Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Developers
	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Casablanca
macOS (OS X)	TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Jade
Release dates
Windows	December 1, 2005
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	October 6, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	85
IGDB	80

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release 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

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.6.10.06 DRM
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 releases).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Video. Delete or rename LOGORP.BIK, UBIMC.BIK, and UBISOFT.BIK.

Skip loading screens

Delete/rename loading files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Video. Delete or rename LOADIN0.BIK, LOADLOP0.BIK, and LOADOUT0.BIK. Notes Game language file names might differ - e.g.: LOADIN4.BIK, LOADLOP4.BIK, and LOADOUT4.BIK stand for german. Deleting or renaming the Video folder skips loading screens, as well as intro videos and cutscenes.

Uncensor Mod

Restores decapitations removed from the EU version.

Removes save checksum protection.

Ignores launcher requirements.

Shows more resolutions.

Ability to unlock all videos instantly.

Instructions[citation needed]
Download Uncensor Mod Copy BinkW32.dll, patch.dll and patch.ini to the game directory Enable or disable the various features by editing patch.ini

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13530/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\POP3Profiles\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13530/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Very limited resolution choices. 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		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 4x MSAA. Can be improved to 8x through the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Audio becomes slightly desynchronized in in-game cutscenes and parkour might behave unexpectedly if the frame rate is above 60. See Middle Tower springboard glitch.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Apply widescreen fix and set the desired resolution
For non-GOG versions: Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000 GOG.com version: Download from PCGW Mirror instead Extract pop3.7z files to <path-to-game> (password: pop3). For GOG.com version run UPX.bat included in the archive. Edit pop3.ini to set your resolution and FOV multiplier. Notes Supported exe size: 6 344 704 bytes.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]

Download and run DxWnd as administrator. Click on Edit, then Add. Set name to Prince of Persia - The Two Thrones. Set path to <path-to-game>\pop3.exe. Set launch to <path-to-game>\PrinceOfPersia.exe. Set Acquire admin caps. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX9. Click on Mouse tab, set Cursor visibility to Hide. Click OK, then File and Save. Notes Make sure that PrinceOfPersia.exe and pop3.exe have no compatibility mode enabled.

Post-processing

Disable post-processing effects[citation needed]
Use 3D Vision fix to toggle the blur, bloom, and heat distortion effects.

Input

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		Generic DirectInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Doesn't work with XInput controllers.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Button prompts

Works for the entire trilogy.

Instructions

Go to the installation folder. Open POPDATA.BF with a text editor such as Notepad ++. Press Ctrl+F and find the line Input event names. Under it go to Gamepads then change the buttons to what you want. Notes Make sure you don't increase or decrease the file size as it will make the game crash. DualShock 4 replacement file can be used (only for The Two Thrones). DualShock 4 works only with wired connection, unlike Sands of Time or Warrior Within.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX Unified (compatible with EAX 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0)

May require DirectSound3D restoration software to enable EAX and surround sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only. Patch for digital release here
French
German
Italian				Not available in the GOG.com version; download.
Polish				Retail only, download
Russian				Official localization by «Akella». Retail and GOG.com version. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
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]
Disable in-game MSAA option and force it through the graphics card control panel.

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 60fps FPS
The game's physics engine was designed for 60 FPS , so to fix use an external software such as RivaTuner and lock the game's frame rate to 60 FPS for this part to fix the issue.

Enable V-Sync and set monitor to 60hz

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]
Go to Options \ Controls \ Gamepad and set Gamepad Speed to around +1.25

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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