Transformers: The Game

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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Transformers
Beast Wars: Transformers	1998
Transformers: The Game	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009
Transformers: War for Cybertron	2010
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	2012
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	2014
Transformers: Devastation	2015
Transformers: Battlegrounds	2020

Key points

Includes graphical options from both PlayStation 2/Wii and PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 versions.

Shadows are automatically disabled when using in-game anti-aliasing. See here for forcing anti-aliasing.^{[Note 1]}

Uses the same engine as Bionicle Heroes.

Certent things break when using high refresh rates.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 4 DRM^{[Note 2]}

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
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Activision\Transformers\

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Activision\Transformers\

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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)		2x-8x FSAA. Shadows are automatically disabled when anti-aliasing is enabled.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame-rate cap.

Input settings[edit]

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
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
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
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	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 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

[Note-1] Forcing anti-aliasing with shadows on may cause many graphical issues, like transparent objects being visible through your character model and through walls

[4] 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]

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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[Note 2]

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Developers

	Traveller's Tales
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Bionicle Heroes
Release dates
Windows	June 19, 2007