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Revision as of 01:53, 8 April 2020
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Ubisoft Casablanca | |
macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc.[1] |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Jade | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 1, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) (Cider) | October 6, 2008 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Ubisoft game page
- Ubisoft forums for game series
- Prince of Persia Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3.6.10.06 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Skip loading screens
Delete/rename loading files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13530/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\POP3Profiles\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13530/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Set custom resolution[4] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Force windowed[citation needed] |
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Post-processing
Disable post-processing effects[citation needed] |
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Use 3D Vision fix to toggle the blur, bloom, and heat distortion effects. |
Input settings
Button prompts
- Works for the entire trilogy.
Instructions[5] |
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Notes
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Audio settings
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to enable EAX and surround sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Retail only. Patch for digital release here | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only - due to StarForce 3 DRM, can't be played on Win7 and up. | |||
Russian | Official localization by «Akella». Retail and GOG.com version. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Prince of Persia The Two Thrones. | ||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues unresolved
Random hang ups on loading screen
- No solution so far.
Issues fixed
MSAA can cause bloom glitches
- In-game MSAA option can cause the bloom effect to be rendered wrong.
Disable in-game MSAA[citation needed] |
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Middle Tower springboard glitch
- In the Middle Tower section near the end of the game there is a springboard that jumps to a dagger stab point. The Prince cannot stab this point and falls to his death.
Lock game's frame rate to 30 FPS[citation needed] |
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Enable vsync and set monitor 60hz[6][citation needed] |
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Sensitivity issues for gamepads
- The game has sensitivity issues with diagonal input for gamepads (running diagonally does not work).
Set gamepad speed to +1.25[citation needed] |
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VR support
3D modes | |||
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Prince of Persia The Two Thrones. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
- Supported ATI chipsets: 7500/8500/9000/X series
- Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce 3/4/FX/6/7 series
- The Nvidia GeForce4 MX is not supported
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (13530) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones comes to Mac - Macworld - last accessed on 2017-12-31
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Widescreen HD Test PC - YouTube - last accessed on 2017-03-02
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/13500/discussions/0/487876568242758529/
- ↑ https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/187953-Stuck-in-the-Middle-Tower?p=6416380&viewfull=1#post6416380