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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
- 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: 1 and 2.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or Rename[citation needed]
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- Go to <path-to-game>\Video
- Delete or rename
LOGORP.BIK , UBIMTL.BIK , and UBISOFT.BIK .
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Skip loading screens
Delete or Rename[citation needed]
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- Go to <path-to-game>\Video
- Delete or rename
LOADIN0.BIK , LOADLOP0.BIK , and LOADOUT0.BIK
0 stands for the English version. 5 is Dutch for example.
- Deleting or renaming the
Video folder skips loading screens, as well as intro videos and cutscenes.
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Widescreen fix (Hor+)[7]
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- 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.
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Force windowed[citation needed]
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- 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.
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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.
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Input
In-game control settings.
- Works for the entire trilogy.
Instructions[8]
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- 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).
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 output.[9] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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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 |
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Czech |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here |
Spanish |
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Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital releases here |
French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan made translation. |
Italian |
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Not available in the GOG.com version; download. |
Japanese |
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Local retail version only. |
Polish |
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Local retail version only, download |
Russian |
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Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital release here |
VR support
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
Enable Alt+F4
Instructions
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- Download SuperF4, Install and open it.
- Press Ctrl+Alt+F4 keys simultaneously to exit the game during the game.
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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 txt file, then go to the game
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Game fails to start
- Error: "The game cannot be launched. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
Run as administrator[citation needed]
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Mark PrinceOfPersia.exe to run as administrator.
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Cutscenes are de-synchronised
- Running the game at 60FPS or above causes cutscenes to speed up while audio lags behind.
Cap the framerate to any number under 60[10]
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- 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.
- RTSS framerate limit does not seem to work on this game.
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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 in-game.
Use GPU control panel to lock on 60 FPS
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Enable V-Sync and set monitor to 60hz
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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.[11]
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- For XInput Controllers:
Add an XInput to DirectInput translation layer and configure triggers as buttons[12]
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- 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 dropdown 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.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[3][4][5][6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/13500/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (13500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References