Rayman Raving Rabbids

Rabbids
Subseries of Rayman
Rayman Raving Rabbids	2006
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2	2008
Rabbids Go Home	2010
Rabbids Big Bang	2013
Rabbids Coding!	2019
Rabbids: Party of Legends	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.

Key points

The controller device can't be changed on the fly, only from the main menu.^[2]

Port of the Wii/PS2 version. PC version does not include the graphical improvements from the Xbox 360 release.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Original European releases have SecuROM 7 DRM. The Hebrew release has SafeDisc 4.6 DRM^{[Note 1]}.
Retail
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.

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

The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete video file^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\video`. Delete or rename `intro.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\Rayman4
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15080/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Rayman4.sav^{[Note 3]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15080/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		^[5]

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Mini-games that involve fast key presses require less of them at 30 FPS.^[6]
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Aspect ratio is stretched from 4:3 by default. Widescreen behavior can be changed to Vert-.

Modify ScreenMode^{[citation needed]}

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\Rayman4\{05D2C1BC-A857-4493-9BDA-C7707CACB937}\Basic video.
Modify the ScreenMode entry.
Change the value to 0.

Notes

Running SettingsApplication.exe will revert the change.

The loss of vertical FOV affects the playability of some mini-games.

Windowed

Modify WindowedMode^{[citation needed]}
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\Rayman4\{05D2C1BC-A857-4493-9BDA-C7707CACB937}\Basic video`. Modify the `WindowedMode` entry. Change the value to 1.

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
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
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		The controller device can't be changed on the fly, only from the main menu.

Change movement to WASD

Default movement controls are set to the arrow keys.

Enable WASD movement^{[citation needed]}

Install AutoHotkey.
Save the following as a new script and run it.

#IfWinActive, RAYMAN: Raving Rabbids

w::up
a::left
s::down
d::right
e::enter

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio		Three of the music levels use Dick Dale's Misirlou

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Dutch, German, and Italian languages are not available in earlier US releases.

The Czech, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, and Russian languages are only included in the retail versions of Rayman Raving Rabbids which were released in their own respective regions.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Versus, Hot seat Controller required for each player after the first for simultaneous play; otherwise, all mini-games will be played in alternating fashion.
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Issues fixed

"No BigFile specified as First .exe Argument" error

Use the `/B /TX Rayman4.bf` command line argument or launch the game using `CheckApplication.exe`.^[7]

Framerate is locked at 32 FPS

The game may lock itself to 32 FPS on modern operating systems due to broken 3D audio compatibility.

Use DirectSound 3D restoration software If you use DSOAL, turn on EAX reverb in options, otherwise you'll encounter a freeze and crash with "Program crashed (un)expectedly. Going down..." after completing the first four mini-games after entering the unlocked big gate.

FMVs fail to playback in-game

Modify video_folder
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\Rayman4\{05D2C1BC-A857-4493-9BDA-C7707CACB937}\CheckApp` Modify the `video_folder` entry. Change the directory value to the current installed directory.

The game cannot be maximized properly after task switching using DSR/VSR resolution

Set your desktop resolution the same as DSR/VSR resolution. `Alt`+`Tab ↹` more than once, if still the same.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz AMD Athlon 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.4.11	10.5.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.45 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT ATI Radeon X1600 Intel GMA X3100

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[3] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[4]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/15080/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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

↑ Rayman’s Raving Rabbids game comes to Mac - Macworld - last accessed on 2017-12-31
↑ Verified by User:icup321 on 2022-03-15
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18
↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2020-05-11
This is any mini-game where you have to alternate between LCtrl and RCtrl for example.
↑ Verified by User:icup321 on 2022-03-15

[5] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[3] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[4]

[Proton_path_note-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/15080/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-7] 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] Rayman’s Raving Rabbids game comes to Mac - Macworld - last accessed on 2017-12-31

[2] Verified by User:icup321 on 2022-03-15

[3] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[4] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[8] Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18

[9] Verified by User:Blackbird on 2020-05-11
This is any mini-game where you have to alternate between LCtrl and RCtrl for example.

[10] Verified by User:icup321 on 2022-03-15

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Developers

	Ubisoft Montpellier
Windows	Ubisoft Sofia
macOS (OS X)	TransGaming Inc.^[1]
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Poland	Licomp Empik Multimedia
Russia	Buka Entertainment
Engines
	Jade
Release dates
Windows	December 8, 2006
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	December 1, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	58
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Genres	Mini-games, Party game, Rail shooter
Art styles	Cartoon
Series	Rabbids