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Pac-Man World 2

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Pac-Man World 2
Pac-Man World 2 cover
Developers
Namco
Publishers
Hip Games
Russia Russobit-M
Release dates
Windows May 25, 2004
Reception
Metacritic 54
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Series Pac-Man World
Pac-Man World 2 on HowLongToBeat
Pac-Man World 2 on IGDB
Pac-Man World 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Pac-Man World 2 on MobyGames
Pac-Man World 2 on Wikipedia
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Pac-Man World
Subseries of Pac-Man
Pac-Man World 2 2004
Pac-Man World 3 2005
Pac-Man World Rally 2006
Pac-Man World Re-Pac 2022

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Bink
  2. Rename, move or delete these files:
intro.bik
logo.bik
nvidia.bik
If using Jackfuste's widescreen exe, leave at least one of these files untouched, otherwise the game will display a black screen at the title screen and subsequent menus.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\settings.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves\PacSave[Note 2]

Video

Launcher settings.
Launcher settings.
In-game brightness setting.
In-game brightness setting.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Multi-monitor
Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Ultra-widescreen
Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
4K Ultra HD
Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Configuration file option doesn't work.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8 samples MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Various animations and AI patterns speed up with higher framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard configuration.
Keyboard configuration.
Mouse configuration.
Mouse configuration.
Joypad configuration.
Joypad configuration.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse buttons only, to confirm/cancel in certain menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Configuration utility needs mouse or keyboard.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Can't map triggers or home button.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Sound settings.
Sound settings.
Launcher EAX toggle.
Launcher EAX toggle.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound FX and Music, from 0 to 100, increments of 1.
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Dialog is exclusively text based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Configuration tool, language selection.
Configuration tool, language selection.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Spoken dialog is only heard in cutscenes.
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian
Cutscenes are subtitled in Russian. Local retail release only.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 900 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2 Nvidia GeForce 4
ATI Radeon 9000


Notes

  1. ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  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