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The Adventures of Tintin: The Game

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Revision as of 18:17, 9 August 2021 by My pizzaz (talk | contribs) (There are no Cloud saves on the Uplay version. Tested by installing the game on a different computer. And there are a few first time startup issues, that i was able to fix.)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Game
The Adventures of Tintin: The Game cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
LyN
Release dates
Windows October 21, 2011
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The Adventures of Tintin: The Game on Wikipedia
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Tintin
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Key points

Also known as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 TAGES DRM.
Windows
Ubisoft Store (unavailable)
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 Also uses TAGES DRM.
Windows
This game is no longer sold digitally on Uplay.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete folder
  1. Go to <path-to-game>
  2. Delete videos folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Adventures of Tintin\Tintin.config
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202330/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Adventures of Tintin\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202330/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Game launcher with video options.
Game launcher with video options.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Danish
German
Spanish
Russian

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Separate co-op campaign
LAN play
Online play
As of 2015, the online services for the game have been shut down. [1]

Issues fixed

Trouble activating the game

When you first launch the game, you are given a prompt to activate the game with your included CD key. However it will give an error, but with a trick, you can still activate the game.
Apply this fix
  1. Retrieve your CD key.
  2. Start up the game and wait for the activation window to pop up.
  3. In your task bar, hover over the Activation icon and choose the activation window with the box to put in your CD key.
  4. Paste in the key, then tap enter until it activates, and now the game should work.

"You must specify big file to load" on first startup

Open the game from the launcher
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Click on Launcher.exe.
  3. Configure your settings and then launch the game.
  4. After this, you can launch the game directly from Uplay.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Dolby Digital
Cutscenes Bink Videos

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP (SP3) Vista (SP1), 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Supported Nvidia chipsets: 8/9/100/200/300/400/500 series
Supported ATI Radeon chipsets: HD 4800/HD 5000/HD 6000 series

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References