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Paws & Claws: Pet Vet

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Paws & Claws: Pet Vet
Paws & Claws: Pet Vet cover
Developers
DTP Entertainment
Publishers
ValuSoft
Retroism
Engines
The Nebula Device
Release dates
Windows February 13, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Paws & Claws
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General information

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
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Only available in North America.[1]
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\THQ\Pet Vet
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THQ\save\savegame.save
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33720/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

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Mod resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Mod resolution

Mod original resolution to support new aspect ratios
  1. To open the Registry Editor press Win+R, type regedit and press Enter.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, and locate the folder THQ\Pet Vet
  3. Edit the lines Resolution_Height with the desired Height, and Resolution_Width with the desired Width.
  4. Close the Registry Editor and launch the game.

Notes

For the best results is recommended to use 1280x720 or any other Common resolutions for 16:9
In some cases may produce compatibility issues.

Resolution issues

Fix the launch problems produced after change the resolution from main menu
  1. To open the Registry Editor press Win+R, type regedit and press Enter.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, and locate the folder THQ\Pet Vet
  3. Edit the lines Resolution_Height with the default Height (768), and Resolution_Width with the default Width (1024).
  4. Close the Registry Editor and launch the game.

Notes

In some cases the problem may not be solved.

Resolution issues (Option 2)

Fix the launch problems produced after change the resolution from main menu
  1. To open the Registry Editor press Win+R, type regedit and press Enter.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, and locate the folder THQ\Pet Vet
  3. Right-click the folder Pet Vet and choose Delete.
  4. Close the Registry Editor and launch the game.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types
In-game sound settings.
In-game sound settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Enable fields

Enable the fields to ride horses
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THQ\save\ and open your savegame with Notepad.
  2. Press Ctrl+F to open the search bar and find absperrung_stadtrand. Go down a bit and look for this line is_shown="true".
  3. Change is_shown="true" for is_shown="false"
  4. Save the file and launch the game.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or compatible
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
DirectX 9.0 (included) compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33720/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33720) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Steamdb's Store Prices - last accessed on May 2023