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Revision as of 03:09, 6 April 2020

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc cover
Developers
Ubisoft Paris
Ubisoft Montpellier
Mac OS (Classic) Zonic Limited
macOS (OS X) Zonic Limited
Publishers
Ubisoft
Poland Licomp Empik Multimedia
Russia Buka Entertainment
Mac OS Feral Interactive
OS X Feral Interactive
Engines
Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows March 20, 2003
Mac OS (Classic) February 6, 2004
macOS (OS X) February 6, 2004
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc guide on StrategyWiki
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc on MobyGames
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc on Wikipedia

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
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

Running the game at frame rates higher than 60 may negatively affect gameplay.

General information

RayWiki - An active wiki dedicated to the Rayman Franchise
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
10th Anniversary, also includes Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Rayman M.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
Icon overlay.png
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Ubisoft Store
Icon overlay.png
Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc 1.0.2 Update updates the original 3-CD Mac OS release to the latest version.

Better Rayman 3

Better Rayman 3 is a collection of fixes for Rayman 3 that also offers additional features such as widescreen resolutions, windowed mode and restoring the ability to skip video cutscenes.

Skip intro videos

Skip startup Ubisoft logo
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\videos
  2. Delete or rename ubi.bik
  3. Save this file to <path-to-game>\videos
  4. Rename it to ubi.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\ubi.ini[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GAMEDATA\SaveGame\*.sav[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

External video settings.
External video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

External gamepad settings.
External gamepad settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map 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
Czech
Hebrew
Polish
Russian
Slovak
The Czech, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, and Slovak languages are only included in the retail versions of the game which were released in their own respective regions.

Forcing a different language

Use Better Rayman 3
  1. Install Better Rayman 3.
  2. Use BR3_Config.exe to change the default language.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see important hints in the here.
Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues fixed

Refuses to start on Windows 8 and later

Error message: Check your version of DirectX. Version 8.1 or higher is required.
Install DirectPlay

See Older games refuse to start on Windows 8 and later for instructions.

Missing textures and broken graphics

Fix TnL issues[3]
  1. Install Better Rayman 3.
  2. Open BR3_Config.exe.
  3. Make sure Hardware Vertex Processing is enabled.
Fix Intel Graphics[4]
  1. Download d3d8to9 by crosire.
  2. Move the d3d8.dll into Rayman 3 folder.
  3. Make sure if you have Better Rayman 3 installed that in the d3d8.ini d3d8to9 is set to 0.

Notes

d3d8to9 set to 1 in d3d8.ini from Better Rayman and Hardware Vertex Processing enabled is required to make the game work with ReShade.

Game elements run too fast

Rayman 3 by default runs at 72 FPS and may drop to 36 FPS randomly. Frame rates above 60 FPS also cause various issues, e.g. some animations play out too fast, shielded enemies turn faster, and certain platforms disappear more quickly.
Use Better Rayman 3

Install Better Rayman 3 to lock the game back to 60 FPS, this also prevents the game from dropping FPS randomly.

Limit frame rate to 60 FPS[5]
use a dirext8 wrapper like d3d8to9 or dgvoodo2 and set monitor 60hz.[6]

Fixing graphical issues and running the game flawlessly on Linux

Instructions[7]
  1. Download and Install Wine for your distro. Lutris comes with Wine, but it's better to have it installed as well.
  2. Download and install Lutris for your distro.
  3. Use Lutris to install whichever version of Rayman 3 you own, by searching for the install script here. I installed GOG from there and used that to install Rayman 3.
  4. Open Lutris and click the plus in the upper left, then press add game.
  5. In the "Game info" tab, put the "Name" as "Rayman 3", then set the runner to "Wine (Runs Windows Games)".
  6. In the "Game options" tab, click browse to the right of "Executable" and browse to the Rayman 3 install directory. Choose "Rayman3.exe". (By default, the GOG version's directory is: /home/<your username>/Games/gog-galaxy/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/GOG Galaxy/Games/Rayman 3/)
  7. Set the "Working directory" as the Rayman 3 install directory, then hit save.
  8. Right click Rayman 3 in Lutris and choose "Browse files".
  9. Open "R3_Setup_DX8.exe" and set the game to a resolution your monitor can display. (I chose 1024x768, this is only temporary)
  10. Run the game temporarily by double clicking "Rayman 3" in Lutris. You can close it as soon as you get to the title screen. (The next 2 steps ensure the game will launch after installing Better Rayman 3)
  11. Install Better Rayman 3 to the Rayman 3 directory.
  12. Right click Rayman 3 in Lutris and choose "Winetricks".
  13. Choose "Select the default prefix".
  14. Select "Install a Windows DLL or component".
  15. Look for "dotnet40", then click it and hit "OK". This may take a minute to install, once it's done, the Winetricks dialogue will pop up again. You can close it once it does by either hitting "Cancel" on each dialogue or clicking the X on the top right.
  16. Download dgVoodoo and put the D3D9.ini file from the "MS" directory into the Rayman 3 install directory.
  17. Put "dgVoodooCpl.exe" into the Rayman 3 install directory too. This is needed for later.
  18. Open d3d8.ini in the Rayman 3 directory and change "D3d8to9 = 0" to "D3d8to9 = 1", then save and close it.
  19. Right click Rayman 3 in Lutris and choose configure.
  20. In the "Runner options" tab, enable DXVK, then hit save.
  21. Right click Rayman 3 in Lutris and choose "Wine configuration".
  22. Click add application, then type Rayman3.exe and hit open
  23. Make sure Rayman3.exe is highlighted in the "Applications" tab, then navigate to the "Libraries" tab.
  24. Type "d3d8" into the "New override for library:" box and hit "Add".
  25. Type "d3d9" into the "New override for library:" box and hit "Add".
  26. Hit "OK" to save the settings and close Wine configuration.
  27. Browse to the Rayman 3 directory and run "BR3_Config.exe". (If it doesn't launch, skip to step 30)
  28. Set the "Resolution" to whichever one you plan to use, and optionally set "Texture Quality" to "High".
  29. Uncheck the box labeled "Vertex processing", then click "OK".
  30. If BR3_Config opened for you, skip these 3 steps, otherwise, find and open "ubi.ini". (The directory should be: /home/<yourname>/.wine/drive_c/windows/Ubisoft/)
  31. Change "Gli_Mode" to whichever resolution you want. For 1080p, use "Gli_Mode=1 - 1920 x 1080 x 32".
  32. Change "TnL=1" to "TnL=0".
  33. Now double-click Rayman 3 in Lutris to launch the game and it should work. You should be able to see the Ubisoft logo and a dgVoodoo watermark in the bottom right indicating that it is working. The dgVoodoo watermark can be disabled by running dgVoodooCpl.exe and going into the options menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.1b

Modifications

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 650 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 256 SDR
DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 9.1, 10.1.3
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3/G4 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM

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. 2.0 2.1 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).

References