Difference between revisions of "Bejeweled Twist"

Revision as of 09:16, 3 July 2022

Bejeweled
Bejeweled	2001
Bejeweled 2	2004
Bejeweled Twist	2008
Bejeweled 3	2010
Bejeweled LIVE	2013

Key points

Video card detection error on modern hardware configurations. See "Issues fixed"

General information

Answers HQ

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Origin
Steam		Uses in-house DRM by PopCap.^[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\PopCap\BejeweledTwist\
Steam	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Steam\BejeweledTwist\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3560/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\PopCap Games\BejeweledTwist\users\^{[Note 2]}
Steam	%PROGRAMDATA%\Steam\BejeweledTwist\users\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3560/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See this page.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Locked to 100 FPS.
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Ultra requires a patch on modern versions of windows, see "3D Acceleration Not Supported error"

Some elements are cut-off, such as the main menu graphics and bomb spinner graphics, etc

Patch 16:9 resolutions^[2]

Requires the 3D Acceleration patch

Download pre-patched 16:9 .exe's here
Replace the original .exe in <path-to-game> with either the Steam or PopCap (retail) .exe
Launch the game with the -widescreen parameter

Manually patch 16:9 resolutions^[2]
Use a hex editor and open the game's executable (.exe) Press `Ctrl`+`F` and search for the hex value, (not text): `68 A3 02` Change the value `A3` to `60` Save the file Launch the new .exe with the `-widescreen` parameter

Force desktop resolution/aspect^[2]
In order to not have a stretched image, change the desktop resolution to 1728x1080. If 1080p (1920x1080) display (or resolution) is used, the image will stretch horizontally from 1728x1080 to 1920x1080 Alternatively the NVIDIA/AMD/Intel graphics control panel can be used to force the aspect ratio.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Hardware cursor option in-game.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sounds.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

3D Acceleration Not Supported error on modern versions of Windows

Fixes 3D acceleration, improves performance and allows support for higher resolutions.

Install the Bejeweled Twist patch^[3]

Download the Bejeweled Twist patch here
Open the .zip file and open the bejeweled-twist folder.
Extract the relevant folder of the edition (Steam, Origin, PopCap) of the game to <path-to-game>.
Copy the BejeweledTwist-nosig+vmem+vcard.exe and compat.cfg to <path-to-game>.
Rename the .exe file to BejeweledTwist.exe.
Run the game and enable 3D acceleration. Change the resolution as desired.

Notes

If 3D acceleration still refuses to be enabled, run the included Test3D-clean.reg file.

The original .exe for Bejeweled Twist is included as a backup if something breaks.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	BASS	2.2

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/3560/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3560) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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

↑ Verified by User:Clya9001 on 2022-01-25
Game can be launched directly as long as Steam is running in the background. If the user does not own the game, the game will offer a 1 hour trial version.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Verified by User:mrpenguinb on 2022-03-15
↑ Bejeweled Patches - Steam Community: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1838074798

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/3560/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3560) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-3] 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).

[1] Verified by User:Clya9001 on 2022-01-25
Game can be launched directly as long as Steam is running in the background. If the user does not own the game, the game will offer a 1 hour trial version.

[mrpenguinb-4] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Verified by User:mrpenguinb on 2022-03-15

[5] Bejeweled Patches - Steam Community: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1838074798

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-If you don't want to have stretched image, change your desktop resolution to 1728x1080.<br>
+In order to not have a stretched image, change the desktop resolution to 1728x1080.<br>
-If you have a 1080p (1920x1080) display, the image will stretch horizontally from 1728x1080 to 1920x1080<br>
+If 1080p (1920x1080) display (or resolution) is used, the image will stretch horizontally from 1728x1080 to 1920x1080<br>
 Alternatively the NVIDIA/AMD/Intel graphics control panel can be used to force the aspect ratio.
 }}

Developers

	PopCap Games
Engines
	PopCap Games Framework
Release dates
Windows	November 18, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Genres	Tile matching
Series	Bejeweled