The Ant Bully

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The Ant Bully

Developers
	Artificial Mind & Movement
Publishers
	Midway Games
Engines
	A2M
Release dates
Windows	July 24, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	47
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 4 DRM

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\gamedata

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		The aspect ratio is always 4:3 regardless of resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		The game launches in windowed mode by default. Use the -f command-line argument to launch in fullscreen.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Cutscenes are locked to 30 fps. See Frame rate.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Frame rate

Change frame rate
Cutscenes will still be locked to 30 fps. Open <path-to-game>\engine.ini in a text editor. Change MaxFPS to your desired frame rate. Save and close the file.

Custom resolution

Change resolution
Open <path-to-game>\engine.ini in a text editor. Change PCViewerWidth to your desired width and PCViewerHeight to your desired height. Save and close the file.

Input

Button configuration.

Camera options.

Controller vibration option.

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		See Xidi.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Suggested controller button mapping

The following button mapping should provide a layout similar to the PS2 version.

Action	Xbox button	PlayStation button	Nintendo button
Dart Bow	RB	R1	R
Larva Squirter	Y	Triangle (Δ)	X
Seed Bomb	B	Circle (O)	A
Staff	X	Square (□)	Y
Action	A	Cross (X)	B
Lock	LB	L1	L
First View	RT	R2	ZR

Xidi

Xidi improves support for XInput controllers in games that use directinput.

Enables full controller support, controller input in menus, movement with the d-pad, and pre-configured button mapping to match the PS2 version.

Install Xidi

Download the latest version of Xidi. Enter the Win32 folder and copy dinput8.dll into <path-to-game>. Create a new file called Xidi.ini in <path-to-game>. Open Xidi.ini in a text editor and copy and paste the configuration at the bottom of this section. Save and close Xidi.ini. The provided configuration is intended to be used with the default button mapping. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; The Ant Bully ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Xidi Version: 4.2.0 ; Xidi Form: DInput8 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; [Mapper] Type = TheAntBully [CustomMapper:TheAntBully] Template = StandardGamepad ; Action, Accept ButtonA = Compound( Button(2), Keyboard(Enter) ) ; Seed Bomb, Decline ButtonB = Compound( Button(3), Keyboard(Backspace) ) ; Staff ButtonX = Button(1) ; Larva Squirter ButtonY = Button(4) ; Dart Bow ButtonRB = Button(6) ; Lock-on ButtonLB = Button(5) ; First View TriggerRT = Button(8) ; Start ButtonStart = Keyboard(Esc) ; Right Stick camera StickRightX = Axis(Z) StickRightY = Axis(RotX) ; Left Stick move and control menu StickLeftX = Compound( Axis(X), Split(Keyboard(Right), Keyboard(Left)) ) StickLeftY = Compound( Axis(Y), Split(Keyboard(Down), Keyboard(Up)) ) ; D-pad move and control menu DpadUp = Compound( Axis(Y,-), Keyboard(Up) ) DpadDown = Compound( Axis(Y,+), Keyboard(Down) ) DpadLeft = Compound( Axis(X,-), Keyboard(Left) ) DpadRight = Compound( Axis(X,+), Keyboard(Right) )

Audio

Audio options.

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
French
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2.0, 3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 3 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.2 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 5 AMD Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT AMD Radeon X300 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support
Other	4x CD-ROM drive