Tonic Trouble Special Edition

Tonic Trouble Special Edition

Developers
	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	1998

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.

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.

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. 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 and ambient sounds will not play unless manually configured using the following method below.

Copy audio files from the game disc
Copy from the game disc all of the .MPX and .DSC files in \GAMEDATA\WORLD\SOUND to <path-to-game>\GameData\World\Sound. The only downside to this is that the Intro video can't be played in-game even when pasting the video folder into the game's installed directory because the game checks for the video directory on the game disc only so the game automatically disables playback of the video.

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 resolutions

Go to %WINDIR%\Ubisoft. Open ubi.ini. Set to 1600x900(16:9) or 1680x1050(16:10) and run the game. Any higher resolutions will cause the game to crash. You can also use this in combination with dgVoodoo 2 to force the game to run at higher resolutions in native widescreen. Notes This will decrease the horizontal FOV which cuts out part of the HUD and may affect playability of the game. To enhance texture quality, edit ubi.ini and set: TexturesMem=Vram+ and for particles: ParticuleRate=High. You can also set: Buffering=2 to enable Triple Buffering.

Input settings

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 settings

EAX support

Restore A3D 2.0 effects
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
French
German
Italian				Italian language support was removed from versions 8.7.0 and onward.
Spanish				Castilian
Japanese				Japanese intro available on Tonic Trouble DVD.
Simplified Chinese				Chinese intro available on Tonic Trouble DVD.

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

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.