Taz: Wanted

Taz: Wanted

Developers
	Blitz Games
Publishers
	Infogrames
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Engines
	BlitzTech
Release dates
Windows	September 17, 2002
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Series	Looney Tunes

General information

Official website (retrieved)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
Go to to <path-to-game>\Videos\. Delete or rename BlitzIdent_TAZ.bik, InfoIdent_TAZ.bik, and WarnerIdent_Taz.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Taz.dat

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\TazWanted.sav

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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 and 120+ FPS		No frame cap.

Widescreen resolution

Primarily you can use these quick widescreen patches - Skid_Sultan's Widescreen Patches or follow these instruction for manual setting your preferred resolution.

Instructions

Go to the installation folder. Run TazLauncher.exe. Select Video and set the resolution to 640x480. If it's set already select OK or the file won't save correctly. See Hex Editing Resolutions (Windows). Open taz.dat with a hex editor such as HxD. Push Ctrl+E, for the Start-offset write 24, for the End-offset write 29 then push OK. Set 8002 to the converted Width value. Set E001 to the converted Height value. • Set 80 07 00 00 38 04 for 1080p • Set 00 0A 00 00 A0 05 for 1440p • Set 00 0F 00 00 70 08 for 4k

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
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Possible if using a third-party software. E.g. if you're using a DualShock controller, you can configure DS4Windows to invert the y-axis.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Split screen multiplayer.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Freeze on startup once a video begins playing (Windows 10)

Instructions[citation needed]
See Skip intro videos.

Window edges while playing on Fullscreen (Windows 10)

Instructions[citation needed]
See compatibility mode. Go to the installation folder, and find Taz.exe. Set the executable to run under the Windows XP (Service Pack 3) compatibility mode.

Vsync (Enable by default) not working on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo2
Download dgvoodoo2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory.

Use d3d8to9
Download d3d8to9. Copy D3D8.DLL to the game install directory.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III @ 500 MHz (or equivalent)
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	850 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D Acceleration 16 MB of VRAM