Difference between revisions of "Pac-Man World 2"

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Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).


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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM^{[Note 1]}.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Go to <path-to-game>\Bink
Rename, move or delete these files:

intro.bik
logo.bik
nvidia.bik

If using Jackfuste's widescreen exe, leave at least one of these files untouched, otherwise the game will display a black screen at the title screen and subsequent menus.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.cfg^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\PacSave^{[Note 2]}

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000

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).

References

[5] 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.

[gamedir-6] 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).

[StarForce_Windows_Vista-1] Windows Vista support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_7-2] Windows 7 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-3] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-4] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 25, 2004}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|pac-man-world-2|54}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|pac-man-world-2|73}}
 |steam appid  =
 |gogcom id    =
@@ Line 21: / Line 24: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail |  | disc check | {{DRM|StarForce|3}}. |  | Windows }}
+}}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Skip intro videos===
+{{Fixbox|fix=
+# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Bink</code>
+# Rename, move or delete these files:
+<pre>
+intro.bik
+logo.bik
+nvidia.bik
+</pre>
+{{ii}} If using [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1863-pac-man-world-2-widescreen-exe/ Jackfuste's widescreen exe], leave at least one of these files untouched, otherwise the game will display a black screen at the title screen and subsequent menus.
 }}
@@ Line 41: / Line 57: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = false
+|widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= Stretched 4:3 aspect ratio.
+|widescreen resolution notes= Use [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1863-pac-man-world-2-widescreen-exe/ Jackfuste's fixed executable].
-|multimonitor               = false
+|multimonitor               = hackable
-|multimonitor notes         =
+|multimonitor notes         = Use [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1863-pac-man-world-2-widescreen-exe/ Jackfuste's fixed executable].
-|ultrawidescreen            = false
+|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Use [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1863-pac-man-world-2-widescreen-exe/ Jackfuste's fixed executable].
-|4k ultra hd                = true
+|4k ultra hd                = hackable
-|4k ultra hd notes          = Set to <code>2880x2160</code> to keep the original 4:3 aspect ratio. Make sure your graphics card fullscreen settings are not set to stretch the image.
+|4k ultra hd notes          = Use [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1863-pac-man-world-2-widescreen-exe/ Jackfuste's fixed executable].
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
@@ Line 63: / Line 79: @@
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
-|120 fps                    = true
+|120 fps                    = false
-|120 fps notes              = No frame rate cap.
+|120 fps notes              = Various animations and AI patterns speed up with higher framerate.
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =

Developers

	Namco
Publishers
	Hip Games
Release dates
Windows	May 25, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	54
IGDB	73