Rayman Origins

Rayman Origins

Developers
	Ubisoft Montpellier
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Ubisoft
OS X	Feral Interactive
Engines
	UbiArt Framework
Release dates
Windows	March 29, 2012
OS X	December 12, 2013

Rayman

Rayman	1996
Rayman 2: The Great Escape	1999
Rayman M	2002
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc	2003
Rayman Raving Rabbids	2006
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2	2007
Rayman Origins	2012
Rayman Jungle Run	2013
Rayman Legends	2013
Rayman Fiesta Run	2013
Rabbids Big Bang	2013

Key points

Some Windows versions of the game didn't receive updates. See the patches section.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Retail version has no DRM.
Amazon.com		DRM: TAGES.
Amazon.com
Games Republic
Games Republic
Gamesplanet
Green Man Gaming
GOG.com		Soundtrack included. Version 1.00
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Origin
Steam		Version 1.02
Uplay (EMEA/other)		Can be run without Uplay. Version 1.00

The game was redeemable for free during the month of August 2016 on Uplay.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patch 1.02 download.

Main menus shows version number 1.0.32504 regardless of game version and updates. Easiest way to determine if the game is updated is to try out if the fixed bugs are still present, most notably unable to use alt+f4 (fixed in patch 1.01) and if pressing Up+Left/Right with keyboard/d-pad results character to stop all movement instead of moving into Left/Right (fixed in patch 1.02).

Some digital versions are still at version 1.00 and official patch can only be applied with retail version of the game. If you own this kind of version of the game, PCGamingWiki download includes prepatched game executable for these versions of the game.

Some versions of the game include autoupdater in <path-to-game>\gu.exe, while with others the executable is replaced with copy of main game executable.

For users of the Steam version of the game, you can easily check which version is installed. Go to your Steam install directory, then \steamapps\common\ValveTestApp207490\Readme\(Language). The readme.txt file will say at the top what version has been installed.

Skip intro videos

Rename/delete sample.bik[citation needed] Navigate to <path-to-game>/GameData/. Delete or rename sample.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\RaymanOrigins\Settings\
macOS (OS X)	~/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Rayman Origins/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rayman Origins\Savegame
macOS (OS X)	~/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Rayman Origins/Savegame

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud
Uplay

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Use Widescreen Fixer with this plugin.
Ultra-widescreen			FMV cutscenes and map screen are Vert-.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse can't be used outside menus.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput. See Controller support.
Full controller support		Only if controller is plugged in with initial game launch, see Controller support.
Controller remapping		See Controller support.
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts		Prompts are labeled X-Y, X being player number and Y button. Prompts are presented as text instead of icons.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Controller support

With first launch, game automatically assigns initial button bindings. If no controllers are connected, first player is bound to keyboard. If XInput controllers are connected, they are automatically bound to player numbers starting from first. After this, controls have to be bound manually to each player.

DirectInput controllers do not have automatic bindings at all and always need to be bound manually. If some controller has non-centered axis (DualShock 4, steering wheel, joystick, throttle, etc.), game will pick it up constantly making rebinding near impossible for all players. To bypass these issues, use XInput wrapper and unplug unused controllers.

It's possible to trigger autobinding again in future simply pressing Defaults: RESET from settings. However this overwrites all the manual bindings done.

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Speech is mumbling and always subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Co-op Co-op version of single-player campaign.
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Save Game Files Erased Or Corrupted

Multiple reports indicate that save games can be corrupted.

Usually game creates file called SavegameCSavegame_X at the parent folder of save game data path. Manually copying file into save game data folder and renaming to Savegame_X (replacing X with save slot number 0, 1 or 2) should save the save game data and allow progressing in the game.

Zoomed In Glitch

Multiple reports indicate a problem with the Ticklish Temples level Tricky Treasure, where the character appears zoomed in, that the environment cannot be seen properly.

Issues fixed

Frame rate issues

Multiple users report that there is stuttering or frame rate problems on systems which greatly exceed the minimum specifications.

Any mouse movement will instantly freeze the game until the cursor stops moving.

Use a controller instead of keyboard[citation needed] Alternative try changing keyboard delay settings in control panel.

Windows Aero[citation needed] Play with fullscreen mode. or Disable Windows Aero.

Diagonal movement

Reportedly there are problems with using diagonal controls, including keyboard diagonal movement and D-pad controls.

The best way to resolve this would be to use the analogue stick on a controller for movement.

Should be fixed with patch 1.02.

Pixelated Or Low Resolution Cutscene Video

PC version's video files are much more compressed compared to console counterparts.

Replace the video files[citation needed] Download and unzip the video files. Navigate to <path-to-game>\GameData\ Optionally backup old *.bik files. Replace the files in the folder with downloaded ones.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV @ 3.00 Ghz AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 1.8 Ghz	Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 @ 2.00 Ghz AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.00Ghz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) / 1.5 GB (Vista, 7)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Radeon X600XT GeForce 6800GT 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	256 MB DirectX9 / Radeon HD 2600XT or GeForce 8600GT