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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
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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
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]

Download and unzip the video files.
Go to <path-to-game>\videos\.
Replace the files in the folder with the downloaded ones.

Skip intro videos

Skip startup Ubisoft logo and Intro
Go to `<path-to-game>\Videos`. Delete or rename `Ubi.bik` and `Intro.bik`. Save this file to `<path-to-game>\Videos`. Rename it to `Ubi.bik`, then create another copy and rename it to `Intro.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\Ubisoft\ubi.ini^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\MENU\SaveGame\raymanm.sav^{[Note 2]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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

After downloading the fixes, copy the and replace the desired executable file to <path-to-game>
Go to %WINDIR%\Ubisoft\
Open ubi.ini
Edit your resolution.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

XInput-compatible controllers		The game does not work with XInput controllers on modern systems. See Controller support for a workaround.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		On by default, no apparent way to disable it.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

Xidi and Hookshot 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 and Hookshot^[5]

Ensure that Visual C++ Runtime for Visual Studio 2019 (x86 and/or x64) is installed.
Download the latest versions of Xidi and Hookshot, then extract their respective folders to a convenient location in the computer (e.g. Documents).
Go into the Xidi-*\Win32 folder, then copy and paste the dinput8.dll and Xidi.HookModule.32.dll files into <path-to-game> where the game's executable is located.
Go into the Hookshot-* folder, then copy and paste the Hookshot.32.exe and Hookshot.32.dll files into <path-to-game>.
Create a blank text file by right-clicking an empty space in File Explorer → New → Text Document, rename this text file as either R_Arena.exe.hookshot (for Rayman Arena) or RaymanM.exe.hookshot (for Rayman M), and then place this file into <path-to-game>.
Download this configuration file and paste to <path-to-game>.
Launch the game through its main executable.
Reset the game's controller bindings from the in-game options menu and rebind the controls. The game should now be fully playable with an XInput controller.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Spanish
Danish
Finnish
German
Italian
Norwegian
Swedish
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
Hebrew
Hungarian
Polish
Russian				Fan translation.

The Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish languages are only included in Rayman M.

The Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Hebrew, Hungarian, and Polish languages are only included in the retail versions of Rayman M which were released in their own respective regions.

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]}

Use winevdm^{[citation needed]}

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.

Use a DirectX 8 wrapper such as d3d8to9 or dgVoodoo 2 and set monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.^[6]

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus Up to 4 characters: including 1 to 3 AI (combat mode only)
LAN play	4	Versus Only in Rayman Arena.
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8	Rayman M uses 8.0a, Rayman Arena uses 8.1.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
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
	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 2021-12-10
↑ Verified by User:icup321 on 2022-02-04
Tested with Xidi v4.0.0 and Hookshot v.1.2.0 with an Xbox 360 controller.
↑ Verified by User:icup321 on 2021-10

[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-5] 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

[4] Verified by User:Icup321 on 2021-11-04
Tested these FMVs, all of which are higher quality than the stock PC FMV files.

[6] Xidi: DirectInput interface for XInput controllers - Github - last accessed on 2021-12-10

[XInput_support-7] Verified by User:icup321 on 2022-02-04
Tested with Xidi v4.0.0 and Hookshot v.1.2.0 with an Xbox 360 controller.

[8] Verified by User:icup321 on 2021-10

[Note 1]

[3]

[Note 2]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 129: / Line 129: @@
 {{Input
 |key remap                 = true
-|key remap notes           =
+|key remap notes           = Main Menu cannot be entirely navigated with a keyboard.
 |acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
@@ Line 135: / Line 135: @@
 |mouse sensitivity notes   = 3 sensitivity levels.
 |mouse menu                = true
-|mouse menu notes          = Cannot be entirely navigated with a keyboard.
+|mouse menu notes          =
 |invert mouse y-axis       = true
 |invert mouse y-axis notes = Labelled as Reverse.
 |controller support        = true
-|controller support notes  = Use [https://code.google.com/archive/p/noser-sandbox/downloads 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 and the realign camera key cannot be remapped.
+|controller support notes  = Use [https://code.google.com/archive/p/noser-sandbox/downloads 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|Controller support]].
 |full controller           = false
 |full controller notes     = Main Menu cannot be navigated with a controller.
@@ Line 151: / Line 151: @@
 |touchscreen notes         =
 |xinput controllers        = true
-|xinput controllers notes  =
+|xinput controllers notes  = The game does not work with XInput controllers on modern systems. See [[#Controller support|Controller support]] for a workaround.
 |xbox prompts              = false
 |xbox prompts notes        =
@@ Line 188: / Line 188: @@
 |steam cursor detection    = unknown
 |steam cursor detection notes =
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Controller|Controller support]]===
+{{++}} Xidi and Hookshot can translate XInput calls into DirectInput, restore haptic feedback support, and enable controller hotplugging for this game.
+{{--}} Xidi only supports Windows 10 and 11.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/samuelgr/Xidi#directinput-supports-force-feedback-what-about-xidi|title=Xidi: DirectInput interface for XInput controllers - Github|date=2021-12-10}}</ref>
+{{Fixbox|description=Launch the game by using Xidi and Hookshot|ref=<ref name="XInput support">{{Refcheck|user=icup321|date=2022-02-04|comment=Tested with Xidi v4.0.0 and Hookshot v.1.2.0 with an Xbox 360 controller.}}</ref>|fix=
+<ol>
+<li>Ensure that [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist Visual C++ Runtime for Visual Studio 2019] (x86 and/or x64) is installed.</li>
+<li>Download the latest versions of [https://github.com/samuelgr/Xidi/releases Xidi] and [https://github.com/samuelgr/Hookshot/releases Hookshot], then extract their respective folders to a convenient location in the computer (e.g. Documents).</li>
+<li>Go into the {{file|Xidi-*\Win32}} folder, then copy and paste the {{file|dinput8.dll}} and {{file|Xidi.HookModule.32.dll}} files into <code>{{p|game}}</code> where the game's executable is located.</li>
+<li>Go into the {{file|Hookshot-*}} folder, then copy and paste the {{file|Hookshot.32.exe}} and {{file|Hookshot.32.dll}} files into <code>{{p|game}}</code>.</li>
+<li>Create a blank text file by right-clicking an empty space in File Explorer → New → Text Document, rename this text file as either {{file|R_Arena.exe.hookshot}} (for Rayman Arena) or {{file|RaymanM.exe.hookshot}} (for Rayman M), and then place this file into <code>{{p|game}}</code>.</li>
+<li>Download [https://github.com/icup321/XidiGameConfigurations/raw/master/GameConfigurations/Rayman%20M/Xidi.ini this configuration file] and paste to <code>{{p|game}}</code>.</li>
+<li>Launch the game through its main executable.</li>
+<li>Reset the game's controller bindings from the in-game options menu and rebind the controls. The game should now be fully playable with an XInput controller.</li>
+</ol>
 }}
@@ Line 330: / Line 346: @@
 {{ii}} The Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish languages are only included in Rayman M.
 {{ii}} The Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Hebrew, Hungarian, and Polish languages are only included in the retail versions of Rayman M which were released in their own respective regions.
-==Issues unresolved==
-===Menu music randomly plays incorrectly after transitioning from title screen===
-{{ii}} 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. There is currently no known explanation as to why this occurs. The only workaround is to wait around 2 seconds before pressing start or to quickly cycle through or reload the menu.
 ==Issues fixed==
@@ Line 349: / Line 361: @@
 }}
 {{Fixbox|description=Use a DirectX 8 wrapper such as [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9] or [[dgVoodoo 2]] and set monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=icup321|date=2021-10|comment=}}</ref>|fix=
+}}
+===Menu music randomly plays incorrectly after transitioning from title screen===
+{{ii}} 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.
+{{Fixbox|description=Use [[Glossary:Sound card#DirectSound hardware path|DirectSound 3D restoration software]]
 }}

Developers

	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