Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Developers
	Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Engines
	Jade
Release dates
Windows	December 2, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	83
IGDB	80
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Platform
Themes	Fantasy, Middle East
Series	Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia	1989
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame	1993
Prince of Persia 3D	1999
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2003
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within	2004
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones	2005
Prince of Persia (2008)	2008
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands	2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake	TBA

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a singleplayer third-person and bird's-eye view action, adventure and platform game in the Prince of Persia series.

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		The "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Trilogy" re-release has a simple disc check. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM. All other releases have SafeDisc v4 DRM.
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)

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

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

There are two demos available: version 1 and version 2.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

Skip loading screens

Delete or rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Video. Delete or rename GO_BOSS.bik, GO_CLAW.bik, GO_GEN.bik, GO_SLASH.bik, GO_TRAP.bik, LOADIN0.BIK, LOADLOP0.BIK and LOADOUT0.BIK. 0 stands for the English version. 5 is Dutch for example. Loading screens, intro videos and FMVs will be skipped automatically.

Game data

In-game general settings

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13500/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameProfiles\POPWWPROFILES %PROGRAMDATA%\POPWWPROFILES\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13500/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			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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Playing at 60 FPS desyncs cutscenes lipsync and audio. See Cutscenes are de-synchronised. Cutscenes and parkour might behave unexpectedly if the frame rate is above 60 FPS. See Falling off Ropes during Wallruns in certain sections of the game.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix (Hor+)

Download Widescreen fix by nemesis 2000 from Here or from PCGW Mirror Extract pop2.7z files to <path-to-game> (password: pop2). If you have the GOG.com version of the game, you will need to run upx.bat once. Edit pop2.ini with a text editor and set your desired resolution and FOV multiplier. Notes Supported exe size: 5 533 696 bytes. When using any other language than English, hud_glitch_fix must be disabled in INI file.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]

Download and run DxWnd as administrator. Click on Edit, then Add. Set name to Prince of Persia - Warrior Within. Set path to <path-to-game>\pop2.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 OK, then File and Save. Run the game directly from DxWnd. Notes Make sure that PrinceOfPersia.exe and pop2.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 control settings

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

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. Xbox 360 and DualShock 4 replacement files can be used (only for 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)
Royalty free audio

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
Hungarian				Fan translation, download.
Italian				Retail, steam and ubisoft connect only. Patch for the GOG release here.
Japanese				Retail version only.
Polish				Retail version only. Patch for digital release here.
Russian				Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital release here.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

Muted dialogue with Kaileena in the hourglass room

Voices become inaudible during dialogue with Kaileena; this will force players to enable the subtitles to understand what they are saying. There is no fix so far.

Issues fixed

Audio fixes

This is the fix for the French, Spanish, Italian, and German versions of this game that lack audio in scenes that have no dialogue.
Download the following file: https://www.moddb.com/mods/upscaled-videos-and-artwork-includes-audio-fixes/downloads/ww-audio-fix-only Extract its contents into the game installation folder, replace it when prompted

Launcher not working

Registry edit method 1
Download this and open with text according to your operating system. Change Product_Path and Profiles_Path with your own game location. Save reg file and use it. Finally launch the game.

Registry edit method 2
Press ⊞ Win+R, type regedit, then click OK. Go to For x86: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Prince of Persia Warrior Within\1.00.999 For x64: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft\Prince of Persia Warrior Within\1.00.999 Change Product_Path and Profiles_Path with your own game location. Finally launch the game.

Enable Alt+F4

Instructions
Download SuperF4, Install and open it. Press Ctrl+Alt+F4 keys simultaneously to exit the game.

Alt+Tab not working

After opening the game, pressing alt + tab does not return to the desktop

Before entering the game, open a folder or a txt file and then enter the game.

Game fails to start

Error: "The game cannot be launched. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."

Run PrinceOfPersia.exe as administrator

Cutscenes are de-synchronised

Running the game at 60 FPS or above causes cutscenes to speed up while audio lags behind.

Cap the framerate to any number under 60
Nvidia users can use Nvidia Control Panel or Nvidia Inspector to cap the framerate to 59 or 58 FPS in the game specific profile. AMD users can use AMD Chill or Framerate Target Control option to do the same. Notes RTSS framerate limit does not seem to work on this game.

Falling off Ropes during Wallruns in certain sections of the game

This usually happens in the Garden level and to users of High Framerate and Variable Sync Displays that turn off V-Sync.

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed]

Enable V-Sync and set the refresh rate to 60Hz

Game crashes during cutscene after the first bossfight

In the middle of the cutscene, the game crashes to desktop

Enable compatibility mode in the properties of PrinceOfPersia.exe and set it to Windows XP Service Pack 2

Unable to use Sand Powers besides Rewind/Recall when playing with a Controller

This is a limitation of XInput Controllers when playing older DirectInput games. LT and RT are bound to the Z-Axis and do not register when held simultaneously.

If using a Controller that supports multiple modes, switch it from XInput to DirectInput then rebind all Gamepad buttons in game options.

For XInput Controllers:

Add an XInput to DirectInput translation layer and configure triggers as buttons

Download XInput Plus and extract it to any folder. Launch XInput Plus. Set the Target Program by browsing to the <path-to-game> and selecting pop2.exe. Go to DirectInput tab and check Enable DirectInput Output. In the same tab, click on LT/RT and select Button 12/13 from the drop-down menu. Click Apply; this will install a DLL file to your game folder that will automatically be used when you start the game. Start the game and rebind the triggers in Options.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Extract all Voice, SFX & Music files

Instructions
Download from official site or direct link or mirror. Extract all files to <path-to-game>\Sound and run ww_extract_and_convert_all.bat. As soon as it's finished, check the newly created !audio folder. Notes For more information, you can check the README.txt file inside the archive.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	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	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 7500 Intel 915G DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9500