Beyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil

Developers
	Ubisoft Montpellier
Windows	Ubisoft Milan
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Poland	Cenega
Russia	Buka Entertainment
Engines
	Jade
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	83
IGDB	91
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure
Vehicles	Hovercraft
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Beyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil
Beyond Good & Evil	2003
Beyond Good & Evil 2	TBA

General information

Ubisoft game page

Ubisoft forums

The IRIS Network - A wiki for the game

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Uses TAGES DRM. Doesn't have controller support.
Epic Games Store
GOG.com		Doesn't have controller support.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.

Version differences

Some retail versions use Tages DRM, which isn't compatible with modern operating systems.

The GOG.com version has been modified to work with modern systems through the inclusion of a multi-thread wrapper.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.01 updates the retail version of the game. Digital versions already include the patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\Beyond Good & Evil\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15130/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\slot*.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15130/pfx/

sally.idx contains an index of save game names which will not be shown if it is missing (saves can still be loaded).

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

External general video settings.

External advanced video settings.

Options can only be changed in the launcher.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Widescreen resolution.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Unknown type.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		High frame rate causes audio and cutscene de-sync issues.

Forcing anti-aliasing through your graphics card control panel will result (at some point during gameplay) in black screens, or corrupted graphics.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix (Hor+)
Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000. Extract bge.7z files to the installation folder (password: bge). Edit bge.ini to set the resolution, pillarbox, and FOV. Notes Supported exe size: 7,778,304 bytes (GOG.com/Buka version), 7,819,264 bytes, 7,489,200 bytes (Uplay version). Does not work with Steam version.

Widescreen fix for Steam and new Uplay versions

Download the D3D injector. Extract it into the installation folder. Open d3d9.ini and set your resolution, change bUseOverride to true, then save your changes and start the game. Notes If the game shows an error message go into the Redist folder and run DXSETUP.exe. If the game fails to launch with this fix, run CheckApplication.exe in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. Because the game is internally rendered in a 16:9.4 aspect ratio instead of 16:9, you will see some very small borders on both sides of the game when playing in 16:9. Seems to have issues with Uplay version as the image is displayed in the top left corner of the screen when antialiasing is turned on.

Widescreen fix based on dgVoodoo and stretching the image
The instruction can be found here along with the optional Reshade preset (20 shaders with various resharpers, e.g. cross-GPU CAS implementation, and RTGI). Allows using additional injector in form of dxgi.dll, since d3d9.dll widescreen fix itself prevents from using Reshade.

Windowed

Force windowed mode
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the name and executable path. Set the window position and size. Repeat the steps above for the SettingsApplication.exe executable. Click OK, then File and Save. Run SettingsApplication.exe to set the rendering resolution for the game.

Input

External key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Only mouse buttons.
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Y and X axis cannot be toggled individually.
Controller
Controller support		Not supported on retail and GOG versions.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Is mapped to mouse sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Displays generic button prompts based on the Xbox controller's letters, but doesn't actually display Xbox-themed button prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

External audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Steam/uPlay release only.
Traditional Chinese				Steam/uPlay release only.
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Steam/uPlay release only.
Korean				Steam/uPlay release only.
Polish				Polish retail version only, download. Additional patch from publisher fixes a bug in the localization that makes the game unable to progress normally.
Brazilian Portuguese				Epic Games Store, Steam & Ubisoft Connect releases.
Russian				Local retail release only. Steam/uPlay contain Russian text, but no audio.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	GG3D	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Game crashes upon start with "application settings not correctly set or invalid"

Move registry folder to correct path

Open up regedit in admin mode Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node. If you see a folder named WOW6432Node with a Ubisoft folder and a "Beyond Good and Evil" folder within it, like in https://i.imgur.com/2HQ9CW9.png , then you have a problem. There should not be a Wow64 folder within a Wow64 folder. That's too much wow! Move the Ubisoft folder up a level so it's a subfolder of the first wow. Unfortunately regedit does not have a "move" command through the user interface, so you will either have to recreate the Ubisoft\Beyond Good & Evil folders within the first WOW6432Node or use the command-line interface. To create a subfolder you will need to click on a folder, hover over "New", and left click on "Key". When you have re-created the two folders, the new directory structure should now be Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Ubisoft\Beyond Good & Evil Once you have done that wait a minute and try launching the game. You may need to launch it a couple times but it should start working after a bit. The fix is from Arzamol on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondgoodandevil/comments/e3txc9/i_downloaded_beyond_good_and_evil_on_steam_and/f98ld8d/

Can't Alt+Tab with the GOG.com version

Alt+Tab ↹ support is disabled by default.

MSI Afterburner's screen capture also does not work by default.

Disable compatibility fixes
Go to the installation folder. Rename BGE.exe to something else. Create new shortcut to that .exe or run it directly. Notes If you're already using external software to limit the frame rate or change other settings, don't forget to add the renamed executable to that software's profile as well.

Use the BG&E ENB mod
Download BG&E ENB from ENB by CaptainSkullsaber Extract from .rar Put into <path-to-game> Notes This mod also alters the color pallete, if you wish not to use the feature, just delete the enbpalette.bmp

Audio desynchronized in cutscenes

If there are problems with the sound not syncing up with the picture.

Choose sound card
Launch SettingsApplication.exe. Click on the "Sound settings" tab. Choose your sound card.

High frame rate causes audio and cutscene de-sync issues.

Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS

Set monitor to 60hz

Can't change resolution or refresh rate

Enable compatibility mode
Set SettingsApplication.exe to compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3.

Can't enable EAX reverb

Install Creative ALchemy for the game

Download & install ALchemy. Launch ALchemy Add a new Profile, name it Beyond Good And Evil Select "Use Game Path" Navigate to Beyond Good And Evil's install directory (For example C:\GOG Games\Beyond Good and Evil) Click "OK" Click The newly created profile and then click ">>" to enable it. Close ALchemy & re-open the SettingsApplication.exe for Beyond Good and Evil Go to the Sound tab, enable EAX Reverb.

Central Hall glitches and crashing / Triangle key doesn't drop after defeating bots

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This tool can patch save games to work around a number of common glitches encountered in the PC version, including glitches in the 'Central Hall' area, and the triangle key not falling from the vent after defeating the bots.

Use Rahly's Unofficial BGAEfix Patch

Make a backup of your save game data folder. Download BGAE Fix to <path-to-game> and start the patcher. Select the save file and click Central Hall Fix. Load the fixed save file, then take the extra key you get and give it to Double H, now open the door and go get your pic. Once you get your pic, go back to the robot room, and save at the robot room once more (overwrite the same file you fixed (meaning save on top of it)). Exit the game. Open the patcher again, click on the same save file in the patcher and then click Central Hall Swap. Now go play and you should be outside the room.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	ME, 2000 SP4, XP
Processor (CPU)	700 MHz Pentium III, Celeron, or AMD Athlon	1.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB (98 SE) 128 MB (ME, 2000, XP)	128 MB (98 SE) 256 MB (ME, 2000, XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 7200 Nvidia GeForce1 256 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	ATI Radeon 9500 Nvidia GeForce 3 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible