The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

The Amazing Spider-Man

Developers
	Beenox
Publishers
	Activision
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Goliath Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 10, 2012
Reception
IGDB	65
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	North America, Supernatural
Series	Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) is a singleplayer third-person action and open world game in the Spider-Man series.

Key points

Poor optimization for AMD-based systems. See ATI/AMD FIX.

GPU's with more than 2GB VRAM, can't launch the game, since the launcher only detects up to 2GB of VRAM. See Launch game button greyed out in the game Launcher for a solution.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam (unavailable)

This game is no longer available digitally.

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Rhino Challenge
Oscorp Search and Destroy Pack
Stan Lee Adventure Pack
Lizard Rampage Pack

While the base game is no longer sold, the DLCs are still available for purchase on Amazon.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Video\LogosIntros Delete/Rename ActivisionIntro.usm, BeenoxIntro.usm, ColumbiaIntro.usm, Intro.usm and MarvelIntro.usm

Skip launcher

Instructions[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game> Delete or rename ASMLauncher.exe. Rename Game.exe to ASMLauncher.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Activision\ASM
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212580/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\212580\remote
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212580/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Game launcher interface

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			The launcher displays a VRAM bar that can only detect a maximum of 2GB. Exceeding this limit by selecting a resolution ang graphics settings high enough will grey out the launch option; making it so that the desired values can never be selected. If so, enter the desired values in the registry editor. Type "regedit" (without quotation marks) then go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Activision\ASM\Settings\Display and set resolution, refresh rate, etc... there or see Launch game button greyed out in the game Launcher to remove the VRAM bar.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See the WSGF page for instructions.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x, selectable in the launcher.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA only.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See High Frame Rate
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

High Frame Rate

Use Cheat Engine[citation needed]

Use cheat engine and search for 0.016666666666 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode while game.exe is selected in the memory search range and "Writable", "Executable" and "CopyOnWrite is set to "Don't Care"". Two of the values shown will be FPS related. Change both to 0.00277777 for 360 FPS. The game may stutter initially but will get stable after a few seconds. Using v-sync here is recommended. Forcing a refresh rate may be needed as well, see Widescreen notes. Hex editing these values may be possible on some executables; removing the need of following the above process each time the game is launched. Replace all instances of 89 88 88 3C with 3F 0B 36 3B (360 FPS).

Input

Keyboard and mouse remap settings.

Gamepad preset.

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		Only 1 preset available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, FX, Voice-over
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game crashes on launch on Windows 10

Set Compatibility Mode on Game.exe to "Windows 7"

Launch game button greyed out in the game Launcher

If your GPU has more than 2GB of Video memory, and the bar in the launcher is red, the 'Launch Game' option will be greyed out.

Delete VideoDetection.dll
Go to <path-to-game> Delete, move or rename VideoDetection.dll.

ATI/AMD FIX

Download this tool to improve framerate on AMD/ATI cards[citation needed]

Originally created for Fallout: New Vegas but should work here.

Causes the game launcher to crash, so it needs to be applied after the launcher is open and removed afterwards. Could be automated with a batch file.

Doesn't work on Windows 10 with newest AMD drivers.

Fix Street Level Audio cutting out and crashes

In the Launcher set "City Life Density" to low[citation needed]

Cap the frame rate at 30 FPS

Game keeps defaulting to 800x600 resolution on laptops

Set shadows to "medium"[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+	Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7.5 GB	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT ATI Radeon X1800 GTO DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4830 DirectX 10 compatible