Sonic Heroes
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Developers | |
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Sonic Team USA | |
Publishers | |
Sega | |
Engines | |
RenderWare[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 17, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 66 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Platform |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
⤏ 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 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Most of the fixes documented in this article target the DRM-free executable and will not work with other versions.
- Keyboard controls cannot be remapped, and some controllers (particularly XInput ones) may not work properly with this game. See here for a workaround for XInput-based controllers.
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
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]. Korean releases has simple disc check. |
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Retail | Available in the "Sonic PC Collection" bundle.[4] |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Sega\SONICHEROES\sonic_h.ini |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Sega\SONICHEROES\SONICHEROES_## |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Supports 4:3 resolutions only. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Amount unknown. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be hacked through GPU control panel.[5] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be hacked through GPU control panel.[5] | ||
60 FPS | Single-player modes runs at 60 FPS, however, split-screen multiplayer is rendered at 30 FPS (frameskip). See Frame rate (FPS). | ||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Download and install Reloaded II along with Heroes Graphics Essentials and Widescreen Revamp or the Flawless Widescreen script.[6][7] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Change with Widescreen Fix[citation needed] |
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Windowed
Enable Windowed mode through configuration launcher[8] |
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Set Screen_Full to 0 in sonic_h.ini [8]
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Install Heroes Graphics Essentials through Reloaded II[6][9] |
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Frame rate (FPS)
- Split-screen multiplayer is capped at 30 FPS by default.
Disable 2P frame skip[6] |
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FMV (Full Motion Video)
- The PC version uses the FMV movies from the GameCube version, while the Xbox port's FMVs are much better in terms of video and audio quality.
Download and install Xbox FMVs[10] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Mouse remapping only. Refer to Strategy Wiki for keyboard controls here. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Uses DirectInput. See Controller support. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Basic button remapping available in external launcher and in-game options. PC version lacks camera rotation when using the right analog stick without a workaround.[11] See Controller support. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | XInput-compatible controllers work at a basic level correctly via the DirectInput interface.[12] See Controller support for improved XInput support. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Supported via DirectInput.[13] | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) V2 controller tested.[13] |
Generic/other controllers | May cause spinning camera on some controllers due to wrong axis being interpreted as the right analog stick. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | Not supported by default. See Controller support for hotplugging. | |
Haptic feedback | Off by default in the Options menu. Supported on some DirectInput controllers. See Controller support to restore haptic feedback for XInput controllers. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
- The PC version of Sonic Heroes does not read trigger information from DirectInput controllers. The game still supports pressure sensitive rotation using the trigger buttons.[14] The following solution can restore trigger rotation functionality, providing pressure sensitive trigger rotation.
- Also restores camera controls with the right analog stick and hotplugging support in the PC version.
Install Controller Hook and Custom Mapping for Controller Hook through Reloaded II[15] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for SE/Voice and BGM in external configuration launcher, both of which can also be muted. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[16] |
Localizations
- The non-Japanese versions only includes the English voice-over tracks, and lip-synching during FMV sequences are synched up to the English dub.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Dubtitles. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Lacks dual-audio support in non-Japanese releases (i.e. cannot select Japanese voices with English subtitles). Japanese voice mod, download. See FMV (Full Motion Video) for the Xbox-quality Japanese FMV files. |
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Korean | ||||
Spanish | Castilian. Contains some translation errors. |
Disable voices
- This setting will disable most in-game voice-overs without muting sound effects altogether, however, voice-clips that also have subtitles will still play out as normal.
Add Charmy_Shutup to sonic_h.ini [17]
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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.[18] |
Slow or choppy motion
Force GPU scaling[citation needed] |
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Missing voice effects
- Certain voice effects are missing in some releases of the PC port.
Use Sonic Heroes Missing Audio clip fixes[19] |
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Missing explosion effects from Espio's shurikens
Re-import the blue crescent effects into the PC port[20] |
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Frog feet z-buffering
Transparent feet fix[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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Laser indirect effect
Enable indirect flag for Final Fortress laser effects[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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Shadow's tornado effect is single sided
Disable culling for Shadow the Hedgehog's tornado effect[citation needed] |
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Signal Monitor flickering
Re-add flickering signal flicker[citation needed] |
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Tree branch crack not punch alpha
Tree leaf crash effect alpha fix[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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Transparency bugs for certain game objects
- Fixes various alpha blending issues by (mostly) tweaking individual object blend modes.
Use Sonic Heroes Transparency Blending Fixes[21] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | Minimal required DirectX version listed is 9.0b, however the game uses D3D8 for rendering. For D3D9 support use external wrapper such as D3D8To9[22] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Criware | ADX format music files. |
Cutscenes | Criware | Sofdec format FMV files. |
Mods
Modding essentials
How to install Reloaded II[23] |
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Featured mods
Bug fixes/Improvements
- Widescreen Revamp - Updated GUI assets remade from official art for 16:9 and 21:9 resolutions. Should be loaded under any mods that replaces GUI assets.
- Extended Draw Distance - Increases the rendering draw distance of levels.
- Amy's Hammer Fix - Corrects the inverted color scheme of Amy's hammer.
- Final Boss Fix - Fixes colors and env maps on the final boss (work-in-progress).
Audio/Visual enhancements
- Definitive Character Visual Overhaul - A collection of enhanced yet faithful character models and removes the "shininess" (specular highlights) from the character models.
- Sonic Heroes AI Enhanced HD Textures - Enhanced HD-quality texture pack with upscaled Gigapixel AI using neural networks (work-in-progress).
- Dialogue Volume Fix - Rebalances the sound mixing of the in-game dialogue voices. Only applies to the English dub.
Miscellaneous
- E3 Title Screen - A recreation of the game's title screen from the E3 prototype (which are left in the final version's files) and supports up to 18:9 aspect-ratios. Should be loaded under Widescreen Revamp to take effect.
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
- ↑ renderware - clients & titles - last accessed on 2007-01-28
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Verified by User:Sewer56lol on 2019-08-03
- CRC32: 821662F7. SEGA officially shipped crack by Warez group "Reloaded".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-25
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Verified by User:Sewer56lol on 2019-11-03
- Author of the solution.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-25
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-25
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-25
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-24
- Tested my own Japanese FMVs pack and Brandondorf9999's English FMVs pack, both of which are higher quality than the stock PC FMV files.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-25
- No such option for right stick camera looking exists in the PC version from what I can tell without mods.
- ↑ Verified by User:Sewer56lol on 2019-11-03
- Tested with Xbox One controller.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Sewer56lol on 2019-11-03
- Reverse Engineering of input handling code.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-26
- Tested this fix with an Xbox One controller.
- ↑ Sonic Heroes with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
- ↑ Sonic Heroes Hidden Setting - The Cutting Room Floor
- ↑ Verified by User:Cheatfreak47 on 2018-12-12
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-26
- Stock PC voice effects files is smaller than this fix.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-26
- This fixed the mission shuriken effects with a vanilla copy of the game.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-27
- Tried this fix with a vanilla installation of the game and these fixes solved the issue.
- ↑ Verified by User:Sewer56lol on 2019-11-03
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-09-26