Pac-Man World 2

Pac-Man World 2

Developers
	Namco
Windows	The Bitmap Brothers
Publishers
	Hip Games
Russia	Russobit-M
Release dates
Windows	May 25, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	54
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Series	Pac-Man World

Pac-Man World
Subseries of Pac-Man
Pac-Man World 2	2004
Pac-Man World 3	2005
Pac-Man World Rally	2006
Pac-Man World Re-Pac	2022

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Missing graphical effects from the PS2 version (examples include missing heatwaves in Butane Pain, no submarine blurs in ocean levels, no water reflection deformation in Ghost Bayou).

Colours are slightly less vibrant than the Console versions.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM Also uses StarForce FileSystem (SFFS) encryption to prevent tampering with the game's assets.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\Bink Rename, move or delete these files: intro.bik logo.bik nvidia.bik If using Jackfuste's widescreen exe, leave at least one of these files untouched, otherwise the game will display a black screen at the title screen and subsequent menus.

Higher Quality Music & SFX

The PC version uses lower quality music and sound effect files compared to the console versions. The Golden Fruit jingle, as well as the PS2 DSP effects for the rev-roll and butt-bounce sound effects are absent in the PC version.

Replace music tracks and main assets

This mod will not work without having a no-CD patch installed first due to the vanilla game's installation using the StarForce FileSystem (SFFS) encryption. Download and unzip the replacement archive. Copy the netdata and music folders to <path-to-game>, overwriting any existing files. Ports over the higher quality soundtrack and sound effects from the console versions, greatly improving the audio quality. It also fixes some texture quality inconsistencies within the base game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.cfg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\PacSave

Video

Launcher settings.

In-game brightness setting.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Multi-monitor		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
4K Ultra HD		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
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)		Up to 8 samples MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Various animations and AI patterns speed up with higher framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard configuration.

Mouse configuration.

Joypad configuration.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse buttons only, to confirm/cancel in certain menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Configuration utility needs mouse or keyboard.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Can't map home button. Triggers can only be mapped to analog inputs.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Audio

Sound settings.

Launcher EAX toggle.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound FX and Music, from 0 to 100, increments of 1.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles		Dialog is exclusively text-based ingame. Cutscene Dialog is not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Configuration tool, language selection.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Spoken dialog is only heard in cutscenes.
French
German
Italian
Russian				Cutscenes are subtitled in Russian. Local retail release only.
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Random input drops

In the PC version, it's possible for the game to randomly stop reading button inputs for a brief period of time. One way to notice this is if the game starts having noticeable frame-pacing issues leading to stuttering frames. It is unknown why this occurs randomly, however you can use these files of the controller configuration from Pac-Man world three to get rid of these random input drops just drop these files into your Pacman world two PC directory.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z_pTj3XVVeEQFhK6KM1S2MfigUdcGUw8/view

Minor graphical bugs

The PC version of Pac-Man World 2 has a few graphical bugs/issues not present in the console versions. Many, but not all of them, can be fixed by using dgVoodoo 2. In addition, the PC version's texture filtering is flawed, which causes some filtered textures to have black seams around them. This can be somewhat remedied by setting texture filtering in dgVoodoo 2 to Force point sampled, making the game look closer to the console versions, but also disables texture filtering entirely.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000