Difference between revisions of "Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller"

Revision as of 01:44, 8 April 2019

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi	2002
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller	2004
Crazy Taxi (2011)	2011
Crazy Taxi (Steam)	2014

Key points: Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. Use CT3Tweaks to remove the cap.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v3 DRM^{[Note 1]}, Xplosiv re-release is DRM-free and can be run without the disc after installation.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

CT3Tweaks

Adds custom resolutions, an FOV slider, and 60 FPS support.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\TAXI3.CFG^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\game^{[Note 2]}

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

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

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

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

[2] 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]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 }}
 {{Series|Crazy Taxi}}
+;Key points
+{{--}} Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. Use [https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks] to remove the cap.
 ==Availability==
@@ Line 21: / Line 24: @@
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc, DRM-free | {{DRM|SafeDisc|v3}}, Xplosiv re-release is DRM-free and can be run without the disc after installation. |  | Windows}}
 }}
+==Essential improvements==
+===[https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks]===
+{{++}} Adds custom resolutions, an FOV slider, and 60 FPS support.
 ==Game data==
+===Configuration file(s) location===
+{{Game data|
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\TAXI3.CFG}}
+}}
-===Save game & config data location===
+===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\game}}
@@ Line 37: / Line 48: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = unsupported
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
+|widescreen resolution notes= Use [https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks].
-|multimonitor               = false
+|multimonitor               = unknown
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Use [https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks].
-|4k ultra hd                = false
+|4k ultra hd                = unknown
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
-|fov                        = n/a
+|fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  =
+|fov notes                  = Use [https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks].
-|windowed                   = false
+|windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             =
+|windowed notes             = Use [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo] (WiP build).
-|borderless windowed        = false
+|borderless windowed        = unknown
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = false
+|anisotropic                = hackable
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = Use [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo] (WiP build).
-|antialiasing               = false
+|antialiasing               = hackable
-|antialiasing notes         =
+|antialiasing notes         = Use [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo] (WiP build).
-|vsync                      = false
+|vsync                      = hackable
-|vsync notes                =
+|vsync notes                = Use [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo] (WiP build).
 |60 fps                     = hackable
-|60 fps notes               = Locked to 30 FPS. Menus are 60 FPS. Game can be hacked to 60fps - see [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
+|60 fps notes               = Use [https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks].
 |120 fps                    = false
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = false
+|hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
-|color blind                = false
+|color blind                = unknown
 |color blind notes          =
-}}
-===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Widescreen fix|ref=<ref>[https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks]</ref>|fix=
-# Download a cracked {{file|CT3.exe}} and place it in the installation folder.
-# Download [https://ct3tweaks.stashymane.com/ CT3Tweaks].
-# Browse to your Crazy Taxi 3 directory.
-# Click '''Optimise''' (or Advanced Mode for more settings).
-You will now have two game executables - {{file|CT3.exe}}, the modified version with your custom settings, and {{file|CT3.original.exe}}, the unmodified executable. If any issues arise just rename {{file|CT3.original.exe}} to {{file|CT3.exe}}.
 }}
@@ Line 168: / Line 170: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      =
+|direct3d versions      = 9
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =

Developers

	Hitmaker
Publishers
	Sega
Release dates
Windows	February 26, 2004