Difference between revisions of "The Emperor's New Groove"

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The Emperor's New Groove	2000
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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		See Run without CD.

Essential improvements

Run without CD

Copy files from disc^[1]
Copy the contents (not the folder itself) of `Setup\ENG\Cd` from the game disc to `<path-to-game>`. Skip files that already exist.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Disney Interactive\Emperor's New Groove\1.0\^{[Note 1]}

Emperor's New Groove can in some releases instead be named Emperors New Groove.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 2]}

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Color settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use Brandondorf9999's fixed exe.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Run the game through DxWnd.
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)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Capped to 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Hex edit exe files^{[citation needed]}
Download Brandondorf9999's fixed exe from the WSGF attachment for this game. Open `groove.exe` with a hex editor such as HxD. Go to offset `0x16D736`. Replace bytes `00 00 80 3F` with bytes representing your float value multiplier (default multiplier is 1). Remember to invert the byte order to Little Endian.

Input

Keyboard settings

Joystick settings

Miscellaneous options

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is not used in-game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		The pause menu cannot be mapped to a 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 settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Music.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. Requires DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		Most dialog is accompanied by subtitles. Movie clips and random voice clips do not have them.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2.0.^[2]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese				"A Nova Onda do Imperador".
Russian				Local retail only.

Issues fixed

Installer not working correctly

Install game manually^[3]

Create a new folder to install the game to and name it The Emperor's New Groove or something similar.
Go to the CD's game files at Setup\Eng\Hd.
Move the contents of the Hd folder to the newly created installation folder.
Right-click groove.exe and create a desktop shortcut by clicking Send To... > Desktop (create shortcut), if desired.

Notes

Tested with US retail release. File directory may change based on localization.

See Run without CD to remove the need for the CD-ROM.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible
Sound (audio device)	16-bit compatible
Other	4X speed CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
↑ 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

↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2019
↑ Oh yeah, it's all coming together. - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-12-29
Tested with the original CD-ROM release.

[HKLM-2] Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[gamedir-3] 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).

[1] Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2019

[4] Oh yeah, it's all coming together. - last accessed on May 2023

[5] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-12-29
Tested with the original CD-ROM release.

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[3]

Developers

	Argonaut Games
Publishers
	Disney Interactive Studios
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	BRender
Release dates
Windows	November 21, 2000
Reception
Metacritic	66
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Themes	Pre-Columbian Americas, Comedy
Series	Disney Classics

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Cover.jpg
@@ Line 6: / Line 5: @@
 |publishers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Disney Interactive Studios}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Noviy Disk|Russia}}
 |engines      =
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Blazing Renderer|name=BRender}}
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 21, 2000}}
-|steam appid  =
+|reception    =
-|steam appid side  =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|disneys-the-emperors-new-groove|66}}
-|gogcom page  =
+|mobygames    = disneys-the-emperors-new-groove
-|strategywiki =
 |wikipedia    = The Emperor's New Groove (video game)
-|winehq       =
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+|lutris       = dinseys-the-emperors-new-groove
+|igdb         = disneys-the-emperors-new-groove--2
+|license      = commercial
+|taxonomy =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Platform }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Pre-Columbian Americas, Comedy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Disney Classics }}
 }}
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail |  | disc |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail |  | disc | See [[#Run without CD|Run without CD]]. |  | Windows }}
+}}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Run without CD===
+{{Fixbox|description=Copy files from disc|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Mars icecream|date=2019}}</ref>|fix=
+# Copy the ''contents'' (not the folder itself) of {{Folder|Setup\ENG\Cd}} from the game disc to {{Folder|{{p|game}}}}.
+# Skip files that already exist.
 }}
@@ Line 25: / Line 41: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|HKLM}}\SOFTWARE\{{p|wow64}}\Disney Interactive\Emperor's New Groove\1.0\}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|HKLM}}\SOFTWARE\{{p|wow64}}\Disney Interactive\Emperor's New Groove\1.0\}}
 }}
+{{ii}} '''Emperor's New Groove''' can in some releases instead be named '''Emperors New Groove'''.
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\}}
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Image|Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Display Mode.png|Display settings}}
-|wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/emperors-new-groove/en
+{{Image|Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Render Quality.png|Graphics settings}}
+{{Image|Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Color.png|Color settings}}
+{{Video
+|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/emperors-new-groove/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = limited
 |multimonitor wsgf award    = unsupported
@@ Line 41: / Line 61: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= See the [http://www.wsgf.org/dr/emperors-new-groove/en wsgf page.]
+|widescreen resolution notes= See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/emperors-new-groove/en WSGF entry].
 |multimonitor               = false
-|multimonitor notes         =
+|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Use [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/emperors-new-groove/en Brandondorf9999's fixed exe].
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
 |4k ultra hd                = unknown
-|4k ultra hd notes          =
+|fov                        = hackable
-|fov                        = unknown
+|fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
-|fov notes                  =
+|windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed                   = unknown
+|windowed notes             = Run the game through DxWnd.
-|windowed notes             =
+|borderless windowed        = false
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|anisotropic                = false
-|borderless windowed notes  =
+|antialiasing               = false
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|upscaling                  = unknown
-|anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = unknown
-|antialiasing notes         =
 |vsync                      = unknown
-|vsync notes                =
+|60 fps                     = false
-|60 fps                     = unknown
+|60 fps notes               = Capped to 30 FPS.
-|60 fps notes               =
+|120 fps                    = false
-|120 fps                    = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
-|120 fps notes              =
+|color blind                = false
-|color blind                = unknown
+}}
-|color blind notes          =
+===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Hex edit exe files|ref={{cn|date=August 2017}}|fix=
+# Download Brandondorf9999's fixed exe from the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/emperors-new-groove/en WSGF attachment] for this game.
+# Open {{File|groove.exe}} with a hex editor such as [https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD HxD].
+# Go to offset <code>0x16D736</code>.
+# Replace bytes <code>00 00 80 3F</code> with bytes representing your float value multiplier (default multiplier is 1). Remember to invert the byte order to Little Endian.
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Image|Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Configure Keyboard.png|Keyboard settings}}
-|key remap                 = unknown
+{{Image|Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Configure Joystick.png|Joystick settings}}
-|key remap notes           =
+{{Image|Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Miscellaneous Options.png|Miscellaneous options}}
-|acceleration option       = unknown
+{{Input
-|acceleration option notes =
+|key remap                 = true
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|acceleration option       = n/a
-|mouse sensitivity notes   =
+|acceleration option notes = Mouse is not used in-game.
-|mouse menu                = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = n/a
-|mouse menu notes          =
+|mouse menu                = false
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = n/a
-|invert mouse y-axis notes =
+|touchscreen               = false
 |controller support        = true
-|controller support notes  =
+|full controller           = false
-|full controller           = unknown
+|full controller notes     = The pause menu cannot be mapped to a controller.
-|full controller notes     =
+|controller remap          = true
-|controller remap          = unknown
+|controller sensitivity    = false
-|controller remap notes    =
+|invert controller y-axis  = false
-|controller sensitivity    = unknown
+|xinput controllers        = true
-|controller sensitivity notes=
+|xbox prompts              = false
-|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
+|impulse triggers          = false
-|invert controller y-axis notes=
+|dualshock 4               = true
-|touchscreen               = unknown
+|dualshock prompts         = false
-|touchscreen notes         =
+|light bar support         = false
-|button prompts            = unknown
+|dualshock 4 modes         = unknown
-|button prompts notes      =
+|tracked motion controllers= unknown
-|controller hotplug        = unknown
+|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
-|controller hotplug notes  =
+|other controllers         = true
-|haptic feedback           = unknown
+|other button prompts      = Generic
-|haptic feedback notes     =
+|controller hotplug        = false
-|light bar support         = unknown
+|haptic feedback           = false
-|light bar support notes   =
+|simultaneous input        = true
+|steam input api           = unknown
+|steam hook input          = unknown
+|steam input presets       = unknown
+|steam controller prompts  = unknown
+|steam cursor detection    = unknown
+}}
+==Audio==
+{{Image|Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Sound Options.png|Audio settings}}
+{{Audio
+|separate volume          = true
+|separate volume notes    = Effects, Music.
+|surround sound           = true
+|surround sound notes     = Up to 7.0 output. Requires [[Glossary:Sound card#DirectSound hardware path|DirectSound3D restoration software.]]
+|subtitles                = true
+|subtitles notes          = Most dialog is accompanied by subtitles. Movie clips and random voice clips do not have them.
+|closed captions          = false
+|mute on focus lost       = true
+|eax support              = true
+|eax support notes         = EAX 2.0.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1LLi4pOvhU|title=Oh yeah, it's all coming together.|date=May 2023}}</ref>
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+}}
+{{L10n|content=
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = English
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = "A Nova Onda do Imperador".
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Local retail only.
+}}
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Issues fixed==
-{{Audio settings
+===Installer not working correctly===
-|separate volume          = unknown
+{{Fixbox|description=Install game manually|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Cptmold|date=2020-12-29|comment=Tested with the original CD-ROM release.}}</ref>|fix=
-|separate volume notes    =
+# Create a new folder to install the game to and name it {{Folder|The Emperor's New Groove}} or something similar.
-|surround sound           = unknown
+# Go to the CD's game files at {{Folder|Setup\Eng\Hd}}.
-|surround sound notes     =
+# Move the contents of the {{Folder|Hd}} folder to the newly created installation folder.
-|subtitles                = unknown
+# Right-click {{File|groove.exe}} and create a desktop shortcut by clicking '''Send To...''' > '''Desktop (create shortcut)''', if desired.
-|subtitles notes          =
+'''Notes'''
-|closed captions          = unknown
+{{ii}} Tested with US retail release.  File directory may change based on localization.
-|closed captions notes    =
+{{ii}} See [[#Run_without_CD|Run without CD]] to remove the need for the CD-ROM.
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
-|mute on focus lost notes =
-|eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
 }}
@@ Line 122: / Line 184: @@
 {{API
 |direct3d versions      = 7
-|direct3d notes         =
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|directdraw versions    =
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
-|directdraw notes       =
-|opengl versions        =
-|opengl notes           =
-|glide versions         =
-|glide notes            =
-|software mode          =
-|software mode notes    =
-|mantle support         =
-|mantle support notes   =
-|metal support          =
-|metal support notes    =
-|vulkan support         =
-|vulkan support notes   =
-|dos modes              =
-|dos modes notes        =
-|shader model versions  =
-|shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = false
-|64-bit executable notes=
 }}
 ==System requirements==
 {{System requirements
-|ref      =
 |OSfamily = Windows