Ultimate Spider-Man

Ultimate Spider-Man

Developers
	Treyarch
Windows	Beenox Shift
Publishers
	Activision
Poland	Licomp Empik Multimedia
Engines
	Treyarch NGL
Release dates
Windows	September 22, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	75
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Series	Spider-Man

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix to remove the cap.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v4 DRM

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Activision\Ultimate Spider-Man\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Ultimate Spider-Man\Save\

Video

Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor			Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Ultra-widescreen			Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
4K Ultra HD			Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Field of view (FOV)		Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default. Can be forced off through the graphics card control panel.
60 FPS		Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
120+ FPS		Use Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
Install Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix. Create wndmode.ini in the installation folder.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force SMAA with injectSMAA[citation needed]
Download injectSMAA. Extract the contents of d3d9 to <path-to-game>. Edit injector.ini and set preset to SMAA_PRESET_ULTRA.

Force SMAA with ReShade and Special K[citation needed]
Uninstall the aforementioned fix (injectSMAA) if already installed. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Go to the Plugins → ReShade section of the guide and set up ReShade. Enable the SMAA effect via ReShade's configuration menu.

Input

Controls Settings

Remap Settings

Remap Settings 2

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is always enabled.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Both axes can be inverted independently.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Both axes can be inverted independently.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Need to set gamepad as the first set of controls.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Polish				Local retail release only.

US versions only contain an English language option.

Issues unresolved

Unable to move diagonally when playing with XInput controller

Tested with Xbox One Controller.

Issues fixed

Run on Windows 10

Install Widescreen Fix[citation needed]

To run the game on Windows 10, you must download the Ultimate Spider-Man Widescreen Fix and extract all files to the main game folder. The map texture during the player’s game-play outside map menu won’t appear, safe for the dots such as the player, destinations and alerts still exist and active. A workaround for this is to open the UltimateSpiderMan.WidescreenFix.ini file and change FixHUD = 1 to FixHUD = 0, this will however stretch the HUD in widescreen resolutions.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\USM.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Keep mouse cursor inside window

Lock mouse cursor[citation needed]
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior". Set "Cursor Boundaries" to "Keep Inside Window" and close the Control Panel. Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	Only for logos, and some cutscenes.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1500
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible	64 MB of VRAM