Tonic Trouble

Tonic Trouble

Developers
	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	December 6, 1999
Taxonomy
Series	Tonic Trouble

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. Some textures in retail version are in worse quality than in any Special Edition version (64x64 vs 128x128).

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 a compatibility patch
Install the game using SETUP.exe included in the game disc. Download this compatibility patch and replace the files in <path-to-game> to allow the game to run on newer operating systems. Launch the configuration tool and configure the game. Launch the game using the installed desktop shortcut with the game disc inserted.

Play without the shortcut and disc

Install the compatibility patch before proceeding. See Playing on modern operating systems.

Copy files from the game disc

Copy from the game disc the tt1-4.cnt files inside the gamedata folder to <path-to-game>\gamedata. You may have to create an ISO dump of your disc and use an extraction program like 7-Zip in order to extract the tt4.cnt file out of it. Copy the videos folder from the game disc to <path-to-game>. Use the -cdrom: command line argument to launch the game. A batch file has been included in the compatibility patch that automatically runs the game using this command.

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

Video Options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Follow AuToMaNiAk005 Widescreen Fix tutorial or use ready binaries
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Follow AuToMaNiAk005 Widescreen Fix tutorial or use ready binaries
4K Ultra HD		Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2.
60 FPS		Unlike Tonic Trouble Special Edition, the retail version's character animations are not capped at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 63 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

General Control Options.

Advanced Control Options.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		All 10 keyboard keys listed in the controls menu can be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Use Rayman 2 Input Fix on modern systems. Note that this was originally meant for Rayman 2: The Great Escape, but is also compatible with Tonic Trouble.
Full controller support		If a gamepad is not detected on start-up, joystick input is disabled and must be re-enabled in the Controls menu. Some commands are also not bound to the gamepad.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

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

Sound Options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Music, and Voice.
Surround sound		Using DirectSound 3D and A3D 2.0. Both are disabled by default, but can be re-enabled manually. See Restore 3D sound for restoring DirectSound 3D and A3D 2.0.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		The game uses Aureal A3D 2.0 (not EAX). See Restore 3D sound.

Restore 3D sound

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) and WAVa1BVR.dll if it's missing. 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

Modifications

• Tonic Trouble AI Upscaled Texture Pack - upscale of every single texture using waifu2x-caffe with the 2-D illust (Cunet) model and even a few textures were remade from scratch

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