Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- No in-game quit option. Must use Alt+F4 to quit.
- 3-4 player modes from the console versions are absent on the PC version and can only be played with up to 2 players.
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]. |
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Retail |
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Available in the "Sonic PC Collection" bundle. |
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- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Change FOV with Cheat Engine[citation needed]
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- Download and install Cheat Engine.
- Download the WSGF attachment.
- Use the included Cheat Table file to adjust the FOV values.
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Change FOV with hex edit[citation needed]
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- Open
d3dx9_25.dll with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Go to offset
0x3F9A9 .
- Replace bytes
00 00 80 BF with bytes representing your float value multiplier at a negative value (default multiplier is -1.0). Remember to invert the byte order to Little Endian.
Notes
- Use this online float to hex converter.
- If the code is replaced with the command to jump to allow the extending of vertical fov at
0x3F9A9 , replace bytes 00 00 80 3F at 0x1F8F3A with bytes representing your float value multiplier in a positive value (default multiplier here is 1.0).
- FOV multiplier values lower than -0.75 or 0.75 will also cause blue clipping on geometry.
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Fixes
The game suffers from occasional freezes during the loading screen at which point a game restart is in place. To fix this, you need to update the d3dx9_25.dll
file. To do this, navigate to %Windir%\system32
, copy the latest d3dx9_.dll
file in the game directory, which happens to be d3dx9_43.dll
, delete the original d3dx9_25.dll
from the game directory, then rename d3dx9_43.dll
to d3dx9_25.dll
.
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Japanese |
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Spanish |
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Castilian. |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
Local play |
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2 |
Versus The PC version supports 4 player gameplay like the console versions without issues. However, the developers decided to disallow 4 players in the game's menu code and did not implement reading of inputs for players 3 and 4 (their input data is still stored). Through hacking, playing 4 players is possible. [4] |
LAN play |
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Online play |
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Asynchronous multiplayer |
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III or AMD equivalent running at 1.0 GHz or higher
| Intel Pentium 4 running at 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Direct3D compatible video card 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Other |
DirectSound-compatible sound card, Windows compatible keyboard and mouse | |
- Windows 98SE and ME also launch the game fine, but are not officially supported.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
- ↑ 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