Rayman By His Fans
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Ubisoft Montpellier | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1998 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | March 29, 2011 |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| 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
- Some antiviruses may detect files from Rayman Forever as being viruses when they are all otherwise false positives, the game itself being safe.[1][2]
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Sold standalone or as part of several game bundles. | |
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| GOG.com | |
DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] Rayman Forever, bundled with Rayman and Rayman Designer. | |
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| Ubisoft Store | |
Rayman Forever, bundled with Rayman and Rayman Designer. Included with Ubisoft+. | |
Essential improvements
Rayman Forever DX+
- Rayman Forever DX+ is a fan-made patch specifically for the GOG version of Rayman Forever which fixes several issues and restores/adds several new features such as the full PC soundtrack, Intro/Outro FMVs, English, French, and German language support, and adds Rayman 60 Levels which is currently not available digitally.
- To install, just simply extract the files from the archive to <path-to-game>.
- The only way to change the language from English to something else is either by manually editing the configuration files or using tools such as Rayman Control Panel.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\RAYFAN.CFG |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\PCMAP\*.SCT |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | Not actually enabled, all other games bundled with Rayman Forever do have cloud syncing enabled by default. However, cloud syncing can be manually enabled for Rayman By His Fans. | |
| Ubisoft Connect |
Enable cloud syncing for Rayman By His Fans (GOG Galaxy)
| Instructions |
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mount C "..\cloud_saves" -t overlay |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS | Selectable in the graphics menu, labeled frequency. | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | Pause button cannot be mapped to controller. | |
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
|---|
| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts |  |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music can be adjusted independently of sound. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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| Red Book CD audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Language availability varies between releases. | |||
| French | Language availability varies between releases. | |||
| German | Language availability varies between releases. |
Issues fixed
Game runs poorly/flickering text (GOG version)
- The following changes to the
dosboxRayman_single.conffile should fix performance issues as well as flickering text which can show up on the sides of the screen.
| Instructions |
|---|
CONFIG -set "memsize=30" CONFIG -set "core=auto" CONFIG -set "cycles=20000" |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 80486 processor | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | VGA-compliant graphics card | |
| Sound (audio device) | SoundBlaster compatible sound card | |
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | XP, Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | 90 MHz Pentium | 1.8 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | SoundBlaster compatible sound card | |
| Other | 4x CD-ROM or better | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.