Tonic Trouble Special Edition

Tonic Trouble
Tonic Trouble Special Edition	1998
Tonic Trouble	1999

Key points

Special Edition refers to many earlier builds of Tonic Trouble released around a year prior to the game's actual retail release date which contain many differences from the final retail version such as different level designs, graphics, lighting, music, tank-like controls, enemies and character designs, etc.

Some of the textures are in better quality than in retail version (128x128 vs 64x64).

Character animations are capped at 30 FPS.

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.

Was only available on some OEM discs.

The latest commonly known Special Edition version is 8.7.4.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available here. The TT_Castlepatch.exe patch is for version 8.5.1 which fixes an issue in North Plain. The ttsv_mat.zip patch updates the Matrox OEM version 8.6.6 to version 8.6.8 to fix a saving issue, note that save files created with version 8.6.6 will no longer be compatible after patching it to version 8.6.8 and must be deleted. The ttsndfix.zip patch is not meant for any Special Editions, but rather the retail versions of Tonic Trouble.

Playing on modern operating systems

Use dgVoodoo 2

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 5 or Glide 2 API support (only for SE 8.1.0).
Download the fixed executables here and copy the one matching your game version to <path-to-game>.
Launch the original 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

Unlike the retail versions, the Special Editions can be launched without using the installed desktop shortcut with the game disc inserted, but the music, ambient sounds, and the intro cutscene will not play unless manually configured using the following method below.

Apply the NO DISC patch
Download the NO DISC patch and extract the files to <path-to-game>.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\Options^{[Note 1]} %WINDIR%\Ubisoft\ubi.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\SaveGame^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Go here to setup widescreen.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Character animations are capped at 30 FPS.^[1]
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 63 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Some commands are not bound to the gamepad.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Use this compatibility patch.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

F9 will toggle the HUD on and off, F12 will show the console, and F1 will show the console for the Glide version. Typing and entering "version" in the console will show your current game version.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Music, and Voice.
Surround sound		Using DirectSound 3D and A3D 2.0. DirectSound 3D is enabled by default in the Advanced Sound Options as Dolby when A3D 2.0 is not detected. See Restore 3D sound for restoring A3D 2.0.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		The game uses Aureal 3D 2.0 (not EAX).^[2] See Restore 3D sound.
Royalty free audio

Restore 3D sound

Restore A3D 2.0 effects^[3]

Follow the solution from Rayman 2: The Great Escape, but copy this custom .ini and replace the .ini file included in the other fix with this one instead.

Notes

Some sounds are distorted when running and may cause some other issues such as crashes.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Simplified Chinese intro video available on the Special Edition DVD version, but is unused, even in the retail Chinese version which is completely in English.^[4]
French
German
Italian				Italian language support was removed from versions 8.7.0 and onward.
Japanese				Japanese intro video available on the Special Edition DVD version, but is unused.^[5]
Spanish				Castilian.

Versions 8.5.1 and earlier only support English.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5
Glide	2	Is used only in the earliest Special Edition build available (version 8.1.0), which has currently only been found in a warez scene release.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Modifications

Tonic Trouble Special Edition AI Upscaled Texture Pack - An upscale of every single texture in the game.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	233 MHz Intel Pentium II processor
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	270 MB
Video card (GPU)	AGP based 3D video card or better 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible

After installation, you need at least 70 MB of free space to run the game.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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:icup321 on September 17, 2019
When making a comparison between 30 and 60 FPS video captures, 60 FPS version has duplicate frames in the animation when frame stepping through it, and not in the 30 FPS version
↑ Aureal A3D Central - 3D Sound Software list - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:icup321 on 2019-09-18
Tested on Special Edition version 8.7.0, dgVoodoo 2, W10.
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFKz9Pzh2Ho
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HRMcq0kKWo

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

[2] Verified by User:icup321 on September 17, 2019
When making a comparison between 30 and 60 FPS video captures, 60 FPS version has duplicate frames in the animation when frame stepping through it, and not in the 30 FPS version

[3] Aureal A3D Central - 3D Sound Software list - last accessed on May 2023

[4] Verified by User:icup321 on 2019-09-18
Tested on Special Edition version 8.7.0, dgVoodoo 2, W10.

[5] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFKz9Pzh2Ho

[6] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HRMcq0kKWo

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Developers

	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	1998
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Art styles	Stylized
Series	Tonic Trouble