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Croc
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos	1997
Croc 2	2000

Key points

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 (when using versions before 1.2.0 as that version dropped 32-bit support, so it came 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.

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.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
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
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
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

Installer doesn't work (hangs)

Analyze wait chain

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:

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

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.

Notes

Can not be used together with the "Definitive Edition", combining these will crash the game.

Replaces the redbook audio soundtrack with the soundtrack from the PS1 version, which includes numerous more tracks not present in other versions.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5	Second release only.
Glide	2.42
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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

[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

[4] Croc WinMM DLL Redirect

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 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-There are two official releases of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. The original release only supports 3DFX graphics cards, editions later on 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>[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>
 '''Notes'''
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 ===Croc: Legend of the Gobbos - Definitive Edition===
 {{Fixbox|description=Use a fan patch||fix=
-{{ii}} Make a backup of <code>Croc.exe</code> and the <code>gdata</code> folder, in case anything goes wrong.
+{{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.
 # 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>.

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