Difference between revisions of "Croc 2"

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Croc
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos	1997
Croc 2	2000

Croc 2 is a singleplayer third-person platform game in the Croc series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check. See Play without the CD.

This game is not available digitally.

Demos

A demo is available here.

Essential improvements

Play without the CD

The game can be manually setup to run from the hard drive instead of CD.

Copy files from disc^[1]
Copy the following files from the Croc 2 CD to `<path-to-game>`: `defanim.wad` `fesound.wad` `Loading#.bmp` `logos.avi` `Trademarks.bmp` Copy the `wads` and `music` folders from the Croc 2 CD to `<path-to-game>`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]}

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched, use the FOV Fix for an unstretched Hor+ image.
Multi-monitor		Stretched, use the FOV Fix for an unstretched Hor+ image.
Ultra-widescreen		Stretched, use the FOV Fix for an unstretched Hor+ image.
4K Ultra HD		Stretched, use the FOV Fix for an unstretched Hor+ image.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Use D3DWindower.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Capped at 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Input settings

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

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		5.1 via Dolby Surround.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Cannot be disabled.
EAX support		EAX 2.0, no DirectSound3D support.
Royalty free audio

All characters speak incomprehensibly, with their actual dialogue delivered through subtitles.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Swedish

US versions only contain an English language option.

Issues fixed

Graphic artifacts and crash in main menu on Intel iGPU^{[Note 2]}

Use dgVoodoo 2^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II MMX 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	32 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX Compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ Tested on Intel UHD 770

References

↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 22 May 2015

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Note-3] Tested on Intel UHD 770

[1] Verified by User:Expack3 on 22 May 2015

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 |publishers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Fox Interactive}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Interplay|Brazil}}
 |engines      =
 {{Infobox game/row/engine|Blazing Renderer|name=BRender}}
@@ Line 10: / Line 11: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|March 15, 2000}}
 |reception    =
-{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|croc-2|}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|croc-2|rating}}
-{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|croc-2|60}}
 |taxonomy     =
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 |gogcom id    =
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = croc-2
+|hltb         = 2041
+|igdb         = croc-2
+|lutris       =
+|mobygames    = 2885
 |wikipedia    = Croc 2
 |winehq       = 8653
@@ Line 84: / Line 87: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
-|widescreen resolution      = hackable
+|widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
+|widescreen resolution notes= Stretched, use the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2969-croc-2-fov-fix/ FOV Fix] for an unstretched {{term|Hor+}} image.
 |multimonitor               = false
-|multimonitor notes         =
+|multimonitor notes         = Stretched, use the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2969-croc-2-fov-fix/ FOV Fix] for an unstretched {{term|Hor+}} image.
-|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
+|ultrawidescreen            = false
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Stretched, use the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2969-croc-2-fov-fix/ FOV Fix] for an unstretched {{term|Hor+}} image.
 |4k ultra hd                = false
-|4k ultra hd notes          =
+|4k ultra hd notes          = Stretched, use the [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2969-croc-2-fov-fix/ FOV Fix] for an unstretched {{term|Hor+}} image.
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
@@ Line 115: / Line 118: @@
 |color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
-}}
-===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Fix aspect ratio|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcar2H7N2Jc|title=Croc 2 - Widescreen Tutorial - YouTube|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
-# Open {{file|Croc2.exe}} with a hex editor such as [https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD HxD].
-# Press {{key|Ctrl|R}} and set '''Datatype''' to '''Hex-values'''.
-# Search for {{code|0000403F}} and replace it with:
-#* {{code|0000203F}} for 16:10 screens
-#* {{code|9A99193F}} for 15:9 screens
-#* {{code|0000103F}} for 16:9 screens
-#* {{code|B66DBD3E}} for 21:9 screens
-# Save the file.
 }}
@@ Line 263: / Line 254: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
-===Graphic artefacts and crash in main menu on Intel iGPU{{note|Tested on Intel UHD 770}}===
+===Graphic artifacts and crash in main menu on Intel iGPU{{note|Tested on Intel UHD 770}}===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/DgVoodoo_2#DirectX_1-7 dgVoodoo 2]|ref=|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/DgVoodoo_2#DirectX_1-7 dgVoodoo 2]|ref={{cn|date=2024-05-12}}}}
-}}
 ==Other information==

Developers

	Argonaut Games
Publishers
	Fox Interactive
Brazil	Interplay
Engines
	BRender
Release dates
Windows	March 15, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Art styles	Stylized
Series	Croc