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Croc
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos	1997
Croc 2	2000

Key points

Has native Linux support when using the Definitive Edition

It is possible to use the console version's full-length music thanks to fan patches.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Demos

Demo

Essential improvements

Patches

There are two official releases of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. The original release only supports 3DFX graphics cards, A later release from 2000 added DirectX support, as well as some file changes. Use the Croc Unofficial Update to update an older releases to the DirectX compatible one.^[1]

Notes

Compatible with all fan created content.

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos - Definitive Edition

Use a fan patch

Make a backup of Croc.exe (only when using versions before 1.2.0 as that version dropped 32-bit support, as it comes with Croc64.exe instead) and the gdata folder, in case anything goes wrong.

Download the patch here.
Unzip the contents of Croc Legend of the Gobbos - Definitive Edition.zip into <path-to-game>.
Start the game with Croc.exe (or Croc64.exe if using later versions of the patch).

Notes

Can not be used together with the "music patch", Definitive Edition has it's own fix for the sound, combining these will crash the game on later levels.

On weaker PC's, higher resolutions runs slower, change lighting to "Medium Lighting FX" or lower the resolution if lag occurs.

Makes the game Linux compatible.

Ability to use every type of soundtrack (PC, PSX and DEMO).

No need for wrappers, works natively on modern Windows/Linux.

Widescreen.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Argonaut Software\Croc^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\key.txt^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 2]}

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry. Use the Definitive Edition.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		The Definitive Edition may work.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Use D3DWindower.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Game is capped at 30 FPS

Input

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		CD Music and Sound FX
Surround sound
Subtitles		Game has no voiced lines aside from Croc's onomatopoeia such as "Yazoo!".
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Local retail release only.

Issues fixed

CrocRun.exe crashes

CrocRun.exe crashes^{[citation needed]}
Set Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode on `CrocRun.exe`

Game crashes to desktop

Update the game
See Patches.

No music

Use a custom patch^[2]

Download and install the fan patch. Not needed if you have the Definitive Edition.

Notes

Can not be used together with the "Definitive Edition", combining these will crash the game. The "Definitive Edition" already fixes the music anyway.

Replaces the redbook audio soundtrack with the soundtrack from the PS1 version, which includes numerous more tracks not present in other versions. The "Definitive Edition" also includes the PS1 music with an option to switch between this, the PC and DEMO versions of the music.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5	Second release only.
Glide	2.42
Software renderer		Also supports ATI 3D CIF, Matrox Mystique's MSI and S3 ViRGE's S3D APIs

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Later versions of the Definitive Edition require 64-bit.
Linux			Use the Definitive edition (except the 1.0.0 version) to run the game on Linux natively.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

↑ play-old-pc-games: Croc – Legend of the Gobbos - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ Croc WinMM DLL Redirect - last accessed on May 2023

[HKLM-2] Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[gamedir-3] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[1] y-old-pc-games: Croc – Legend of the Gobbos - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[4] Croc WinMM DLL Redirect - last accessed on May 2023

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C-SoftClub|Russia}}
 |engines      =
-{{Infobox game/row/engine|BRender}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Blazing Renderer|name=BRender}}
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 26, 1997}}
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 '''Key points'''
-{{ii}} Native Linux support when using the [[#Essential improvements|Definitive Edition]]
+{{++}} Has native Linux support when using the [[#Essential improvements|Definitive Edition]]
-{{ii}} It is possible to use the console version's full-length music thanks to [[#Essential improvements|fan patches]].
+{{++}} It is possible to use the console version's full-length music thanks to [[#Essential improvements|fan patches]].
 ==Availability==
@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-There are two official releases of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. The original release only supports 3DFX graphics cards, A later release from 2000 added DirectX support, as well as some file changes. Use the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1836-croc-unofficial-update/ Croc Unofficial Update] to update an older releases to the DirectX compatible one.<ref>[https://www.play-old-pc-games.com/2013/01/31/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos/ play-old-pc-games: Croc – Legend of the Gobbos]</ref>
+There are two official releases of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. The original release only supports 3DFX graphics cards, A later release from 2000 added DirectX support, as well as some file changes. Use the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1836-croc-unofficial-update/ Croc Unofficial Update] to update an older releases to the DirectX compatible one.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.play-old-pc-games.com/2013/01/31/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos/|title=play-old-pc-games: Croc – Legend of the Gobbos|date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
 '''Notes'''
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 ===Croc: Legend of the Gobbos - Definitive Edition===
 {{Fixbox|description=Use a fan patch||fix=
-{{ii}} Make a backup of <code>Croc.exe</code> (when using versions before 1.2.0 as that version dropped 32-bit support, so it came with <code>Croc64.exe</code> instead) and the <code>gdata</code> folder, in case anything goes wrong.
+{{ii}} Make a backup of <code>Croc.exe</code> (only when using versions before 1.2.0 as that version dropped 32-bit support, as it comes with <code>Croc64.exe</code> instead) and the <code>gdata</code> folder, in case anything goes wrong.
 # Download the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1833-croc-definitive-patch/ patch here].
 # Unzip the contents of <code>Croc Legend of the Gobbos - Definitive Edition.zip</code> into <code>{{p|game}}</code>.
-# Start the game with <code>Croc.exe</code>.
+# Start the game with <code>Croc.exe</code> (or <code>Croc64.exe</code> if using later versions of the patch).
 '''Notes'''
@@ Line 82: / Line 82: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/croc-legend-gobbos/en WSGF entry].
+|widescreen resolution notes= See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/croc-legend-gobbos/en WSGF entry]. Use the [[#Croc:_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_-_Definitive_Edition|Definitive Edition.]]
 |multimonitor               = hackable
 |multimonitor notes         = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/croc-legend-gobbos/en WSGF entry].
@@ Line 88: / Line 88: @@
 |ultrawidescreen notes      = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/croc-legend-gobbos/en WSGF entry].
 |4k ultra hd                = unknown
-|4k ultra hd notes          =
+|4k ultra hd notes          = The [[#Croc:_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_-_Definitive_Edition|Definitive Edition]] may work.
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
@@ Line 99: / Line 99: @@
 |antialiasing               = unknown
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = unknown
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 184: / Line 187: @@
 |surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = false
+|subtitles                = n/a
-|subtitles notes          =
+|subtitles notes          = Game has no voiced lines aside from Croc's onomatopoeia such as "Yazoo!".
 |closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
@@ Line 191: / Line 194: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = false
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        = true
 |red book cd audio notes  =
@@ Line 200: / Line 205: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = true
+  |audio     = n/a
-  |subtitles = false
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
 }}
@@ Line 207: / Line 212: @@
   |language  = Russian
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = false
+  |audio     = n/a
-  |subtitles = false
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     = Local retail release only.
 }}
@@ Line 214: / Line 219: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
-===Installer doesn't work (hangs)===
-{{Fixbox|description=Analyze wait chain|fix=
-# Open [[Task Manager]].
-# Find '''AutoRun MFC Application''' on the list and expand it.
-# Right-click '''32-bit Setup Launcher (32-bit)''' and click on "Go to details".
-# In the Details tab, right-click on the highlighted element and click on "Analyse Wait Chain".
-# If there are elements on the list, select them and kill the process.
-'''Notes:'''
-{{ii}} Most common programs causing issues are '''logitechg_discord.exe''' (Discord applet for Logitech Gaming Software) and '''nvcontainer.exe''' (part of Nvidia Experience).
-}}
 ===CrocRun.exe crashes===
 {{Fixbox|description=CrocRun.exe crashes|ref={{cn|date=September 2016}}|fix=
@@ Line 236: / Line 229: @@
 }}
 ===No music===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use a custom patch|ref=<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141125071129/http://vs49688.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/croc-winmm-dll-redirect/ Croc WinMM DLL Redirect]</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use a custom patch|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125071129/http://vs49688.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/croc-winmm-dll-redirect/|title=Croc WinMM DLL Redirect|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
-*Download and install the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/535-crocpcmusicenabler/ fan patch].
+*Download and install the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/535-crocpcmusicenabler/ fan patch]. Not needed if you have the [[#Croc:_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_-_Definitive_Edition|Definitive Edition.]]
 '''Notes'''
-{{ii}} Can not be used together with the "Definitive Edition", combining these will crash the game.
+{{ii}} Can not be used together with the "Definitive Edition", combining these will crash the game. The "Definitive Edition" already fixes the music anyway.
-{{ii}} Replaces the redbook audio soundtrack with the soundtrack from the PS1 version, which includes numerous more tracks not present in other versions.
+{{ii}} Replaces the redbook audio soundtrack with the soundtrack from the PS1 version, which includes numerous more tracks not present in other versions. The "Definitive Edition" also includes the PS1 music with an option to switch between this, the PC and DEMO versions of the music.
 }}
@@ Line 256: / Line 249: @@
 |glide notes            =
 |software mode          = true
-|software mode notes    =
+|software mode notes    = Also supports ATI 3D CIF, Matrox Mystique's MSI and S3 ViRGE's S3D APIs
 |mantle support         =
 |mantle support notes   =
@@ Line 266: / Line 259: @@
 |shader model notes     =
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows 64-bit exe     = hackable
-|windows exe notes      =
+|windows arm app        = unknown
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|windows exe notes      = Later versions of the [[#Croc:_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_-_Definitive_Edition|Definitive Edition]] require 64-bit.
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
-|linux 32-bit executable=
+|linux 32-bit executable= false
-|linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux 64-bit executable= true
-|linux executable notes =
+|linux arm app          = unknown
+|linux executable notes = Use the [[#Croc:_Legend_of_the_Gobbos_-_Definitive_Edition|Definitive edition]] (except the 1.0.0 version) to run the game on Linux natively.
 }}

Developers

	Argonaut Games
Publishers
	Fox Interactive
Russia	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	BRender
Release dates
Windows	November 26, 1997
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Series	Croc