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X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Uncaged Edition
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition cover
Developers
Raven Software
Publishers
Activision
Russia 1C-SoftClub
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows May 1, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 77
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action
Art styles Realistic
Themes Africa, North America, Supernatural
Series X-Men
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition on HowLongToBeat
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition on IGDB
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition guide on StrategyWiki
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition on MobyGames
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition on Wikipedia
Subseries of Marvel
X-Men: Madness in Murderworld 1989
X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants 1990
X-Men vs. Street Fighter 1996
X-Men: Children of the Atom 1997
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse 1997
X2: Wolverine's Revenge 2003
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse 2005
X-Men: The Official Game 2006
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition 2009
Deadpool 2013

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition is a singleplayer third-person action game in the X-Men series.

The flagship PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 version of the game, developed by Raven Software, was subtitled Uncaged Edition to differentiate it from the PlayStation 2 and Wii version by Amaze Entertainment and the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS version by Griptonite Games.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7.39.0006 DRM.
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions The game does not contain microtransactions.

DLC and expansion packs

The "Custom Combat Arena", "Ladder Challenge" and "Environmental Simulator" DLCs were never released on PC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit config file[1]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open WEngine.ini.
  3. Go to the [FullScreenMovie] section and change following values like below
;StartupMovies=Copyright
;StartupMovies=ravenlogo
;StartupMovies=ATVI_logo
;StartupMovies=MARVEL_INTRO
;StartupMovies=FOX_LOGO
;StartupMovies=UE3_logo
;StartupMovies=blank

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Wolverine\WGame\Config\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Wolverine\WGame\SaveData\

Video

In-game settings.
In-game settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Does not support higher resolutions than 1920x1200. See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
See the WSGF entry.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Force in config file (MaxMultisamples=x Replace x with 2-16), or your graphics card control panel. Up to 16x MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
Pre-rendered cutscenes are rendered at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS
Capped at 62 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit config file[2]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open WEngine.ini.
  3. Go to the [SystemSettings] section.
  4. Change the MaxAnisotropy= value to the desired level.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit config file[3]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open WEngine.ini.
  3. Go to the [SystemSettings] section.
  4. Change UseVsync=False to UseVsync=True

High frame rate

Edit config file[4]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open WEngine.ini.
  3. Go to the [Engine.GameEngine] section.
  4. Set bSmoothFrameRate= to FALSE.

Improve textures

Edit config file[5]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open WEngine.ini.
  3. Go to the [TextureStreaming] section and change following values
PoolSize=1024
DropMipLevelsLimit=40
StopIncreasingLimit=30
StopStreamingLimit=12
MinFudgeFactor=0.5
FudgeFactorIncreaseRateOfChange=0.3
FudgeFactorDecreaseRateOfChange=-0.2
MinTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=0
MaxTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=0
Changing those values may cause stuttering and frame rate drops.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 5.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Fan translation, download.
Italian
Polish
Fan translation, download
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Local retail release only.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: X-Men Origins: Wolverine to improve 3D support.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c A D3D10 setting exists in the config file but the game crashes upon startup.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Remove HUD and FX

Use the FX Remover mod.

Skip cutscenes

Delete/rename files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\WGame\.
  2. Delete or rename Movies folder.

Notes

Deleting or renaming the Movies folder skips loading screens, as well as intro videos.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT
ATI Radeon X1800
256 MB of VRAM


References

  1. Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2023-10-07
  2. Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2023-10-07
  3. Verified by User:TerminatorOST on 29 March 2019
  4. Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2023-10-07
  5. Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2023-10-07