600 (Steam version only). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Limited to 60 Hz; see Run the game at screen refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Modify configuration file (Retail version)[5] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Launcher requires mouse input. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Y-axis is inverted by default; manually swap mappings to un-invert. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | Steam version only. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Steam version only. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | Generic DirectInput controllers are supported. | |
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Button prompts |
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 | Effects, Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Australian, European and North American releases only. The European version uses a different dub to the North American and Australian versions. The Steam release contains both dubs, selectable via the in-game launcher. |
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French | European release only. | |||
German | European release only. | |||
Italian | European release only. | |||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Local retail version only. Not available on Steam. | |||
Spanish | European release only. |
- The Polish localization uses an earlier build of the game that contains bugs that have been fixed in the other releases. This problem is fixed in the Steam release.
Issues fixed
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- The game runs at 60 Hz by default.
Modify configuration file[6] |
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Use the -rate=xx command line argument[6]
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Game crashes (Retail version)
Change compatibility mode to Windows XP[5] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 1.2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, Me, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB (128 MB for 2000/XP) | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 256 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 2 |
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.
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1048540/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1048540) 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 | WSGF
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2020-04-22
- Tested with Steam version