Prince of Persia 3D

Prince of Persia 3D

Developers
	Mindscape
Publishers
	Red Orb Entertainment
Engines
	NetImmerse
Release dates
Windows	September 17, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Platform, Puzzle
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Middle East
Series	Prince of Persia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Prince of Persia 3D is a singleplayer third-person action, adventure, platform and puzzle game in the Prince of Persia series.

General information

Official franchise Discord server

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A free demo is available here.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches 1.1 and 1.2 update the game to the latest version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\input.ini, fight.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Level ** Start, Level ** Start.bmp

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		By default Vsync (enable by default) is activated only in the game, the menu does not use Vsync. Use dgVoodoo2 or DxWnd for better Vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Character animations are capped at 30 FPS. It causes errors during gameplay. See High FPS Issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Apply Widescreen Fix
Download Widescreen Fix from here. Open POP3D_Widescreen_Resolutions.zip. Extract options.sav from any resolution folder to <path-to-game>.

Windowed

Use DxWnd
Download and run DxWnd as administrator. Click on Edit, then Add. Set name to Prince of Persia 3D. Set path to <path-to-game>\POP3D.exe. Set Acquire admin caps. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on Mouse tab, set Cursor visibility to Hide. Click on Tweaks tab, select win:NoMainWindowDestruction and click on +. Click OK, then File and Save. Run the game directly from DxWnd.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Italian
Japanese				Japanese retail release.
Brazilian Portuguese				BraSoft Hits release.

Issues unresolved

Black screen during the lower dirigible level

Occurs on version 1.1 when reaching this part of the lower dirigible level. Just move the lever without fighting the enemy NPC; otherwise a black screen will occur.

Issues fixed

FMVs playback issues

Install QuickTime 4.0 or newer

Low FPS

Use DxWnd to force windowed mode

Play a media file through Windows Media Player or MPC-HC in the background

Use DDrawCompat

Use dgVoodoo 2
Notes Under the DirectX tab, it is recommended to set 128 MB of VRAM. In the second level, it causes graphical problems underwater.

Weird Textures

Certain visual elements are not rendered correctly or are upside down.

Use Geometry Patch
Go to <path-to-game> and delete Geometry. Download Geometry Patch and extract the contents into <path-to-game>.

High FPS Issues

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS

Use DxWnd
Use the following configuration in DxWnd: Under the DirectX(2) tab, set VSync to ON and Wait for Frequency. Set the monitor refresh rate to 60Hz.

Patch 1.1 not successfully applied

In some cases, it may happen that patch 1.1 files are extracted to C:\Windows\.

Add string value in regedit
Press ⊞ Win+R. Type regedit and press ↵ Enter. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Red Orb\Prince of Persia 3D\1.0. Create a new String Value named Directory. Change its value data according to the location where the game is installed. Click OK. Notes For 64-bit operating systems, the regedit path could be something like: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Red Orb\Prince of Persia 3D\1.0.

Download Unpacked Patch 1.1, and extract the contents into the game directory.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible