Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Developers
	Toys for Bob
	Beenox
	Activision Shanghai
	Heavy Iron Studios
Windows	Hardsuit Labs
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	March 26, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	86
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Art styles	Cartoon
Series	Crash Bandicoot

Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy	2018
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time	2021
Crash Bandicoot (unofficial port)	2023

Key points

Features an in-game benchmarking system.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a singleplayer third-person platform game in the Crash Bandicoot series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Battle.net

Requires Battle.net DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use skip intro mod
Download Crash 4 Skip Intro Scenes. Place MovieSkippableTrue.pak in <path-to-game>\Lava\Content\Paks\~mods\.

Delete video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Lava\Content\Movies\. Delete or rename all Bumper*.mp4 files and IntroLoadingBar.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashBandicoot4\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashBandicoot4\Saved\SaveGames\

The save files consists of a save slot file, and a profile file. When copying save data be sure to copy both the <ID>ProfileSaveData.sav and the <ID>Slot<index>Save.sav files. When importing saves, be sure to rename both of the save files to match the unique ID of your own save files.

Benchmarks are stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashBandicoot4\Saved\Profiling\Benchmark\.

Video

Display and graphics settings

Advanced graphics settings

General settings

Color blind settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Native 32:9 only. See Ultra-widescreen to fix black bars at 21:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Referred to as "Windowed Fullscreen". Resolution is locked to display resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA. See Downsampling for SSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Choice of 30, 60, 75, 90, 120, 144, 165, 240, unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, protanopia, and tritanopia filters are available. A strength slider is also available and can be set in intervals of 1, from 0 to 10.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Ultra-widescreen

Use a hex editor[citation needed]

Open Lava-Win64-Shipping.exe in your preferred hex editor. Find and replace 3B 8E E3 3F with the following based on your desired resolution: CD CC CC 3F for 1440x900 00 00 A0 3F for 1280x1024 26 B4 17 40 for 2560x1080 8E E3 18 40 for 3440x1440 39 8E 63 40 for 3840x1080 9A 99 19 40 for 3840x1600 00 00 A0 3F for 4120x1024 39 8E 63 40 for 5120x1440 AE 47 A1 40 for 5292x1050 AB AA AA 40 for 7680x1440 Set the Search Direction to All. Select Replace All. Click OK to confirm and then click Save (Ctrl+S) and you’re done. Pre-rendered cutscenes will be stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Use a hex editor[citation needed]

Open Lava-Win64-Shipping.exe in your preferred hex editor. Find 35 FA 0E 3C which will appear 5 times. Replace it the last time it occurs with the following based on your aspect ratio: 35 FA 38 3C for 21:9 41 E4 52 3C for 32:9 Click OK to confirm and then click Save (Ctrl+S) and you’re done. Note that the FOV varies widely in this game, so any static hex fix won't always scale the FOV as it scales in the unpatched game.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

The game always uses x8 anisotropic filtering.

Modify AF samples[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following to the end of the file: [SystemSettings] r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Downsampling

Use Unreal Engine 4 resolution scale[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini with preferred text editor. Add the following to the end of the file: [ConsoleVariables] r.ScreenPercentage=100 Change 100 to your desired value. 200 means double the dimensions from resolution selected in settings menu. Save the changes and start the game.

Input

Keyboard bindings

Gamepad bindings (DualShock 4 layout)

Gamepad and camera settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Mouse cannot be used to control camera.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox One variant.
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		See expanded button prompts
Button prompts		Xbox One, DualShock 4 and Nintendo Switch button prompts can be selected. The button style can be switched in-game regardless of the type of connected controller.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Gamepad bindings
  (Xbox One layout)

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  Gamepad bindings (Nintendo Switch layout)

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  Gamepad layout (DualShock 4 layout)

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  Gamepad layout
  (Xbox One layout)

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  Gamepad layout (Nintendo Switch layout)

Audio

Audio settings

Accessibility settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Music, SFX, and Voice. Can be set in intervals of 1, from 0 to 10.
Surround sound		Plays up to 7.0.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Finnish				Fan translation
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Slovak				Unofficial patch, download
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus, Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Intro/company logo audio plays through Oculus Rift regardless of settings

Delete a folder
Go to <path-to-game>\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\. Delete the Oculus folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4340 AMD FX-6300		Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7950		Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.