James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
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| Developers | |
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| Ubisoft Montreal | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Engines | |
| Dunia | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 1, 2009 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | James Cameron's Avatar |
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| James Cameron's Avatar | |
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| James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | 2009 |
| Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | 2022 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
TAGES Solidshield DRM. | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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- This game is no longer available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.02 updates the game to the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AVATAR\GamerProfile.xml |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33280/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AVATAR\Saved Games\*.sav |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33280/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Basic settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF topic. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Set these lines to 0 in GamerProfile.xml UseMouseSmooth="0" Smoothness="0" Smoothness_Ironsight="0" | |
| Mouse sensitivity | Can be modified further by editing Sensitivity value in GamerProfile.xml.[1] |
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| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native 3D | |||
| Nvidia 3D Vision | |||
| vorpX | SBS User created profile. Game must be set to Stereo Side by Side mode to work with vorpX. Read more here. |
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Issues unresolved
"Black Square" bug
- Same issue that occurs in FarCry 2
- When using DX10, using Bloom in combination with HDR (enabled by default in DX10) will cause a black square to fill parts of the screen in many different scenarios, but mainly when looking down. Disabling bloom also disables brightness adaptation, making it hard to see properly in dark areas but the only known workaround is to disable it, or play in DX9 mode.[2]
Issues fixed
Missing sound effects
| Set sound quality to 24 bit, 48000 Hz[3] |
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See Sound problems (cracking, delays, missing music/effects, etc.) |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9.0c, 10 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3800+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8300 ATI Radeon HD 3650 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS ATI Radeon X800 XT 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33280/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33280) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Mouse sensitivity - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Thorough exploration of the black squares bug(Farcry2) - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ James Cameron´s Avatar: The Game Sound Error