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Asterix & Obelix XXL

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Astérix & Obélix XXL
Astérix & Obélix XXL cover
Developers
Étranges Libellules
Publishers
Atari
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows June 18, 2004
Asterix & Obelix XXL on Wikipedia
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 TAGES DRM
Windows

Essential improvements

XXL1Patcher

Fixes crash "An installation Error occured : Module 50279" for 64 bits Windows OS ( as Windows 10 ) users.
Fixed ending cutscene crash.
"Greece" text won't show on the level map for some reason. All other countries work. Doesn't affect gameplay.
xxl1patcher.zip
How to install
  1. Extract the contents of xxl1patcher.zip.
  2. Go into the game's folder and drag the file "GameModule.elb" onto the "xxl1patcher.exe"
  3. A window should notify about the success or failure.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVE\AOXXL.sav[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVE\AOXXL.sav[Note 1]

Video settings

Video Settings.
Video Settings.

Template:Video settings

Vertical sync (Vsync)

The game's real executable is GameModule.elb which cannot be properly forced
Forcing V-sync[1]
  1. Rename GameModule.elb to axxl.exe
  2. Now you can force Vsync properly.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

  • Input Settings - Page 1.

  • Input Settings - Page 2.

  • Input Settings - Page 3.

Audio settings

Audio 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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, Me, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 663 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS
ATI Radeon 7500
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0b compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2019-10-08
    Tested using Nvidia Inspector