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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]
Go to `Setup\ENG` on the game disc. Copy the `Cd` folder to <path-to-game>. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Change the `CDPath` value to `<path-to-game>\Cd`.

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
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.

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
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
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]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

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.
↑ 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.

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

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 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        = EAX 2.0. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1LLi4pOvhU Oh yeah, it's all coming together.]</ref>
+|eax support notes        = EAX 2.0.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1LLi4pOvhU Oh yeah, it's all coming together.]</ref>
 }}

Developers

	Argonaut Games
Publishers
	Disney Interactive Studios
Release dates
Windows	November 21, 2000
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Themes	Pre-Columbian Americas, Comedy
Series	Disney Classics