Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers

Donald Duck
Subseries of Disney
Donald Duck's Playground	1985
Donald's Alphabet Chase	1988
DuckTales (series)
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow	1996
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers	2000

Key points

Based on the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast versions.

Released as Donald Duck: Quack Attack in Europe.

Poor compatibility with modern operating systems. See here for fixes.

Character animations are capped at 30 FPS.

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers is a singleplayer third-person and scrolling platform game in the Donald Duck series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail		Official Russian version only.^[1]

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Playing on modern operating systems

Use dgVoodoo 2 and Donald Duck Patcher

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 6 API support (MS\x86\D3DImm.dll, ddraw.dll).
Download Donald Duck Patcher and place the downloaded executable in <path-to-game>. Run it to patch the Donald.exe executable to allow the game to run on newer operating systems.
Launch the game with the game disc inserted.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Options\current.cfg^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\Disney\DonaldDuck\Data\Options\current.cfg %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\Ubi.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\SaveGame^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\Disney\DonaldDuck\Data

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	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)
Windowed		Use dgVoodoo2.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Use dgVoodoo2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use dgVoodoo2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Use dgVoodoo2.
60 FPS		Character animations are capped at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolutions

Download and extract the Donald Duck Goin' Quackers Widescreen and FPS Patch pack.
Choose the executable that matches your desired aspect ratio.
Place the file into <path-to-game>, replacing the old one.
Force a resolution with dgVoodoo.

Notes

HUD scaling is fixed.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Use Rayman 2 Input Fix or Goin' Quackers Input Fix on modern systems.
Full controller support		Some commands, such as pausing, are not bound to controller buttons.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See Xidi.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Xidi

Adds full DirectInput controller support for modern XInput-based controllers.

Restores haptic feedback.

Installing Xidi

Works with Xidi library in DInput form, but requires drop Xidi's dinput.dll into the game directory.

Ensure the system is running Windows 10 or 11. Xidi is built to target Windows 10 or 11 and does not support older versions of Windows.
Ensure the Visual C++ Runtime for Visual Studio 2022 is installed. Xidi is linked against this runtime and will not work without it. If running a 64-bit operating system, install both the x86 and the x64 versions of this runtime, otherwise install just the x86 version.
Download the latest release of Xidi from here.
Install one of the forms of Xidi into the same directory as the game executable: <path-to-game>.
Optionally supply configuration settings to Xidi: config.
Run the game.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		No subtitle toggle in option menu. In-engine cutscenes have subtitles, while FMVs do not. Tutorials have no voiceover at all.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Polish
Norwegian
Brazilian Portuguese				"Disney Pato Donald" (Positivo)
Russian
Swedish

Desired language can be chosen when booting the game, but only some will be available depending on which language was used in the installer. It is recommended to pick the same language in the installer as you wish to play the game in.

Issues fixed

Game won't start on Windows 10

Use Donald Duck Patcher^{[citation needed]}

Change a hex value in the game executable
Download and install a hex editor, such as HxD. Make a backup of `<path-to-game>\Donald.exe`. Open `Donald.exe` in a hex editor, and find, "esadecimal values", the value at address 00048205. Change the aforementioned hex value, which should read `00 10 00 00 50 E8 11 FF FF FF 83 C4 0C`, into `6E 5F 5C 00 FF 15 C0 54 5C 00 83 C4 04`, and save the file.

"Display initialisation error : could not find any resolution"

Use dgVoodoo2

Download and extract the latest version of dgVoodoo2.
Copy the contents of MS\x86 as well as dgVoodooSetup.exe into <path-to-game>.
Run dgVoodooSetup.exe as an admin.
Click the .\ button at the top of the window.
Click the DirectX tab and select your desired resolution.
Disable the dgVoodoo Watermark option, if you wish.
Click Apply and close the window.
Run Donald.exe as an admin.

Blurry low-resolution textures

Use dgVoodoo2

Download and extract the latest version of dgVoodoo2.
Copy the contents of MS\x86 as well as dgVoodooSetup.exe into <path-to-game>.
Run dgVoodooSetup.exe as an admin.
Click the .\ button at the top of the window.
Click the DirectX tab and select your desired resolution.
Disable the dgVoodoo Watermark option, if you wish.
Click Apply and close the window.
Run Donald.exe as an admin.

Unstable frame rate

Use Donald Duck Patcher^{[citation needed]}

Replace the GliDX6vf.dll file inside the "DLL" folder from the Donald Duck Goin' Quackers Widescreen and FPS Patch

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Modifications

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers/Quack Attack AI Upscaled Texture Pack - upscale of every single texture using Cupscale with the Fatal Pixels model

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 98SE, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	3D accelerated, 16 bit 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible
Other	12x CD-ROM drive

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 2022-04-26
Officially published DRM-free executable by Noviy Disk. Can be installed on international versions by copying Donald.exe and bugfixes.dll files to <path-to-game>.

[gamedir-2] 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).

[1] Verified by User:Icup321 on 2022-04-26
Officially published DRM-free executable by Noviy Disk. Can be installed on international versions by copying Donald.exe and bugfixes.dll files to <path-to-game>.

[1]

[Note 1]

Developers

	Ubisoft Casablanca
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Art styles	Stylized
Series	Donald Duck