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− | * [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/587344389068685317/705529452616089621/LB1_MODEL_FIXES.zip Civilian Model Fixes by Bario the Weird] - Increases the resolution of businesswoman's face and fixes Factory Worker's and Bio-Hazard Scientist's facial and hand animations | + | * [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/587344389068685317/705529452616089621/LB1_MODEL_FIXES.zip Civilian Model Fixes by Bario the Weird] - Increases the resolution of businesswoman's face and fixes Factory Worker's and Bio-Hazard Scientist's facial and hand animations. |
* [https://gamebanana.com/guis/35475 HD GUI for Lego Batman 1 by SirYodaJedi] - Upscales and cleans up a lot of GUI elements, such as character icon rings, hearts, etc. | * [https://gamebanana.com/guis/35475 HD GUI for Lego Batman 1 by SirYodaJedi] - Upscales and cleans up a lot of GUI elements, such as character icon rings, hearts, etc. | ||
* [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/587344389068685317/708815207857651802/CAPE_AZRAEL_PC.dds High-res Azrael cape for Weirdo by SirYodaJedi] - Increases the resolution of Azrael's cape in the character customizer, reducing the texture alpha aliasing. Place in {{code|{{p|game}}\CHARS\WEIRDO\CAPE}}, replacing the existing file. | * [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/587344389068685317/708815207857651802/CAPE_AZRAEL_PC.dds High-res Azrael cape for Weirdo by SirYodaJedi] - Increases the resolution of Azrael's cape in the character customizer, reducing the texture alpha aliasing. Place in {{code|{{p|game}}\CHARS\WEIRDO\CAPE}}, replacing the existing file. |
Revision as of 01:41, 16 February 2021
Developers | |
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Traveller's Tales | |
macOS (OS X) | Robosoft Technologies[1] |
Publishers | |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Nu2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 23, 2008 |
macOS (OS X) | April 9, 2009 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure |
Vehicles | Automobile, Naval/watercraft, Flight |
Themes | Contemporary, Sci-fi |
Series | Lego Batman |
Lego Batman | |
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Subseries of Batman | |
Subseries of Lego | |
Lego Batman: The Videogame | 2008 |
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes | 2012 |
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | 2014 |
Lego DC Super-Villains | 2018 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Lego Batman: The Videogame (sometimes abbreviated as "Lego Batman 1" or "LB1") is a Lego-styled action-adventure game loosely inspired by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher's Batman movies, with music from the 1989 Batman. The game is split into three independent stories, or chapters, with each chapter having 5 levels told from Batman and Robin's perspective and 5 levels from the villain's perspective.
The game was originally under development simultaneously with Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, but development was postponed to work on a Lego Indiana Jones game to tie into the then upcoming movie Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Lego Batman would ultimately be released under four months later on 23 September 2008, running under the same version of TT Games's "nu2" engine as the original Lego Indiana Jones.
On PC, there is an active small but growing modding community for all of Traveler's Tales' Lego video games, based primarily around a Discord server. While The Complete Saga is the most popular Lego video game to mod, the original Lego Batman is considered to be a part of the unofficial "Holy Trinity of Lego Games" by modders (alongside The Complete Saga and the original Lego Indiana Jones), due to sharing similar versions of an engine that are easy to mod. As such, there are a small number of mods that add characters or fix developer oversights, most being published to the aforementioned server.
General information
- Official Website
- Brickipedia - Game page on LEGO Wiki
- 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 | SecuROM DRM | |||
Epic Games Store | DRM-free when launched directly from executable. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) |
- The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.
Essential improvements
Render new game cutscene in real time
- By default, the cutscene that plays upon starting a new game uses a pre-rendered FMV. It is possible to render the cutscene in realtime instead by deleting the FMV video file.
Delete or rename <path-to-game>\MOVIES\MAININTRO.BIK [2]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGO Batman |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21000/pfx/[Note 1] |
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Mappings.dat
stores Keyboard and Controller mappings. -
pcconfig.txt
stores all general settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGO Batman\Saved Games |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21000/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Set aspect ratio to From screen res . Pre-rendered cutscenes are stretched. |
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4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Uses fixed perspectives. | ||
Windowed | Use the -windowed parameter. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming while in windowed mode. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Unknown fixed amount.[3] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Selective blurring "Edge AA" with Enhanced Graphics enabled. Up to 16x FSAA with Enhanced Graphics disabled. For MSAA or SGSSAA with Enhanced Graphics enabled, see Anti-aliasing. |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. Note that running the game above 60 FPS can make certain sections impossible. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Color blind mode | Certain puzzles require distinction between Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue.[4] |
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Force MSAA or SGSSAA (Nvidia only)[5][6] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Both British and American. | |||
French | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Vehicles not working
- Vehicles (including Robin's RC toys) become unresponsive and won't move or work correctly. This is most noticeable in an early RC car section, where the RC car needs to climb on top of special buttons.[7]
Enable Vsync[8] |
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Enable Vertical Sync in-game while set to a 60 Hz output. |
Cap frame rate at 60 FPS or lower[9] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz for some resolutions, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed] |
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Various shadows exhibit prominent color banding
Disable ambient occlusion[10] |
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Unable to destroy last two electrical pylons/coils with robot in "An Enterprising Theft"
- A gray, rectangular bar blocks the robot from reaching the innermost two pylons.
Exit and re-enter the room[11][12] |
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Game Randomly Crashes
- Some Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Users had this game randomly crashes at moment.
Change Compability Mode[13] |
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Changing Compability mode to Windows Vista or Windows 7 will resolve this issue. |
Custom characters are all black in "Experiment Room" (Epic Games Store version)
- The build of the game on the Epic Games Store has a bugged texture archive that causes the custom characters' textures to appear all black inside the customizer, even if the Silhouettes extra is disabled.[14]
Remove bugged file[15] |
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Note
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[16] |
Mods
- See the beginners setup guide for instructions on how to configure the game for mod support.
- Setting up mods requires extracting the game's .DAT files, which noticeably increases file size.
Fixes/Improvements
- Civilian Model Fixes by Bario the Weird - Increases the resolution of businesswoman's face and fixes Factory Worker's and Bio-Hazard Scientist's facial and hand animations.
- HD GUI for Lego Batman 1 by SirYodaJedi - Upscales and cleans up a lot of GUI elements, such as character icon rings, hearts, etc.
- High-res Azrael cape for Weirdo by SirYodaJedi - Increases the resolution of Azrael's cape in the character customizer, reducing the texture alpha aliasing. Place in
<path-to-game>\CHARS\WEIRDO\CAPE
, replacing the existing file. - Wide-eyed Civvy fix by SirYodaJedi - Shifts both eyes inwards on the female Civvy face texture by 4 pixels, making them more naturally spaced apart.
Expanded content
- The Extended Bat-roster by JustNathan - Adds several characters and vehicles that were either unplayable or missing in the game as well as some fixes. [Note 3] If you want to play this mod without Reloaded-II, extract the files from
The_Extended_Bat-roster.rar\Version 2\legobatman.mod.extendedbatroster\Redirector
onto<path-to-game>
.
Audio enhancements
- Fixed NastySewers disco ambience (V_Ch2_NastySewers_A_Disco) by SirYodaJedi - Fixes the wrong ambience being used in a bonus room of the level "A Daring Rescue" when music is enabled. See note for installation instructions. [Note 4]
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1500+ |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 4000+ |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB (XP) 512 MB (Vista) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8 | 10.7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.4 GHz | Intel 2.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (21000) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ This step can be skipped if Enhanced Graphics is disabled.
- ↑ Lego Batman: The Videogame - The Extended Bat-roster Readme
Lego Batman: The Extended Bat-roster is a mod that aims to add characters and vehicles to the roster that are either unplayable or missing in the base game, as well as fix a few issues/inconsistencies in the base game. Disclaimer: This mod will not work well with existing save files, so it's best that you start a new one to use this mod Characters from the first release: - Bio-Hazard Scientist - Business Man - Business Woman - Civvy - Factory Worker - Freeze Girl (Red) - Gardener - Janitor - L.B.I. Agent - Penguin Henchman (Striped) (Sailor_striped) - Policeman (Policeman_1) - Riot Policeman - Rock Chick - Security Man (Securityguard_2) - Sewage Worker - Zookeeper Characters from the second release: - Black Mask - Geek - Spoiler Vehicles: - Police Dog Van - Riddler Goon Car Fixes from the first release: - Zoosweeper has a matching icon instead of reusing Zookeeper's - The Police Marksman also has a matching icon instead of reusing the Policeman's - Clayface is smooth to be consistent with his icon Fixes from the second release: - The AI in the level An Icy Reception has been edited to add the red freeze girls as goons - Zoosweeper's icon has been remade using LB1.blend Known issues: - The icons for Zoosweeper and the Police Marksman appear as their vanilla versions in the character roster - The icons for Spoiler and Black Mask do not appear until the characters are loaded into a level Don't forget to read Tutorial.txt for the installation guide and Credits.txt to see the credits
- ↑ To apply, first put the file in
<path-to-game>\AUDIO\_MUSIC
. Next open<path-to-game>\AUDIO\MUSIC.CFG
in a text editor. Search for the line that says:ACTION "H_Ch3_Slums_B_Disco" ID "V_Ch2_NastySewers_A_Disco" ATTENUATION -1
And edit it to say:
ACTION "V_Ch2_NastySewers_A_Disco" ID "V_Ch2_NastySewers_A_Disco" ATTENUATION -3
Save the file, and restart the game if it is already running.
References
- ↑ Feral Support - LEGO Batman - last accessed on 2016-7-23
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-02-09
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2020-02-21
- Judged by eye, based upon the grates on the floor of the opening area of the Batcave.
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2020-01-21
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2020-04-04
- ↑ List of anti-aliasing compatibility flags for Nvidia
- ↑ Stuck robot bug and the solution - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Stuck robot bug and the solution - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Don't play it without VSync / Fix for stage 2 RC car bug. - GOG Community Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2020-01-24
- ↑ Help on "An Enterprising Theft" - LEGO Batman: The Videogame Message Board for Wii - GameFAQs
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2020-02-17
- Same issue and fix occurs and works on Windows.
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/21000/discussions/0/43099722283539235/ Game keeps crashing during first level - Steam Community] (retrieved)
- ↑ Lego Batman Custom Characters Issue (Explanation in comments) : EpicGamesPC
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2020-11-06
- ↑ Last chance to buy these Mac classics! | Feral News