Sonic Heroes
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Sonic Team USA | |
Publishers | |
Sega | |
Engines | |
RenderWare | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 17, 2004 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
⤏ Go to series page | |
Sonic the Hedgehog fangames (series) | |
Sonic CD | 1995 |
Sonic's Schoolhouse | 1996 |
Sonic 3D Blast (series) | |
Sonic & Knuckles Collection | 1997 |
Sonic R (series) | |
Sonic Adventure (series) | |
Sonic Heroes | 2004 |
Sonic Mega Collection Plus | 2006 |
Sonic Riders | 2006 |
Sonic Racing (series) | |
Sonic the Hedgehog | 2010 |
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | 2010 |
Sonic Spinball | 2010 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | 2011 |
Sonic 3 & Knuckles | 2011 |
Sonic Generations | 2011 |
Sonic CD (2012) | 2012 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I | 2012 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II | 2012 |
Sonic Dash | 2014 |
Sonic Lost World | 2015 |
Sonic Mania | 2017 |
Sonic Forces | 2017 |
Sonic the Hedgehog (mobile decompilation) | 2021 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (mobile decompilation) | 2021 |
Sonic Colors: Ultimate | 2021 |
Sonic Origins | 2022 |
Sonic Frontiers | 2022 |
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog | 2023 |
Sonic Superstars | 2023 |
Sonic Dream Team | 2023 |
Sonic X Shadow Generations | 2024 |
General information
- Sonic News Network - A massive wiki for the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
- Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here.
Availability
- This game is not available digitally.
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | Available in the "Sonic PC Collection" bundle. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Sega\SONICHEROES\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Sega\SONICHEROES\ |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Use Heroes Graphics Essentials[citation needed] |
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Use Sonic Heroes Widescreen + 2D fix[citation needed] |
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ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix[citation needed] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Change FOV with Cheat Engine[citation needed] |
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Change FOV with hex edit[citation needed] |
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Original method:
Fixed exe with 2D aspect fix:
Notes
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Windowed
Use Graphics Essentials[citation needed] |
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Frame rate (FPS)
- Multiplayer levels with split screen are capped at 30 FPS by default.
Disable 2P frame skip[citation needed] |
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Fix multiplayer frame rate[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Controller support
- A fix is required for the game to recognize triggers on XInput controllers.
Use Heroes Controller Hook[citation needed] |
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Fix XInput triggers[citation needed] |
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Console controller bindings
- The in-game's interface refers to gamepad's buttons in similar way to Nintendo GameCube's gamepad, but not sorted in the same way. PC controls doesn't corresponds to any of the console versions.[3]
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Configuring Xbox 360 controller[citation needed] |
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Configuring DualShock 4 controller[citation needed] |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Subtitles timed for English voices | |||
French | Subtitles timed for English voices | |||
German | Subtitles timed for English voices | |||
Italian | Subtitles timed for English voices | |||
Japanese | Subtitles timed for Japanese voices | |||
Korean | Subtitles timed for Japanese voices | |||
Spanish | Subtitles timed for English voices |
Disable voices
- Many voice clips can be disabled. Voice clips that also have subtitles will still play, however.
Instructions[4] |
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Japanese voices
- The non-JP releases of the PC version only include the English voice track. This mod will replace them with the Japanese track.
Use Sonic Heroes Japanese Voices |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Hold A Button + Y Button after you select a level to turn your team into "Metal Heroes" | ||
LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Game refuses to start
Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed] |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) setting is set to Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only or add a DEP Exception for Tsonic_win.exe, and reboot.[5] |
Slow or choppy motion
Force GPU scaling[citation needed] |
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Transparency bugs for certain game objects
Transparency Blending fixes[citation needed] |
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Grand Metropolis Energy pipe glass see through walls
Remove obvious Z-buffering from the model[citation needed] |
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Multiplayer Play All mode stops at the 2nd stage
Multiplayer Play all stage mode correction[citation needed] |
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Missing audio
- Certain voice effects are not in the PC port of the game.
Use Sonic Heroes Missing Audio clip fixes[citation needed] |
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Shadow's tornado effect is single sided
Disable culling for Shadow the Hedgehog's tornado effect[citation needed] |
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Missing Effect for Espio's Shuriken explosion effect
Re-import the blue crescent effects into the PC port[citation needed] |
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Odd Vertex Paint rendering for the root ball in Frog Forest
Correctly render the floating root ball[citation needed] |
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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 |
Xbox quality FMV movies
Use Xbox quality FMVs[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 866 MHz AMD Athlon 850 MHz |
Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1800+ |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | 1.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 256 ATI Radeon SDR 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 9000 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
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
- ↑ Sonic Heroes/Controls — StrategyWiki, the video game walkthrough and strategy guide wiki - last accessed on February 14, 2016
- ↑ Sonic Heroes Hidden Setting - The Cutting Room Floor
- ↑ Verified by User:Cheatfreak47 on 2018-12-12