Mini Ninjas

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.

General information

Official website

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v07.40.0006 DRM.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Skip Intro^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Scenes
Delete or rename legalscreen_eu.zip and legalscreen_us.zip.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Eidos\Mini Ninjas\main.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/35000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Eidos\Mini Ninjas\playerprofiles.bin
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/35000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		Confirmed
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Enable Windowed mode and use a third-party application.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 8 samples.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed[edit]

Edit main.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Eidos\Mini Ninjas
Open main.ini.
Add Window at the end of the file.
Save the file and launch the game.

Notes

The game's resolution may need to be lowered to prevent the game from crashing.

The anti-aliasing setting will be grayed out, but it still continues being applied.

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		`Space bar` cannot be rebound.
Mouse acceleration		Suffers from negative mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Only when controller input is disabled.
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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, dialogue, music.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output through OpenAL.^[1]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Use OpenAL Soft for binaural HRTF mixing.^[2]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Italian
French
German
Spanish
Dutch
Russian				Fan translation. Available here.

Changing the language[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open main.ini.
Add the following line and replace english with the desired language.

locale=english

Notes

The possible values are english,italian,german,french,spanish and dutch

Issues unresolved[edit]

Micro stuttering[edit]

It seems certain motherboards/chipsets combinations can cause the game to stutter every second or two, depending also on the connected HID Devices (keyboards, mouse etc.). There is no known fix other than changing motherboard and chipset or trying to unplug or disable the affected hardware. As a workaround, a virtual machine with 3D graphics acceleration, e.g. VMware Workstation Player, can be used to run the game.^[3]

Issues fixed[edit]

No sound during gameplay[edit]

This is caused by a missing or outdated OpenAL installation.