Transformers: The Game
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Developers | |
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Traveller's Tales | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
Nu2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 19, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 55 |
IGDB | 57 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Includes graphical options from both PlayStation 2/Wii and PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 versions.
- Lacks a V-Sync toggle or FPS limiter, which can make the player character unable to climb walls and cause physics and AI problems at excessively high frame rates.
- Shadows are automatically disabled when using the in-game anti-aliasing. See forcing anti-aliasing.[Note 1]
Availability[edit]
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Activision\Transformers\ |
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Activision\Transformers\ |
Video settings[edit]
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) | Up to 8x FSAA. Shadows are automatically disabled when anti-aliasing is enabled. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Excessively high frame rates (well above 300 FPS) can make the player character unable to climb walls and cause physics and AI problems. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Uses forced mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | No mouse pointer. Menu interaction done by using the mouse buttons and scroll wheel only. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
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 |
DualShock 4 controllers | ||
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DualShock button prompts | Some prompts are in the game but are unused. | |
Light bar support | ||
Connection modes | unknown |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts | ![]() |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music On/off toggle, effects | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «ENPY Studio» | |||
Spanish |
- US versions only contain an English language option.
VR support[edit]
3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Mods[edit]
- See the beginners setup guide for instructions on how to configure the game for mod support.
- This guide was written for extracting files from Lego games by TT Games, but it also works with other Nu2-engine titles.
- Setting up mods requires extracting the game's .DAT files, which noticeably increases file size.
Fixes/Improvements
- Bumblebee's Playable Special Ability by Digital Arctic - Replaces Bumblebee's shield counter with his sonic boom which is activated when fighting him. Place this file in
<path-to-game>\CHARS
.
- Cutscene Accurate Transformation Sound For Ironhide by Trash - Changes Ironhide's transformation sound to match that from one of the chapter 2 cutscenes. Place this file in
<path-to-game>\AUDIO\_SOUNDFX\CHARS
.
- Improved legal screens by Trash - Inverts the colors on the Paramount logo and adds the man in the moon to the Dreamworks logo. Place files in
<path-to-game>\GUI\GFX
.
Visual enhancements
- Dreamworks loading screen in Dark mode by Trash - Replaces the Dreamworks loading screen with a dark mode version of it. Place this file in
<path-to-game>\GUI\SFX
.
- Light mode Hasbro loading screen by Trash - Replaces the Hasbro loading screen with a light mode version of it. Place this file in
<path-to-game>\GUI\SFX
.
- Nighttime in DemoTran and Daytime in Tranquility2 by Trash - Changes the sky in DemoTranquility to be nighttime and Tranquility2 to be daytime. Place files in
<path-to-game>\LEVELS\DEMOTRANQUILITY
and<path-to-game>\LEVELS\TRANQUILITY2
.
- Paramount loading screen in Dark mode by Trash - Replaces the Paramount loading screen with a dark mode version of it. Place this file in
<path-to-game>\GUI\SFX
.
- Xbox 360 controller screens by Trash - Replaces the default loading screens with the controller loading screens from the Xbox 360 versions. Place files in
<path-to-game>\GUI\GFX\CONTROLLERSCREENS\ENG
.
Misc
- Barricade24's Transformers The Game Modding Playlist - Shows various mods, either downloadable or with tutorials on how to re-create them.
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Forcing certain types of anti-aliasing with shadows on may cause many graphical issues, like transparent objects being visible through your character model and through walls.
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
References
- ↑ 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