Shrek 2: The Game
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This page is for the original PC game developed by KnowWonder. For the PC port of the console game developed by Luxoflux, see Shrek 2: Team Action.
Developers | |
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KnowWonder | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
macOS (OS X) | Ryan C. Gordon |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 3, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | August 27, 2004 |
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.
Shrek | |
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Subseries of DreamWorks | |
Shrek Game Land Activity Center | 2001 |
Shrek 2 Activity Center: Twisted Fairy Tale Fun | 2004 |
Shrek 2: The Game | 2004 |
Shrek 2: Team Action | 2004 |
Shrek SuperSlam | 2005 |
Shrek the Third | 2007 |
Shrek's Carnival Craze | 2008 |
Shrek Forever After | 2010 |
- Game lacks an FPS limiter or Vsync and causes large amount of bugs with frame rates higher than 60 FPS.
General information
- Official Website (Archived)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | CD-ROM used only for installation. |
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v1.1 is the latest patch for the OS X version.[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Shrek 2\ |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Shrek 2\Save\ |
macOS (OS X) |
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) | Default 85°; see Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
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 | No frame rate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Set in game.ini[2] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Set in User.ini[2] |
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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 | Set bInvertMouse=True in User.ini under [Engine.PlayerInput] . See config location. |
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Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and SFX. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | Use OpenAL Soft for binaural HRTF mixing.[3] |
- DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX.
- Using DSOAL causes random high-pitched voices. No EAX reverb is used in-game.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
Russian | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Polish | ||||
Ukrainian |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues Fixe
Clipping problems when climbing stairs
- At high frame rates there will be clipping problems on some stairs
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8, 9 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | Install the version 1.1 patch for Intel support. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 2 500 MHz | Intel Pentium 3 |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | |
Other | 4x CD-ROM Drive |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM |
References
- ↑ Aspyr - Support - last accessed on 2007-08-04
- "This patch addresses some graphics issues and adds native support for Intel Mac computers."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shrek 2 | WSGF
- ↑ Two years of HRTF research has led to this moment