Hamsterball

Hamsterball

Developers
	Raptisoft
Release dates
Windows	February 8, 2004
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Rolling ball
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Comedy

Hamsterball is a singleplayer and multiplayer isometric rolling ball game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Raptisoft\Hamsterball

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\TOURNAMENT.SAV

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		The in-game camera adjusts automatically, it cannot be controlled.
Windowed		The game may crash if the resolution is set to 1024x768 on Windowed mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		It may be possible to force the game to work on Borderless Windowed through an external application.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Game most likely follows the default V-Sync settings
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Game is most likely locked at 60 FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

The remap control section for Hamsterball

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The game allows remapping of most actions that can be done in the game
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		The mouse can be used to control the ball, the mouse sensitivity in-game can be reconfigured to be higher or lower in the Options menu.
Mouse input in menus		The game uses the default system cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

The sound settings for Hamsterball, including more options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		The game has a separate volume slider for Sound and Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Co-op Supports keyboard, mouse, or computer (automatic control) for the 3 other players.

Issues fixed

Impossible Arena has no music

Impossible Arena has no music when played, this is caused by a certain typographical error within the game itself which can be fixed unofficially

Manual editing of Jukebox.xml

To apply the fix, open Jukebox.xml within the game folder using Notepad and insert the lines from here but make sure it looks like this as the video instructed in the description, put the new code below the Impossible Race Theme line section, save the file, then open the game and go to the arena, it should have its music restored now, take note that Impossile should not be corrected as this is the music name for Impossible Arena

Game has major graphical glitches

Turning on Safe mode within the in-game options may help solve this issue

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000/Me, XP, Vista, 7, and 8
Processor (CPU)	600Mhz or faster
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 MB of free space.
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card