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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Ubisoft Montreal}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Ubisoft Montreal}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Playmobil Interactive}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Playmobil Interactive}}
 
|engines=
 
|engines=
 
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Ubisoft OpenSpace}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Ubisoft OpenSpace}}
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|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = hackable
 
|60 fps                    = hackable
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|60 fps notes              = Capped at 48fps in-game and 50fps in menus (on both D3D6 and 3DFX rendering). See [[#High frame rate|High frame rate]].
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|60 fps notes              = Capped at 48 FPS in-game and 50 FPS in menus (on both D3D6 and 3DFX rendering). See [[#High frame rate|High frame rate]].
 
|120 fps                    = hackable
 
|120 fps                    = hackable
 
|120 fps notes              = See [[#High frame rate|High frame rate]].
 
|120 fps notes              = See [[#High frame rate|High frame rate]].
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# Press {{key|Ctrl|R}} and set '''Datatype''' to '''Hex-values'''.
 
# Press {{key|Ctrl|R}} and set '''Datatype''' to '''Hex-values'''.
 
# Search for {{code|320000002564202066707300}} and replace the {{code|32}} at the start with the desired framerate (in hexadecimal).
 
# Search for {{code|320000002564202066707300}} and replace the {{code|32}} at the start with the desired framerate (in hexadecimal).
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# Search for {{code|8B483883C40485C9740C}}, it should be followed by {{code|E8 XX XX XX XX 6A 01}} (the XX might be different depending on the localization - for the English .exe, it's {{code|4E 7E 14 00}})
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# Search for {{code|8B483883C40485C9740C}}, it should be followed by {{code|E8 XX XX XX XX 6A 01}} (the XX might be different depending on the localization - for the English .exe, it's {{code|4E 7E 14 00}}).
 
# Replace the last {{code|01}} with {{code|00}} to completely disable the frame limit in the menus.
 
# Replace the last {{code|01}} with {{code|00}} to completely disable the frame limit in the menus.
 
# Save the file.
 
# Save the file.
  
 
'''Notes'''
 
'''Notes'''
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{{ii}} Too high framerates ingame and menus cause game speed to be way too high, resulting in sped up gameplay and menu navigation.
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{{--}} Too high framerates ingame and menus cause game speed to be way too high, resulting in sped up gameplay and menu navigation.
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
−
|touchscreen              = unknown
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|touchscreen              = false
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|controller support        = true
 
|controller support        = true
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|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles                = true
−
|subtitles notes          = Intro and outro are lacking subtitles. Aside from it - subtitles are always enabled in-game.
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|subtitles notes          = Intro and outro are lacking subtitles. Aside from it, subtitles are always enabled in-game.
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
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==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
 
===Crash after the intro when using Glide wrapper===
 
===Crash after the intro when using Glide wrapper===
−
{{ii}} Game needs to have been run in admin mode at least once, since it needs special privileges to write its settings in ubi.ini, which is in the Windows folder.
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{{ii}} Game needs to have been run in admin mode at least once, since it needs special privileges to write its settings in {{file|ubi.ini}}, which is in {{folder|{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft\}}.
 
{{Fixbox|description=Disable movies in configuration file|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2022-12-24}}</ref>|fix=
 
{{Fixbox|description=Disable movies in configuration file|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2022-12-24}}</ref>|fix=
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# Edit <code>{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft\{{file|ubi.ini}}</code>
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# Open [[#Game data|{{file|ubi.ini}}]].
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# Under the section <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code>, find the line <code>PlayVideo=1</code> and change to <code>PlayVideo=0</code>
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# Under the section <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code>, find the line <code>PlayVideo=1</code> and change to <code>PlayVideo=0</code>.
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Black screen when using Glide wrapper===
 
===Black screen when using Glide wrapper===
 
{{Fixbox|description=Install compatibility fixes|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2022-12-24}}</ref>|fix=
 
{{Fixbox|description=Install compatibility fixes|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2022-12-24}}</ref>|fix=
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# Download [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/193-hype-the-time-quest-installation-package/ installation package for Hype: The Time Quest] and extract it.
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# Download the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/193-hype-the-time-quest-installation-package/ installation package for Hype: The Time Quest] and extract it.
−
# Go to {{folder|Compatibility}} and run {{file|PatchInstall.bat}} to add the compatibility entries to system's database.
+
# Go to {{folder|Compatibility}} and run {{file|PatchInstall.bat}} to add the compatibility entries to the system's database.
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Game crashes on Alt+Tab===
 
===Game crashes on Alt+Tab===
−
{{Fixbox|description=Install [[dgVoodoo 2]].|fix=}}
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{{Fixbox|description=Install [[dgVoodoo 2]]|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2024-01-27}}</ref>}}
  
 
==Other information==
 
==Other information==
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'''Notes'''
 
'''Notes'''
 
{{ii}} Alternative installer only works with '''English''', '''German''' and '''Polish''' version of the game.
 
{{ii}} Alternative installer only works with '''English''', '''German''' and '''Polish''' version of the game.
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{{ii}} For documentation and common problems, see [[User:Suicide machine/Hype: The Time Quest - Alternative Installer|Hype: The Time Quest - Alternative Installer]]
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{{ii}} For documentation and common problems, see [[User:Suicide machine/Hype: The Time Quest - Alternative Installer|Hype: The Time Quest - Alternative Installer]].
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
{{Fixbox|description=Manual installation|ref=<ref>Developed by [[User:Suicide machine|Suicide machine]] - tested on Polish and English version of the game, on 2 different PCs with Windows 7 (64bit) and Windows 8 (64bit)</ref>|fix=
 
{{Fixbox|description=Manual installation|ref=<ref>Developed by [[User:Suicide machine|Suicide machine]] - tested on Polish and English version of the game, on 2 different PCs with Windows 7 (64bit) and Windows 8 (64bit)</ref>|fix=
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# Create a folder named {{folder|Hype}} somewhere on your hard drive (from now on, we'll be referring to it as {{p|game}}).
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# Create a folder named {{folder|Hype}} somewhere on the drive (from now on, we'll be referring to it as {{folder|{{p|game}}}}).
−
# From the root directory of your CD, copy the following files: {{file|DSETUP.DLL}}, {{file|DSETUP16.DLL}}, {{file|DSETUP32.DLL}} to {{p|game}}.
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# From the CD's root directory, copy {{file|DSETUP.DLL}}, {{file|DSETUP16.DLL}} and {{file|DSETUP32.DLL}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
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# Copy folders {{folder|DLL}}, {{folder|Gamedata}} and {{folder|InstData}} to {{p|game}}.
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# Copy {{folder|DLL}}, {{folder|Gamedata}} and {{folder|InstData}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
−
# Go to the {{folder|exe}} folder on your CD.
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# Go to {{folder|exe}} on the CD.
−
# Copy {{file|Gli.ini}} to {{p|game}}.
+
# Copy {{file|Gli.ini}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
−
# Copy {{file|MaiD3Dvr_bleu.exe}} from the {{folder|D3D}} folder to {{p|game}}.
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# Copy {{file|MaiD3Dvr_bleu.exe}} from {{folder|D3D}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
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# Copy {{file|MaiDFXvr_bleu.exe}} from the {{folder|Glide 3x}} folder to {{p|game}}.
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# Copy {{file|MaiDFXvr_bleu.exe}} from {{folder|Glide 3x}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
−
# Copy all files from the {{folder|UbiConfig}} folder to {{p|game}}.
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# Copy all files from {{folder|UbiConfig}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
−
# Go back to the root folder of your CD, and go to <code>LangData\<your language>\world\</code>.
+
# Go back to the CD's root folder, and go to {{folder|LangData\<current language>\world\}}.
−
# Copy folder {{folder|levels}} to <code>{{p|game}}\Gamedata\World</code>.
+
# Copy {{folder|levels}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}\Gamedata\World\}}.
 
#* When asked about scaling folders, answer yes.
 
#* When asked about scaling folders, answer yes.
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# Go to the Windows directory (<code>{{p|windir}}</code>).
+
# Go to the Windows directory ({{folder|{{p|windir}}}}).
 
# Inside it, create a folder named {{folder|UbiSoft}}.
 
# Inside it, create a folder named {{folder|UbiSoft}}.
−
# From the root directory of your CD copy files: {{file|DSETUP.DLL}}, {{file|DSETUP16.DLL}}, {{file|DSETUP32.DLL}} and {{file|SetupUbi.exe}} to a newly created <code>{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft</code>
+
# From the CD's root directory, copy {{file|DSETUP.DLL}}, {{file|DSETUP16.DLL}}, {{file|DSETUP32.DLL}} and {{file|SetupUbi.exe}} to a newly created directory: {{folder|{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft\}}.
 
#* It may be possible that the folder already exists, as it's shared with other Ubisoft games of the same era. In such case, '''do not''' replace any of the files.
 
#* It may be possible that the folder already exists, as it's shared with other Ubisoft games of the same era. In such case, '''do not''' replace any of the files.
−
# From the {{folder|InstData}} directory on your CD, copy {{file|strings.eng}} to <code>{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft</code>.
+
# From the {{folder|InstData}} directory on the CD, copy {{file|strings.eng}} to {{folder|{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft\}}.
 
# Download the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/193-hype-the-time-quest-installation-package/ installation package for Hype: The Time Quest] and extract it.
 
# Download the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/193-hype-the-time-quest-installation-package/ installation package for Hype: The Time Quest] and extract it.
−
# From the {{folder|config}} folder, copy {{file|ubi.ini}} to <code>{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft</code>.
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# From {{folder|config}}, copy {{file|ubi.ini}} to {{folder|{{p|windir}}\UbiSoft\}}.
−
#* If you had other Ubisoft games installed that use the same file, you have to manually edit {{file|ubi.ini}} by adding <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code> under <code>[INSTALLED PRODUCTS]</code> as well as the section responsible for game configuration (just copy the lines from <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code> to <code>[OSD]</code> from {{file|ubi.ini}} provided in the installation package).
+
#* If there are other Ubisoft games already installed that use the same file, {{file|ubi.ini}} has to be manually edited by adding <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code> under <code>[INSTALLED PRODUCTS]</code> as well as the section responsible for game configuration (just copy the lines from <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code> to <code>[OSD]</code> from {{file|ubi.ini}} provided in the installation package).
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# If your language is different than English, edit {{file|ubi.ini}}, find the line <code>Language=English</code> under the <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code> section, and change it to a language you're using in your copy (e.g. for Polish it's <code>Language=Polish</code> - incorrect language will make all the characters mute).
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# If the current language is different from English, edit {{file|ubi.ini}}, find the line <code>Language=English</code> under the <code>[Hype - The Time Quest]</code> section, and change it to a language currently being used (e.g. for Polish it's <code>Language=Polish</code> - incorrect language will make all the characters mute).
−
# Go to the folder where you've extracted the files from the installation package.
+
# Go to the folder where the files from the installation package were extracted to.
−
# Go to the folder {{folder|Compatibility}} and run {{file|PatchInstall.bat}} to add the compatibility entries to system's database.
+
# Go to {{folder|Compatibility}} and run {{file|PatchInstall.bat}} to add the compatibility entries to system's database.
−
# Install the [https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide nGlide wrapper], if you haven't already.
+
# Install the [https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide nGlide wrapper], if it's not already.
−
# Finally, go to {{p|game}}, run {{file|Ubiassistant.exe}} and choose '''3DFX configuration'''.
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# Finally, go to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}, run {{file|Ubiassistant.exe}} and choose '''3DFX configuration'''.
 
# Run the game using {{file|MaiDFXvr_bleu.exe}}.
 
# Run the game using {{file|MaiDFXvr_bleu.exe}}.
 
}}
 
}}

Latest revision as of 23:37, 6 March 2024

Hype: The Time Quest
Hype: The Time Quest cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Playmobil Interactive
Engines
Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows November 20, 1999
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Platform, RPG
Art styles Stylized
Themes Medieval, Fantasy
Series Playmobil
Hype: The Time Quest on HowLongToBeat
Hype: The Time Quest on IGDB
Hype: The Time Quest on MobyGames
Hype: The Time Quest on Wikipedia
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Playmobil
Laura's Happy Adventures 1998
Alex Builds His Farm 1999
Hype: The Time Quest 1999
Rescue from Rock Castle 2004
The Big Treasure Hunt 2005
Playmobil Alarm 2007
Playmobil Constructions 2007
Playmobil Knights 2009
Playmobil Pirates 2009
Playmobil: The Movie VR Adventures Cancelled

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Hype: The Time Quest is a singleplayer first-person and third-person action, adventure, puzzle, platform and RPG game in the Playmobil series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
This game is not available digitally.
A demo is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\ubi.ini[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Gamedata\SaveGame[Note 2]

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.
Ubisoft Configuration tool.
Ubisoft Configuration tool.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen Patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen Patch.
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen Patch.
Field of view (FOV)
See Widescreen Patch.
Windowed
The game can be forced to run in Windowed mode, when using dgVoodoo2.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Capped at 48 FPS in-game and 50 FPS in menus (on both D3D6 and 3DFX rendering). See High frame rate.
120+ FPS
See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

High frame rate

Remove FPS cap[3]
  1. Open MaiDFXvr_bleu.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Press Ctrl+R and set Datatype to Hex-values.
  3. Search for 320000002564202066707300 and replace the 32 at the start with the desired framerate (in hexadecimal).
  4. Search for 8B483883C40485C9740C, it should be followed by E8 XX XX XX XX 6A 01 (the XX might be different depending on the localization - for the English .exe, it's 4E 7E 14 00).
  5. Replace the last 01 with 00 to completely disable the frame limit in the menus.
  6. Save the file.

Notes

Too high framerates ingame and menus cause game speed to be way too high, resulting in sped up gameplay and menu navigation.

Input

Keyboard Settings
Keyboard Settings
Gamepad Settings
Gamepad Settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
The game doesn't support mouse.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Limited to remapping buttons.
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

Sound settings.
Sound settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Intro and outro are lacking subtitles. Aside from it, subtitles are always enabled in-game.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
"Hype: O Cavaleiro do Tempo".[4]
Spanish

Issues fixed

Crash after the intro when using Glide wrapper

Game needs to have been run in admin mode at least once, since it needs special privileges to write its settings in ubi.ini, which is in %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\.
Disable movies in configuration file[5]
  1. Open ubi.ini.
  2. Under the section [Hype - The Time Quest], find the line PlayVideo=1 and change to PlayVideo=0.

Black screen when using Glide wrapper

Install compatibility fixes[6]
  1. Download the installation package for Hype: The Time Quest and extract it.
  2. Go to Compatibility and run PatchInstall.bat to add the compatibility entries to the system's database.

Game crashes on Alt+Tab

Install dgVoodoo 2[7]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Glide 3.10
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Installing on modern versions of Windows

64-bit versions of Windows can't run the CD installer due to it being a 16-bit application. Trying to run the installer in Windows 7 x64 will cause the process to freeze in the background and require the task manager to close.

Alternative Installer[citation needed]

Notes

Alternative installer only works with English, German and Polish version of the game.
For documentation and common problems, see Hype: The Time Quest - Alternative Installer.
Manual installation[8]
  1. Create a folder named Hype somewhere on the drive (from now on, we'll be referring to it as <path-to-game>).
  2. From the CD's root directory, copy DSETUP.DLL, DSETUP16.DLL and DSETUP32.DLL to <path-to-game>.
  3. Copy DLL, Gamedata and InstData to <path-to-game>.
  4. Go to exe on the CD.
  5. Copy Gli.ini to <path-to-game>.
  6. Copy MaiD3Dvr_bleu.exe from D3D to <path-to-game>.
  7. Copy MaiDFXvr_bleu.exe from Glide 3x to <path-to-game>.
  8. Copy all files from UbiConfig to <path-to-game>.
  9. Go back to the CD's root folder, and go to LangData\<current language>\world\.
  10. Copy levels to <path-to-game>\Gamedata\World\.
    • When asked about scaling folders, answer yes.
  11. Go to the Windows directory (%WINDIR%).
  12. Inside it, create a folder named UbiSoft.
  13. From the CD's root directory, copy DSETUP.DLL, DSETUP16.DLL, DSETUP32.DLL and SetupUbi.exe to a newly created directory: %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\.
    • It may be possible that the folder already exists, as it's shared with other Ubisoft games of the same era. In such case, do not replace any of the files.
  14. From the InstData directory on the CD, copy strings.eng to %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\.
  15. Download the installation package for Hype: The Time Quest and extract it.
  16. From config, copy ubi.ini to %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\.
    • If there are other Ubisoft games already installed that use the same file, ubi.ini has to be manually edited by adding [Hype - The Time Quest] under [INSTALLED PRODUCTS] as well as the section responsible for game configuration (just copy the lines from [Hype - The Time Quest] to [OSD] from ubi.ini provided in the installation package).
  17. If the current language is different from English, edit ubi.ini, find the line Language=English under the [Hype - The Time Quest] section, and change it to a language currently being used (e.g. for Polish it's Language=Polish - incorrect language will make all the characters mute).
  18. Go to the folder where the files from the installation package were extracted to.
  19. Go to Compatibility and run PatchInstall.bat to add the compatibility entries to system's database.
  20. Install the nGlide wrapper, if it's not already.
  21. Finally, go to <path-to-game>, run Ubiassistant.exe and choose 3DFX configuration.
  22. Run the game using MaiDFXvr_bleu.exe.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT
Processor (CPU) 200 MHz with MMX 233 MHz with MMX
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 115 MB 490 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible 		Glide 3 compatible 3D Card
4 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. ↑ Rayman Pirate Community Thread - last accessed on May 2023
  4. ↑ Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-18
    https://wikidobragens.fandom.com/pt/wiki/Hype:_O_Cavaleiro_do_Tempo
  5. ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2022-12-24
  6. ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2022-12-24
  7. ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-27
  8. ↑ Developed by Suicide machine - tested on Polish and English version of the game, on 2 different PCs with Windows 7 (64bit) and Windows 8 (64bit)