Tonic Trouble

Tonic Trouble

Developers
	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	December 6, 1999

Tonic Trouble
Tonic Trouble Special Edition	1998
Tonic Trouble	1999

Key points

Poor compatibility with modern operating systems. See here for fixes.

Character animations are not capped at 30 FPS, meanwhile the Special Edition's character animations are capped.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Game also requires you to run it via a shortcut created in your desktop after installation to run it properly.

This game is not available digitally.

Version differences

Special Edition refers to a set of many earlier builds of this game which were released around a year before it was finally sold in retail stores. They contain many differences from this version and were only bundled on some OEM discs.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available here. The ttsndfix.zip patch fixes sounds not playing on A3D-compatible sound cards. All of the other patches listed here are not meant to be used with the retail version, but rather Tonic Trouble Special Edition.

Playing on modern operating systems

Use dgVoodoo 2 and a patched executable

Install the game using SETUP.exe included in the game disc. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2. Copy the DLL files into <path-to-game> for DirectX 6 API support. Download this patched executable and replace the original TonicTrouble.exe executable in <path-to-game> to allow the game to run on newer operating systems. Launch the original configuration tool and configure the game. Launch the game using the installed desktop shortcut with the game disc inserted.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GAMEDATA\OPTIONS %WINDIR%\UBISOFT\UBI.INI

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GAMEDATA\SaveGame

Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen patch

Download this patched executable and copy the TonicTrouble.exe file inside the Widescreen Compatible folder to <path-to-game>. Keep in mind that this is also patching over the original executable to allow the game to run on newer operating systems, see here for help with running Tonic Trouble on modern operating systems. You must also set the resolution to 800x600 in SetUpTT.exe in order for it to work. This will force the game to run at desktop resolution in native widescreen. If you don't want to play at desktop resolution, you can also use dgVoodoo 2 to force the game to run at a different resolution in combination with this patch. Notes This will decrease the horizontal FOV which cuts out part of the HUD and may affect playability of the game.

Input settings

F1 will show game totals, F9 will toggle the HUD, and F4 will show the console. Typing and entering "version" in the console will show your current game version.

Audio settings

EAX support

Restore DirectSound 3D and A3D 2.0 effects

Make sure to install the ttsndfix.zip patch before proceeding. See here for the patch. Install Creative Alchemy. (For non-Creative cards, see here). Add and enable the game in Creative Alchemy. Make sure to copy and paste the dsound.dll file generated by Creative Alchemy to <path-to-game>\DLL\ as well, as this will be required later. Copy this executable to <path-to-game>\DLL\ (if you have the French version installed then you can skip this step as this is already included with that version). Install A3D Live. (After installing, you can go to %WINDIR% and delete the a3dsplhs.exe file to prevent the A3D splash screen from popping up). Open SetupSound3D.exe and say yes when prompted to enable 3D sound. Configure desired settings and select 'Save and Quit'. Notes Some sounds are distorted when running, a lot of voice dialogue cannot be heard for whatever reason and may cause some other issues such as crashes.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish				Castilian.
Russian				Fan translation.

Retail version's languages are individually separated by regional releases.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	166 MHz Intel Pentium processor or compatible MMXTM and non-MMXTMCyrix PR 233 MHz, AMD K6-2 266 MHz	233 MMXTMAGPCyrix XXX, AMD K6-2 XXX
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	All cards compatible with DX6 tested chipset: VOODOO 1, VOODOO 2 and VOODOO 3 (3DFX), ATI rage pro, Power VR2, Matrox G200 and G100, S3 savage 3D, Intel 740, NVIDIA TNT, Riva 128, Permedia 2 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible	8 MB of VRAM