Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
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Key points
- The game lacks an FPS limiter and causes problems when playing at frame rates higher than 40 FPS. See Gameplay issues to fix this issue.
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Traveller's Tales | |
| macOS (OS X) | i5works[1][2] |
| Publishers | |
| Eidos Interactive | |
| LucasArts | |
| OS X | Aspyr Media |
| Engines | |
| Nu2 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 2, 2005 |
| macOS (OS X) | August 23, 2005 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 77 |
| IGDB | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Vehicles | Space flight, Hovercraft |
| Themes | Space, Sci-fi |
| Series | Lego Star Wars |
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| Lego Star Wars | |
|---|---|
| Subseries of Lego | |
| Subseries of Star Wars | |
| Lego Star Wars: The Video Game | 2005 |
| Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy | 2006 |
| Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga | 2009 |
| Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | 2011 |
| Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 2016 |
| Lego Star Wars Battles | 2021 |
| Lego Star Wars: Castaways | 2021 |
| Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | 2022 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game is a singleplayer and multiplayer cinematic camera action and adventure game in the Lego Star Wars series.
Availability[edit]
- Not sold digitally due to the release of The Complete Saga containing this and the next game's content together.
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
- The latest patch is Version 1.0.0.2. This fixes the bug of the CD-ROM copy of the game not being able to run.
- The latest patch for the OS X version is Version 1.0 Rev A.[3]
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SWLEGO.BIN[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\lsw_*[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) |
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*is the save slot number starting at zero.
Video[edit]
Video settings
![Advanced video settings; only available after booting into a save game at least once[Note 2]](/wiki/File:Lego_Star_Wars_I_-_Advanced_Video_Settings.png)
Advanced video settings; only available after booting into a save game at least once[Note 2]
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Stretched. Delete <path-to-game>\swlego.bin and set desktop resolution to desired resolution for custom resolutions. Setting a custom 4:3 resolution such as 1440x1080, 1920x1440, or 2880x2160 is highly recommend.Special K can be used to force a resolution without needing to change desktop resolution every time the game launches.[Note 3] |
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| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Uses fixed camera angles. | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Nvidia users can force antialiasing in Nvidia Profile Inspector using the 0x000000C0 antialiasing compatibly flag. |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input[edit]
Input setup, with default keybinds
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse not used for gameplay | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | Player has no camera control. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music on/off | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Music may randomly play. Prone to freezing on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Spoken dialogue is infrequent and inconsequential. | |||
| Czech | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Japanese | Japanese release only. | |||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 2 | Co-op Shared-screen. |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Issues fixed[edit]
Running in Windows 7+[edit]
| Take ownership of <path-to-game>[4] |
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| Install the game patch 1.0.0.2 to potentially fix the bug of the game not running. This works on the CD-ROM version. |
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Gameplay issues[edit]
Problems may happen in-game. The problems are, but aren't limited to: reduced jump height, not being able to travel to the next area, and AI not being able to jump. If these problems happen, you're likely playing the game at a frame rate higher than 40 FPS.[citation needed]
| Lock the max frame rate of the game to 40 FPS within your graphics card's control panel. |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | Install the version 1.0 Rev A patch for Intel CPU support. Still limited to 32-bit only.[citation needed] |
Mods[edit]
Bug-fixes and restored content
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Padawan) Braid Fix by Bario The Weird - By default, the texture for Obi-Wan's Episode I torso is missing the braid found on his texture in the console versions of LSWI, as well as in LSWII and TCS. This texture edit restores the braid. Place in
<path-to-game>\lego_data\Chars\ObiWanKenobi.
Audio enhancements
- TCS Episode III Music by SirYodaJedi - Replaces the gameplay background music for Episode III levels with the versions used in The Complete Saga taken from the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack.[Note 4] Does not affect cutscene music.
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP equivalent |
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 equivalent |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 1.1 support |
Shader model 2 support |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.5 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G4/G5 1.2 GHz Intel 1.2 GHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 9000 Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 32 MB of VRAM |
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- Nvidia GeForce 9400M and GeForce 4 MX cards are not supported.
- Intel integrated video chipsets (including GMA 950) are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ Bumpmapping setting does not work properly on modern hardware, resulting in characters being shaded with improper lighting.
- ↑ It may still be necessary to delete
swlego.bin. - ↑ This game was developed alongside Episode III and released over a month before the movie, so TT Games did not have access to the soundtrack in time for release. They were able to fix this for the compilation game, but only did so for the gameplay background music and not the cutscenes.
References
- ↑ Aspyr to publish LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game - Macworld - last accessed on 2016-7-23
- ↑ Lego Star Wars: The Video Game In Stores Now For Mac - last accessed on 2016-7-23
- ↑ Aspyr - Support - last accessed on 2007-08-12
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2019-11-30
- Confirmed working with demo on Win10 1903 with my laptop.