Ricochet Infinity

Ricochet
Ricochet Xtreme	2001
Ricochet: Lost Worlds	2004
Ricochet Lost Worlds: Recharged	2004
Ricochet Infinity	2007

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

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Official Website

Ricochet Infinity is a singleplayer and multiplayer flip screen and side view paddle game in the Ricochet series.

Ricochet Infinity used to have a feature where players can download and share player-made levels all across the world for several years, however on December 7, 2017, all forums for Ricochet were shut down due to the servers not being sustainable to run anymore, assuming that the player today is interested in downloading custom made levels to try them out, especially if the player is interested in getting the achievement Solar Traveler , there is an unofficial website where the player can choose to download said levels and install them manually, the player could also manually restore the online level catalog if they choose to do so.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Restore in-game online level catalog

This will restore the level catalog of the game, allowing the player to once again download levels online and play it directly into the game by changing a few files within the game folder.

Restore level catalog.^[2]

If you are using Windows 10 or 11, download the new libcurl.dll for the game here, after downloading the file, cut it and paste it into the folder of the game, when prompted if there is an existing file, overwrite it.
Open the Data2.dat inside the Ricochet Infinity folder by right-clicking on it then click on Notepad, look for the Catalog URL= line and remove the existing link, replace it with https://www.ricochetuniverse.com/gateway/catalog.php, then save the file.
Open the game afterwards and open the level catalog, the player should be able to download new levels now.

Skip in-game intro

Skip intro add-on.^[3]
To skip the Reflexive Arcade intro animation, download this add-on file, after downloading the file, cut and paste it into the folder of the game where the game executable is located, then open the game afterwards, the changes should take effect immediately.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/Ricochet Infinity.cfg^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/RicochetInfinity/Ricochet Lost Worlds.CFG
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7450/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Changing the Screen Width and Height will have no effect on the game's resolution

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/Stats.dat^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/RicochetInfinity/Stats.dat
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7450/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Resolution cannot be changed from 800x600
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Resolution cannot be changed from 800x600
4K Ultra HD		Resolution cannot be changed from 800x600
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Framerate capped at 60

Input

In-game input settings.

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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Works via DirectInput.

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers		Generic DirectInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Only selected input device controls ship.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, SFX, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles		There is no spoken dialogue
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Can be played using 2 mice on the same computer
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			^[4]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 744 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	85 MB

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	45 MB

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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (7450) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Reflexive-Inc.com Games - last accessed on 2022-02-20
↑ Verified by User:Stormshadow429 on 2022-02-20
Credits to Ricochet Players on Discord for their efforts on preserving this feature, here is the original link of the steps provided in here.
↑ Verified by User:Stormshadow429 on 2022-02-20
Credits to Ricochet Players on Discord for this add-on.
↑ Ricochet Infinity - last accessed on 2021-05-11

[gamedir-4] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (7450) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (7450) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Reflexive-Inc.com Games - last accessed on 2022-02-20

[2] Verified by User:Stormshadow429 on 2022-02-20
Credits to Ricochet Players on Discord for their efforts on preserving this feature, here is the original link of the steps provided in here.

[3] Verified by User:Stormshadow429 on 2022-02-20
Credits to Ricochet Players on Discord for this add-on.

[6] Ricochet Infinity - last accessed on 2021-05-11

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Developers

	Reflexive Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	July 31, 2007
macOS (OS X)	February 2009^[1]
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Flip screen, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Paddle
Art styles	Abstract
Themes	Space
Series	Ricochet