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Revision as of 14:44, 25 April 2019
Developers | |
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Rocksteady Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Publishers | |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 22, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | December 13, 2012 |
Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Batman: Arkham | |
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Subseries of Batman | |
Batman: Arkham Asylum | 2009 |
Batman: Arkham City | 2011 |
Batman: Arkham Origins | 2013 |
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition | 2014 |
Batman: Arkham Knight | 2015 |
Batman: Arkham VR | 2017 |
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | 2024 |
Key points
- Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM have been removed from the Steam version.[1]
General information
- Developer minisite
- Arkham Wiki
- Batman Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
- Technical Issues section of the official forum.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 8 and SecuROM PA DRM. | |||
Developer website | Game of the Year Edition. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play. | |||
Steam | Game of the Year Edition. |
- All non-Steam Windows versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]
- All Windows versions activate on Steam, including retail.[1]
- The non-Steam OS X version uses Feral Interactive's DRM which requires online activation on their website.
- The non-GOTY version upgrades to GOTY when activated on Steam.[1]
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
SWF Method[citation needed] |
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INI Method[citation needed] |
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Game data
- A well-written post on the Steam Users' Forums about the way the game handles save data. Note that this forum post is only relevant to the deprecated GFWL version.
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Batman Arkham City GOTY\BmGame\Config\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/200260/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/200260/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/200260/pfx/[Note 2] |
Convert GFWL savegames to Steamworks
Use GFWL-stripper |
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Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Approx. 954 MB available. |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Change FOV[2] |
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The result: Notes
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anisotropic filtering (AF)[3][citation needed] |
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High frame rate
Raise frame rate smoothing[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Disable Mouse Smoothing
Disable Mouse Smoothing[4] |
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Mouse sensitivity
Change Mouse sensitivity[citation needed] |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Depends on Windows Language preferences, for Spain must be on any configuration of Spanish. | |||
Latin American Spanish | Depends on Windows Language preferences, for Latin America, Windows language must be on Español (México), For configure through UserEngine.ini, change ESN to ESM. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation. |
Change language
- By default the Windows system language takes over other preferences.
Change game language[5] |
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Notes
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Change launcher language[citation needed] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Native 3D | ||||
Nvidia 3D Vision | ||||
TriDef 3D | DirectX 9 only. | |||
iZ3D |
Issues unresolved
- When using a controller, entering menus (such as the map) un-hides the mouse cursor and positions it in the center of the screen.
Issues fixed
Fatal error "QA_APPROVED_BUILD_JANUARY_2011"
- Go into the Binaries\win32 folder
- Right-click on BatmanAC.exe and go to Properties
- Go to the Compatibility tab and check "Run this program as administrator"
- Click Ok
- Right-click on BMLauncher.exe
- Go to the Compatibility tab and check "Run this program as administrator"
- Click Ok
Low FPS
- Turn off PhysX and DX11, as both of these features are resource-intensive.
- Ensure you have the latest DirectX End-User Runtimes.
Game crashes
Force 2-core affinity[citation needed] |
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Gray screen after fight with Joker
Gray screen after fight with Joker[citation needed] |
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Notes
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No sound or weak sound
No sound or weak sound[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Game crashes right after launch
Game crashes right after launch[citation needed] |
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The Windows 7 event log may show entries like this:
If you are using EMET and set SEHOP to opt-out, Batman Arkham City needs to be added to the opt-out list. To do this: 1) Create an empty text file 2) Add theses lines:
3) Save it as batman.reg (name doesn't matter, just the .reg extension is important) 4) Double click it 5) Run Arkham City If that doesn't work, you may have to try disabling SEHOP globally:
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Game crashes during introductory cutscene
Install PhysX or disable it[citation needed] |
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Fix for missing Catwoman controls
- While able to do the "quickfire disarm" for Catwoman while using a gamepad, this move is unusable with a keyboard, as it has no button associated with it.
Edit UserInput.ini[citation needed] |
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Missing Penguin Statues
- Sometimes Penguin statues may become invisible, and cannot be destroyed, but can be locked on with a batarang.
Missing Penguin Statues[citation needed] |
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MSI Afterburner OSD does not show
MSI Afterburner OSD does not show[citation needed] |
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Open RivaTuner (the tool that comes together with MSI Afterburner), add the game file BatmanAC.exe, and activate or deactivate Custom Direct3D support depending on the global setting. |
Microsoft .NET Framework - Unhandled exception has occured in your application.
Access to path is denied[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 | |
Metal support | macOS >= 10.14 only | |
Shader Model support | 3, 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon X2 4800+ Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz |
2.5 GHz Dual Core |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 17 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 3850 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | AMD Radeon HD 6970 Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.14 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.0 GHz | Intel 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM |
Note: Users with macOS versions prior to 10.14 can select the branch mac_retail_11 - macOS 10.13.6 or older only
from the Beta tab on Steam. This enables the game to run with the legacy OpenGL backend on macOS >= 10.9.5.
Notes
- ↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA+ZDPP activation, supports local profiles.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/200260/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (200260) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Batman: Arkham City GOTY
- ↑ B-AC - FoV Setting? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Verified by User:Aaronth07 on 2018-03-13
- ↑ Verified by User:Aaronth07 on 2018-3-13
- ↑ How to change the language in Batman Arkham City - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/BatmanArkham/comments/b75zwe/i_keep_getting_this_error_every_time_i_try_to/ejvkwjs/ Reddit troubleshooting post] (retrieved)