The Adventures of Tintin: The Game
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| Developers | |
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| Ubisoft Montpellier | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Engines | |
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| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 21, 2011 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Tintin |
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| Tintin | |
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| Tintin on the Moon | 1987 |
| Tintin in Tibet | 1995 |
| Prisoners of the Sun | 1997 |
| Tintin: Destination Adventure | 2001 |
| The Adventures of Tintin: The Game | 2011 |
| Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh | 2023 |
Key points
- Also known as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
TAGES Solidshield DRM. | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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| Ubisoft Store (unavailable) | |
Also uses TAGES Solidshield DRM. | |
- This game is no longer sold digitally.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Adventures of Tintin\Tintin.config |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202330/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Adventures of Tintin\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202330/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Game launcher with video options.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA, up to 4x | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame-rate cap. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Only used for remapping buttons to the mouse. | |
| 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 |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M | The game does allow you to change from keyboard to controller from the control options. However, this will lead to a crash everytime. Instead, close the game and disconnect your gamepad. |
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 | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| German | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | As Aventuras de Tintim: O Jogo.[1] | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Separate co-op campaign | ||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
- As of 2015, the online services for the game have been shut down.[2]
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | |||
Issues fixed
Trouble activating the game
- When you first launch the game, you are given a prompt to activate the game with your included CD key. However it will give an error, but with a trick, you can still activate the game.
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"You must specify big file to load" on first startup
| Open the game from the launcher |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Dolby Digital | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP (SP3) | Vista (SP1), 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | |
- Supported Nvidia chipsets: 8/9/100/200/300/400/500 series
- Supported ATI Radeon chipsets: HD 4800/HD 5000/HD 6000 series
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (202330) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Ubisoft Brasil (YouTube). - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Online Services Update Masterlist - Ubisoft Forums - last accessed on 2021-03-07