Rayman M
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montpellier | |
Ubisoft Milan | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Brazil | Brasoft |
Poland | Licomp Empik Multimedia |
Engines | |
Ubisoft OpenSpace | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 14, 2001 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 46 |
Taxonomy | |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Platform, Racing, Shooter, Party game |
Series | Rayman |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Rayman | 1995 |
Rayman Designer | 1997 |
Rayman By His Fans | 1998 |
Rayman 60 Levels | 1999 |
Rayman 2: The Great Escape | 1999 |
Rayman M | 2001 |
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc | 2003 |
Rabbids (series) | |
Rayman Origins | 2012 |
Rayman Jungle Run | 2013 |
Rayman Legends | 2013 |
Rayman Fiesta Run | 2014 |
Rayman Mini | 2019 |
Rayman Redemption (unofficial) | 2020 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Running the game at frame rates higher than 60 may negatively affect gameplay.
- Released as Rayman Arena in North America.
- Based on the original PS2 version.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Rayman M. Uses a simple disc check. | |||
Retail | Rayman Arena original retail version. Has SafeDisc v2.51.021 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | 10th Anniversary, also includes Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Rayman M menu files patch download.
- Extract and replace the original files on
<path-to-game>
to install it. - Some re-released versions of Rayman M shipped out with earlier versions of the game's menu assets which can corrupt save files after saving over a certain amount of times.
- Note that the North American Rayman Arena releases do not contain this bug and should not be patched.
FMV (Full Motion Video)
- The PC version uses FMV files that are much more compressed compared to the console versions.
Download and install PS2 FMVs[3] |
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Skip intro videos
Skip startup Ubisoft logo and Intro |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\MENU\SaveGame\raymanm.sav[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use DxWnd. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DxWnd. | ||
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 | Exceeding 60 FPS may cause gameplay issues. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen fixes |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Main Menu cannot be entirely navigated with a keyboard. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | 3 sensitivity levels. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Labelled as Reverse. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | Use Rayman 3 Input Fix on modern systems. Note that this was originally meant for Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, but is also mostly compatible with Rayman M & Arena. Unfortunately, haptic feedback support is broken and vibrates infinitely after performing an action unless the game is paused. For a better XInput-specific workaround, see Controller support. | |
Full controller support | Main Menu cannot be navigated with a controller. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Labelled as Reverse. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | The game does not work with XInput controllers on modern systems. See Controller support for a workaround. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts | ![]() |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Enabled by default in Rayman Arena. Rayman M has it disabled, but can be re-enabled by importing a save file created from Rayman Arena. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
- Xidi can translate XInput calls into DirectInput, restore haptic feedback support, and enable controller hotplugging for this game.
- Xidi only supports Windows 10 and 11.[4]
Launch the game by using Xidi[5] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Danish | Only in Rayman M. | |||
Finnish | Only in Rayman M. | |||
German | Only in Rayman M. | |||
Italian | Only in Rayman M. | |||
Norwegian | Only in Rayman M. | |||
Swedish | Only in Rayman M. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Local retail only. | |||
Czech | Local retail only. | |||
Hebrew | Local retail only. | |||
Hungarian | Local retail only. | |||
Polish | Local retail only. | |||
Russian | Fan translation. |
Issues fixed
Install the game on modern operating systems (Retail)
- The retail game discs cannot be installed on 64-bit computers because the installer is a 16-bit bit application.
Use Rayman Control Panel[citation needed] |
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Use winevdm[citation needed] |
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Game elements stutter or run too fast
- Rayman M and Rayman Arena might run at 64 FPS on some systems by default. Frame rates above 60 FPS can cause various issues, e.g. some animations play out too fast or stutter, certain platforms disappear more quickly, etc.
Limit frame rate to 60 FPS. |
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Use a DirectX 8 wrapper such as d3d8to9 or dgVoodoo 2 and set monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.[6] |
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Menu music randomly plays incorrectly after transitioning from title screen
- This occurs if you press start on the title screen at a certain time when the title screen music plays, which makes the game load the menu track, but transitions incorrectly thus corrupting the playback.
Use DirectSound 3D restoration software |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus Up to 4 characters: including 1 to 3 AI (combat mode only) |
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LAN play | 4 | Versus Only in Rayman Arena. |
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Online play | ||||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | Rayman M uses 8.0a, Rayman Arena uses 8.1. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.1b |
Modifications
- AI HD Texture Pack for Rayman M/Arena- This texture pack upscales the original textures 4 times with Fatality MKII to give the game a cleaner look.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 550 MB | 1.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia RIVA TNT2 DirectX 8.0a compatible | Nvidia GeForce 2 DirectX 8.1 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
- ↑ Verified by User:Icup321 on 2021-11-04
- Tested these FMVs, all of which are higher quality than the stock PC FMV files.
- ↑ Xidi: DirectInput interface for XInput controllers - Github - last accessed on 2022-02-05
- ↑ Verified by User:icup321 on 2022-02-04
- Tested with Xidi v4.0.0 using an Xbox 360 controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:icup321 on 2021-10