Rayman M

Rayman M

Developers
	Ubisoft Montpellier
	Ubisoft Milan
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Brazil	Brasoft
Poland	Licomp Empik Multimedia
Engines
	Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	December 14, 2001
Reception
Metacritic	46
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Racing, Shooter, Party game
Series	Rayman

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

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

Released as Rayman Arena in North America.

Based on the original PS2 version.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Rayman M. Uses a simple disc check.
Retail		Rayman Arena original retail version. Has SafeDisc v2.51.021 DRM.
Retail		10th Anniversary, also includes Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Rayman M menu files patch download.

Extract and replace the original files on <path-to-game> to install it.

Some re-released versions of Rayman M shipped out with earlier versions of the game's menu assets which can corrupt save files after saving over a certain amount of times.

Note that the North American Rayman Arena releases do not contain this bug and should not be patched.

FMV (Full Motion Video)

The PC version uses FMV files that are much more compressed compared to the console versions.

Download and install PS2 FMVs
Rayman M PS2 Videos. Rayman Arena PS2 Videos. Download and unzip the video files. Go to <path-to-game>\videos\. Replace the files in the folder with the downloaded ones.

Skip intro videos

Skip startup Ubisoft logo and Intro
Go to <path-to-game>\Videos. Delete or rename Ubi.bik and Intro.bik. Save this file to <path-to-game>\Videos. Rename it to Ubi.bik, then create another copy and rename it to Intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\Ubisoft\ubi.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\MENU\SaveGame\raymanm.sav

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use DxWnd.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use DxWnd.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Exceeding 60 FPS may cause gameplay issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fixes
Rayman M EXE Widescreen Fix. Rayman Arena EXE Widescreen Fix. After downloading the fixes, copy the and replace the desired executable file to <path-to-game> Go to %WINDIR%\Ubisoft\ Open ubi.ini Edit your resolution.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Main Menu cannot be entirely navigated with a keyboard.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		3 sensitivity levels.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Labelled as Reverse.
Controller
Controller support		Use Rayman 3 Input Fix on modern systems. Note that this was originally meant for Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, but is also mostly compatible with Rayman M & Arena. Unfortunately, haptic feedback support is broken and vibrates infinitely after performing an action unless the game is paused. For a better XInput-specific workaround, see Controller support.
Full controller support		Main Menu cannot be navigated with a controller.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Labelled as Reverse.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		The game does not work with XInput controllers on modern systems. See Controller support for a workaround.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Enabled by default in Rayman Arena. Rayman M has it disabled, but can be re-enabled by importing a save file created from Rayman Arena.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

Xidi can translate XInput calls into DirectInput, restore haptic feedback support, and enable controller hotplugging for this game.

Xidi only supports Windows 10 and 11.

For Windows 7 check out this fix

Launch the game by using Xidi

Download the latest version of Xidi, and extract them. Go into the Xidi-*\Win32 folder, then copy and paste the dinput8.dll and Xidi.HookModule.32.dll files into <path-to-game> where the game's executable is located. Download this configuration file and move it to <path-to-game>. Launch the game and rebind the controls from the in-game options menu. The game should now be fully playable with an XInput controller.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Spanish
Danish				Only in Rayman M.
Finnish				Only in Rayman M.
German				Only in Rayman M.
Italian				Only in Rayman M.
Norwegian				Only in Rayman M.
Swedish				Only in Rayman M.
Brazilian Portuguese				Local retail only.
Czech				Local retail only.
Hebrew				Local retail only.
Hungarian				Local retail only.
Polish				Local retail only.
Russian				Fan translation.

Issues fixed

Install the game on modern operating systems (Retail)

The retail game discs cannot be installed on 64-bit computers because the installer is a 16-bit application.

Use Rayman Control Panel[citation needed]
The polish disc doesn't contain the file outro.bik which doesn't allow Rayman Control Panel to install it.

Use winevdm[citation needed]

Game elements stutter or run too fast

Rayman M and Rayman Arena might run at 64 FPS on some systems by default. Frame rates above 60 FPS can cause various issues, e.g. some animations play out too fast or stutter, certain platforms disappear more quickly, etc.

Limit frame rate to 60 FPS.

Use a DirectX 8 wrapper such as d3d8to9 or dgVoodoo 2 and set monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.

Menu music randomly plays incorrectly after transitioning from title screen

This occurs if you press start on the title screen at a certain time when the title screen music plays, which makes the game load the menu track, but transitions incorrectly thus corrupting the playback.

Use DirectSound 3D restoration software DSOAL will prevent the game from launch

"Please run the DX8 setup." error on startup

Use dgVoodoo (copy MS\x86\d3d8.dll and D3DImm.dll to your game folder) and run the game as admin with XP SP2 compatibility mode

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Up to 4 characters: including 1 to 3 AI (combat mode only)
LAN play		4	Versus Only in Rayman Arena.
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

If you want to play Rayman Arena using e.g. Radmin VPN or Hamachi, you need zZeck's RaymanArenaPatch which fixes detecting multiple network adapters.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8	Rayman M uses 8.0a, Rayman Arena uses 8.1.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.1b

Modifications

• AI HD Texture Pack for Rayman M/Arena- This texture pack upscales the original textures 4 times with Fatality MKII to give the game a cleaner look.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz	Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	550 MB	1.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia RIVA TNT2 DirectX 8.0a compatible	Nvidia GeForce 2 DirectX 8.1 compatible