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Difference between revisions of "Rayman 2: The Great Escape"

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==How to fix flicker==
 
open GXSetup.exe as admin, it may flicker, let it flicker its normal
 
navigate to this and change to DX, then set resolution idk
 
if you are on windows 8 get this dll
 
 
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Revision as of 16:21, 11 July 2015

Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2: The Great Escape cover
Developers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows October 29, 1999
Rayman 2: The Great Escape on Wikipedia
Rayman 1995
Rayman Designer 1997
Rayman By His Fans 1998
Rayman 60 Levels 1999
Rayman 2: The Great Escape 1999
Rayman M 2001
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc 2003
Rabbids (series)
Rayman Origins 2012
Rayman Jungle Run 2013
Rayman Legends 2013
Rayman Fiesta Run 2014
Rayman Mini 2019
Rayman Redemption (unofficial) 2020

Key points

Cannot use Alt+Tab while in-game. See Windowed

General information

Rayman Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Comes pre-configured with nGlide.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
No longer sold on Steam.

Essential improvements

Rayman 2 Input Fix

Fixes an issue with controllers not being detected on modern OSs. Can also be useful for mice.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Installing nGlide is not required for GOG owners.
Instructions
Instructions

Windowed

After doing this use any borderless applications to play with no borders on fullscreen from here.
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Blurry and distorted graphics

Instructions

Crash to desktop on Windows 8.1 (GOG)

Instructions

Constant flickering on startup

Instructions

Poor framerate on Windows 8 (GOG)

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 3Dfx Voodoo
DirectX 6.1 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References