Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers

Developers
	Ubisoft Casablanca
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Art styles	Stylized
Series	Donald Duck

Donald Duck
Subseries of Disney
Donald Duck's Playground	1985
Donald's Alphabet Chase	1988
DuckTales (series)
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow	1996
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers	2000

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers is a singleplayer third-person and scrolling platform game in the Donald Duck series.

It was released as Donald Duck: Quack Attack in Europe. Includes the highest resolution textures and most improved lighting effects compared to the Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 versions.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail		Official Russian version only.

Essential improvements

Playing on modern operating systems

Fixes various crashes and graphical issues, enables consistent high framerate output, restores video playback

Use dgVoodoo 2, Donald Duck Patcher and Indeo Codec Restoration Patch

Install the game using SETUP.exe included in the game disc. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe and the contents of the \MS\x86 subfolder into <path-to-game>. Download the Donald Duck Patcher and place the downloaded executable in <path-to-game>. Run it to patch Donald.exe to allow the game to run on newer operating systems. Install the Indeo Codec Restoration Patch (use the files suitable for your operating systems). Launch the game with the game disc inserted.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Options\current.cfg %APPDATA%\Disney\DonaldDuck\Data\Options\current.cfg %WINDIR%\UbiSoft\Ubi.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\SaveGame %APPDATA%\Disney\DonaldDuck\Data

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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		Character animations are capped at 30 FPS. Use the Widescreen & FPS Patch to remove the frequent changes between 30 and 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolutions
Download and extract the Donald Duck Goin' Quackers Widescreen and FPS Patch pack. Choose the executable that matches the desired aspect ratio. Place the file into <path-to-game>, replacing the old one. Force a resolution with dgVoodoo 2. Notes HUD scaling is fixed.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Use Rayman 2 Input Fix or Goin' Quackers Input Fix on modern systems.
Full controller support		Some commands, such as pausing, are not bound to controller buttons.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See Xidi.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Xidi

Adds full DirectInput controller support for modern XInput-based controllers.

Restores haptic feedback.

Installing Xidi

Works with Xidi library in DInput form, but requires dropping Xidi's dinput.dll into the game directory. Ensure the system is running Windows 10 or 11. Xidi is built to target Windows 10 or 11, and does not support older versions of Windows. Ensure the Visual C++ Runtime for Visual Studio 2022 is installed. Xidi is linked against this runtime and will not work without it. If running a 64-bit operating system, install both the x86 and the x64 versions of this runtime, otherwise install just the x86 version. Download the latest release of Xidi from here. Install one of the forms of Xidi into the same directory as the game executable. Optionally supply configuration settings to Xidi: config. Run the game.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		No subtitle toggle in option menu. In-engine cutscenes have subtitles, while FMVs do not. Tutorials have no voiceover at all.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian				"Operazione Papero?!".
Polish
Norwegian
Brazilian Portuguese				"Disney Pato Donald" (Positivo).
Russian
Swedish

Desired language can be chosen when booting the game, but only some will be available depending on which language was used in the installer. It is recommended to pick the same language in the installer as the one you wish to play the game in.

Issues fixed

Game won't start on Windows 10

Use Donald Duck Patcher.

Change a hex value in the game executable
Open Donald.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+R and set Datatype to Hex-values. Search for 00 10 00 00 50 E8 11 FF FF FF 83 C4 0C and replace it with 6E 5F 5C 00 FF 15 C0 54 5C 00 83 C4 04 (it should be in the address 00048205). Save the file.

"Display initialisation error : could not find any resolution"

Use dgVoodoo2

Blurry low-resolution textures

Use dgVoodoo2

Unstable frame rate

Use Donald Duck Patcher

Replace GliDX6vf.dll with the one inside the DLL folder of the Donald Duck Goin' Quackers Widescreen and FPS Patch.

Videos do not play

Intro Disney and Ubisoft logos when starting the game as well as story videos (e.g. when starting a new game) do not play.

Install Indeo Codec Restoration Patch
Install the Indeo Codec Restoration Patch (use the files suitable for your operating systems).

Setup fails with the error "Setup is unable to find _SETUP.DLL, which is needed to complete the installation. Error 103."

When running the installer using Setup.exe, after clicking on "Install now" and in "Choose setup language", "English (United Kingdom)" or "English (United States)" is selected, the Setup fails with the error "Setup is unable to find _SETUP.DLL, which is needed to complete the installation. Error 103."

Set Setup language to English (no variation)
Instead of any variant of English, select "English" from the language list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Modifications

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers/Quack Attack AI Upscaled Texture Pack

Upscale of every single texture using Cupscale with the Fatal Pixels model

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers/Quack Attack AI Upscaled Texture Pack Download link

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 98SE, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	3D accelerated, 16 bit 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible
Other	12x CD-ROM drive