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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Jade
Release dates
Windows December 2, 2004
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within guide on StrategyWiki
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within on MobyGames
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within on Wikipedia
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 Lost Crown 2024
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake TBA

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
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1].
Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 2].
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
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).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to Video in the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename LOGORP.BIK, UBIMTL.BIK, and UBISOFT.BIK

Skip loading screens

Delete/rename loading files[citation needed]
  1. Go to Video in the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename LOADIN0.BIK, LOADLOP0.BIK, and LOADOUT0.BIK

(0 stands for the English version. 5 is Dutch for example.)

Deleting, or renaming Video folder skips loading screens, as well as intro videos, and cutscenes.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13500/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GameProfiles\POPWWPROFILES[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13500/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix (Hor+)[7]
  1. Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
  2. Extract pop2.7z files to the installation folder (password: pop2).
  3. Run upx.bat for the GOG.com version.
  4. Edit pop2.ini to set the resolution and FOV multiplier.

Notes

Supported exe size: 5 533 696 bytes.
For 4k, make sure that the Hardware.ini have the resolution 3840,2160,32 on the "Resolutions=" line.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd as administrator.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set name to Prince of Persia - Warrior Within.
  4. Set path to <path-to-game>\pop2.exe.
  5. Set launch to <path-to-game>\PrinceOfPersia.exe.
  6. Set Acquire admin caps.
  7. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  8. Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX9.
  9. Click OK, then File and Save.
  10. Run the game directly from DxWnd.

Notes

Make sure you 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 settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Button prompts

Works for the entire trilogy.
Instructions[8]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open POPDATA.BF with a text editor such as Notepad ++.
  3. Press Ctrl+F and find the line Input event names.
  4. 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 settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template: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
English
Czech
Retail only. Patch for digital release here
Spanish
Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital releases here
French
German
Hungarian
Fan made translation.
Italian
Not in GOG.com version
Polish
Local retail version only.
Russian
Retail and GOG only. Patch for other digital release here

VR support

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

Issues fixed

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]

Mark PrinceOfPersia.exe to run as administrator.

Music And Sound Effects Fix

Fixes Music and Sound effects missing in the game.
This still doesnt fix the Voices desync during cutscenes. Cap fps at 30 during cutscenes to fix that
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download Music and Sound Fix (link Fixed)
  2. Execute Unpack.cmd
  3. Move Sound Folder to Prince of Persia The Warrior Within folder
  4. Enjoy!

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 7500
Intel 915G
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 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]
  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. 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. 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