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Difference between revisions of "Monsters, Inc. Scare Island"

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|cover        = Monsters_Inc_Scare_Island.jpg
 
|cover        = Monsters_Inc_Scare_Island.jpg
 
|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Behaviour Interactive{{!}}Artificial Mind and Movement}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Artificial Mind & Movement}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Disney Interactive Studios}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Disney Interactive Studios}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Noviy Disk|Russia}}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|link|rating}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|link|rating}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|link|rating}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|link|rating}}
 +
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Platform }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Monsters, Inc. }}
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid side =  
 
|steam appid side =  
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|hltb        =  
 
|hltb        =  
 
|igdb        = <!-- Only needs to be set if there is no IGDB reception row -->
 
|igdb        = <!-- Only needs to be set if there is no IGDB reception row -->
|mobygames    =  
+
|mobygames    = disneypixars-monsters-inc-scare-island
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
|wikipedia    = Monsters, Inc. Scream Team
+
|wikipedia    = Monsters, Inc. Scare Island
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 
|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Pixar}}
+
 
 +
'''Key points'''
 +
{{--}} Based on the graphically inferior PlayStation 1 version.
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Retail |  | disc | |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| Retail |  | disc | US release utilizes a simple disc check. European releases (at least the original 2002 release) contain {{DRM|SecuROM|4}}. |  | Windows }}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/config|Windows|%PROGRAMFILES%\Disney Interactive\Monsters Inc Scare Island\BIN\config.pc}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\BIN\config.pc}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Windows|%PROGRAMFILES%\Disney Interactive\Monsters Inc Scare Island\BIN\Savegame#.dat}}
+
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\BIN\Savegame#.dat}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
|discord               =  
+
|discord                   =  
|discord notes         =  
+
|discord notes             =  
|epic games store       =  
+
|epic games launcher       =  
|epic games store notes =  
+
|epic games launcher notes =  
|gog galaxy             =  
+
|gog galaxy               =  
|gog galaxy notes       =  
+
|gog galaxy notes         =  
|origin                 =  
+
|origin                   =  
|origin notes           =  
+
|origin notes             =  
|steam cloud           =  
+
|steam cloud               =  
|steam cloud notes     =  
+
|steam cloud notes         =  
|ubisoft connect       =  
+
|ubisoft connect           =  
|ubisoft connect notes =  
+
|ubisoft connect notes     =  
|xbox cloud             =  
+
|xbox cloud               =  
|xbox cloud notes       =  
+
|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|widescreen resolution      = hackable
 
|widescreen resolution      = hackable
 
|widescreen resolution notes= Supports resolutions 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|widescreen resolution notes= Supports resolutions 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
|multimonitor              = unknown
+
|multimonitor              = hackable
 
|multimonitor notes        = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|multimonitor notes        = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+
|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|4k ultra hd                = hackable
 
|4k ultra hd                = hackable
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|fov                        = hackable
 
|fov                        = hackable
 
|fov notes                  = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|fov notes                  = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
|windowed                  = false
+
|windowed                  = hackable
|windowed notes            = Unplayable on windowed even using DxWnd.
+
|windowed notes            = Use D3DWindower or DxWnd.
 
|borderless windowed        = unknown
 
|borderless windowed        = unknown
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|antialiasing              = unknown
 
|antialiasing              = unknown
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 +
|upscaling                  = false
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = unknown
 
|vsync                      = unknown
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
|60 fps                    = false
+
|60 fps                    = hackable
|60 fps notes              = Capped to 30 FPS.
+
|60 fps notes              = Launch game with <code>-/no_sync</code>[[Glossary:Command line arguments|launch option]]. Remember that the speed of the game depends on the number of frames, so the game may run too fast at higher frame rates
|120 fps                    = false
+
|120 fps                    = hackable
|120 fps notes              =  
+
|120 fps notes              = Launch game with <code>-/no_sync</code>[[Glossary:Command line arguments|launch option]]. Remember that the speed of the game depends on the number of frames, so the game may run too fast at higher frame rates
 
|hdr                        = false
 
|hdr                        = false
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|hdr notes                  =  
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# Download this [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2073-monsters-inc-scare-island-fws-script/ Flawless Widescreen script] and install it in the tool's directory.
 
# Download this [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2073-monsters-inc-scare-island-fws-script/ Flawless Widescreen script] and install it in the tool's directory.
 
# Open <code>config.pc</code> with a hex editor, then hex edit the 16bit resolutions at <code>0x10</code> after using the launcher's configuration to any resolution, but do not re-configure the video and launch the game with the script enabled. The optional FOV slider is also included.
 
# Open <code>config.pc</code> with a hex editor, then hex edit the 16bit resolutions at <code>0x10</code> after using the launcher's configuration to any resolution, but do not re-configure the video and launch the game with the script enabled. The optional FOV slider is also included.
 +
 +
NOTE: This method disables the subtitles in the Czech and Polish versions
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Input==
 
==Input==
 
{{Input
 
{{Input
|key remap                = unknown
+
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
|acceleration option      = unknown
+
|acceleration option      = n/a
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
+
|mouse sensitivity        = n/a
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
|mouse menu                = unknown
+
|mouse menu                = true
|mouse menu notes          =  
+
|mouse menu notes          = Only on main menu and pause menu
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
+
|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
|controller support        = unknown
+
|controller support        = true
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
|full controller          = unknown
+
|full controller          = true
 
|full controller notes    =  
 
|full controller notes    =  
|controller remap          = unknown
+
|controller remap          = true
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
|controller sensitivity    = unknown
+
|controller sensitivity    = n/a
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
+
|invert controller y-axis  = n/a
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
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==Audio==
 
==Audio==
 
{{Audio
 
{{Audio
|separate volume          = unknown
+
|separate volume          = true
|separate volume notes    =  
+
|separate volume notes    = Music and sound effects
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
|subtitles                = unknown
+
|subtitles                = true
|subtitles notes          =  
+
|subtitles notes          = Only for Czech and Polish version
 
|closed captions          = unknown
 
|closed captions          = unknown
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
+
|mute on focus lost      = false
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 +
|royalty free audio      = true
 +
|royalty free audio notes = Although the BGM in the winter levels resemble the band ''Madness'', the songs are original compositions
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
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  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
  |audio    = unknown
+
  |audio    = true
  |subtitles = unknown
+
  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Czech
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    = Czech release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Danish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Danish release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Dutch
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Dutch release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Finnish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Finnish release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = French
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = French release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = German
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = German release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Italian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Italian release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Norwegian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Norwegian release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Polish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    = Polish release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Portuguese
 +
|interface = hackable
 +
|audio    = hackable
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Ported from the PS1's official localization by rubinho146, [https://www.romhacking.net.br/index.php?topic=2134.0\ Download]
 +
|fan      = true
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Russian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Russian release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Spanish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Spanish release only
 +
|fan      =
 +
|ref      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Swedish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = n/a
 +
|notes    = Swedish release only
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |ref      =  
 
  |ref      =  
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|windows 32-bit exe    = unknown
+
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
 
|windows exe notes      =  
 
|windows exe notes      =  
 
|mac os x powerpc app  =  
 
|mac os x powerpc app  =  
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|macos app notes        =  
 
|macos app notes        =  
 
|macos arm app          = unknown
 
|macos arm app          = unknown
|macos arm notes        =
 
 
|linux powerpc app      =  
 
|linux powerpc app      =  
 
|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
 +
|linux arm app          = unknown
 
|linux executable notes =  
 
|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
|minOS    =  
+
|minOS    = 95/98/ME/XP
|minCPU  =  
+
|minCPU  = Pentium II 266 MHz
|minRAM  =  
+
|minRAM  = 32 MB
|minHD    =  
+
|minHD    = 50 MB
 
|minGPU  =  
 
|minGPU  =  
 +
|minDX    = 8
 +
|minVRAM  = 8 MB
 +
|minother = 8x CD-ROM drive
  
 
|recOS    =  
 
|recOS    =  

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Monsters, Inc. Scare Island
Monsters, Inc. Scare Island cover
Developers
Artificial Mind & Movement
Publishers
Disney Interactive Studios
Russia Noviy Disk
Release dates
Windows November 2, 2001
Taxonomy
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Series Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc. Scare Island on MobyGames
Monsters, Inc. Scare Island on Wikipedia
Monsters, Inc.
Subseries of Pixar
Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training 2001
Monsters, Inc. Scare Island 2001
Mike's Monstrous Adventure 2002
Monsters University 2014

Key points

Based on the graphically inferior PlayStation 1 version.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
US release utilizes a simple disc check. European releases (at least the original 2002 release) contain SecuROM 4 DRM.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\BIN\config.pc[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\BIN\Savegame#.dat[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Supports resolutions 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
See Widescreen resolution.
Windowed
Use D3DWindower or DxWnd.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
Launch game with -/no_synclaunch option. Remember that the speed of the game depends on the number of frames, so the game may run too fast at higher frame rates
120+ FPS
Launch game with -/no_synclaunch option. Remember that the speed of the game depends on the number of frames, so the game may run too fast at higher frame rates
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Widescreen resolution

Flawless Widescreen[citation needed]
  1. Download this Flawless Widescreen script and install it in the tool's directory.
  2. Open config.pc with a hex editor, then hex edit the 16bit resolutions at 0x10 after using the launcher's configuration to any resolution, but do not re-configure the video and launch the game with the script enabled. The optional FOV slider is also included.

NOTE: This method disables the subtitles in the Czech and Polish versions

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Only for Czech and Polish version
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Although the BGM in the winter levels resemble the band Madness, the songs are original compositions

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Czech release only
Danish
Danish release only
Dutch
Dutch release only
Finnish
Finnish release only
French
French release only
German
German release only
Italian
Italian release only
Norwegian
Norwegian release only
Polish
Polish release only
Portuguese
Ported from the PS1's official localization by rubinho146, Download
Russian
Russian release only
Spanish
Spanish release only
Swedish
Swedish release only

Other information

API

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) 95/98/ME/XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible
Other 8x CD-ROM drive


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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