Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Lego Star Wars
Subseries of Lego
Subseries of Star Wars
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game	2005
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	2006
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga	2009
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars	2011
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2016
Lego Star Wars Battles	2021
Lego Star Wars: Castaways	2021
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	2022

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is a singleplayer and multiplayer cinematic camera action, adventure and strategy game in the Lego Star Wars series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM.
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Origin (unavailable)

Game data

In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Lucasarts\LEGOStarWarsIII\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO Star Wars III - The Clone Wars/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32510/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Mappings.dat stores Keyboard and Controller mappings

pcconfig.txt stores all general settings

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Lucasarts\LEGOStarWarsIII\SavedGames\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO Star Wars III - The Clone Wars/SavedGames/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32510/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

In-game effects settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Animated character icons are upscaled from 720p at resolutions higher than 720p.^[1]
Field of view (FOV)	Uses fixed perspectives.
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Unknown fixed amount
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Edge AA with Enhanced Graphics enabled. Up to 8x FSAA with Enhanced Graphics disabled. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for SGSSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Nvidia users can force SGSSAA regardless of Enhanced Graphics setting; no LOD adjustment is necessary.

Force SGSSAA^[3]

Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
Open the LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars profile.
Set Antialiasing compatibility to 0x004010C1.
Set Antialiasing fix to On.
Set Antialiasing - Behavior flags to None.
Set Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting.
Set Antialiasing - Setting to 2x [2x Multisampling], 4x [4x Multisampling], or 8xQ [8x Multisampling] based on the level of MSAA you wish to use.
Set Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 2x Sparse Grid Supersampling, 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling, or 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling, but make it the same value as in the preceding step.
Apply changes and exit.

Input

In-game Control Setup 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
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

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

Generic/other controllers		XInput and DirectInput controllers.
Button prompts		XInput only; DirectInput uses generic prompts. For Dualshock button prompts, see DualShock button prompts. For Nintendo button prompts use the Wii U Button Prompts mod.

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

DualShock button prompts

The game uses Xbox 360 button prompts by default, but unused DualShock 3 (PS3) button prompts are in the game's files.

Reorganize game files^[4]

Use an XInput controller or XInput wrapper so that button prompts appear.
Prepare the game for mod support by extracting the DAT files.
Navigate to <path-to-game>\FRAMEWORK-DATA\GUI\FONT.
Delete or rename the existing BUTTONS_PC_NXG.FT2.
Rename BUTTONS_PS3_NXG.FT2 to BUTTONS_PC_NXG.FT2.

Note

Requires extracting the game's DAT files, which significantly increase file size.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Music, cutscenes, and background ambience are encoded as surround-compatible stereo from a 5.1 source. This results in music being more aggressively left-panned than the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, see the Music Stereo Balancing Fix mod for an alternative.^[5]
Subtitles		No voice acting beyond grunts.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Uses music from The Clone Wars movie and TV series, as well as the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Danish
French
German
Italian
Polish				Retail only. Use the `-language polish` parameter for the digital releases.
Russian				Retail only. Use the `-language russian` parameter for the digital releases.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op, Versus Story Mode and Free Play support drop-in/drop-out co-op. 2 Player Arcade is versus only.
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Game is very dark, even when turning up in-game brightness

In the first level on certain Intel iGPUs, the game is very dark except for lightsaber and blaster glow, studs, particle effects, and the HUD. Turning up the in-game brightness option washes out the image without increasing visibility.^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			32-bit only.^[6]

Mods

See the Nu2 engine page for instructions on how to configure the game for mod support.

Setting up mods requires extracting the game's .DAT files, which noticeably increases file size.

Add Geonosian Arena characters to Free Play grid

Although the Geonosian Arena variants of Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padmé are playable in the prologue level, appear as taggable characters in the hub, and are sometimes randomly chosen for the Free Play party, they are unable to be selected manually from the Free Play Grid by default.

Edit Collection.txt^[7]

Open <path-to-game>\CHARS\COLLECTION.TXT in a text editor, such as Notepad.

Search for the following lines:

collect "obiwan_ep2" 0 only_in_hub cheat_code "5u9fjk"
collect "anakin_ep2" 0 only_in_hub cheat_code "9aa4dw"
collect "padme_ep2" 0 only_in_hub cheat_code "sz824q"

Add buy_in_shop to each line, followed by an arbitrary non-zero 64-bit integer, so that it looks something like this:

collect "obiwan_ep2" buy_in_shop 1000 only_in_hub cheat_code "5u9fjk"
collect "anakin_ep2" buy_in_shop 1000 only_in_hub cheat_code "9aa4dw"
collect "padme_ep2" buy_in_shop 1000 only_in_hub cheat_code "sz824q"

Save and close the file. The characters should now appear at the start of the Free Play character grid, even if the Geonosian Arena level has already been completed.

Notable mods

Unless otherwise specified, archives should be extracted to <path-to-game> of a mod-ready game installation.

Bug fixes/Improvements

Sabres Plus by NeoCambion - Adds every available color from the regular lightsaber hilt to the other lightsaber hilt types.

Slight Gameplay Changes mod by MrAdam - Increases the maximum amount of targets and allows Jedi characters to use the force push attack at will. Place in <path-to-game>\STUFF.

Starkiller Torso Fix by Mando Modding - Changes the color of the blood on Vader's Apprentice's torso print from grey to red, to be accurate to the real-life minifigure.

TC70 fix by Suso - Fixes TC-70's limbs not falling off when she's modded to be playable. Place files in <path-to-game>\CHARS.

Restored/Expanded content

Unused Today Show Hosts Restored by Suso - Adds the Today Show hosts to the character roster. Place files in <path-to-game>\CHARS.

Audio enhancements

Better Jedi Rocks by SirYodaJedi - Replaces the 10-second snippet of the vocal section of Jedi Rocks that plays in the "Castle of Doom" bonus level with a looping 34-second snippet of the instrumental guitar section.

Clone Wars Credits by Gabriel Bezerra - Changes the end credits music to use a medley of tracks from TV series, instead of reusing the track from Attack of the Clones. Rename to Credits2M.ogg^[8] and place in <path-to-game>\AUDIO\TRACKS\MUSIC.

Clone Wars Opening Crawl music by SirYodaJedi - Replaces the Prequel Trilogy text crawl music with the version from the Clone Wars movie. Place in <path-to-game>\AUDIO\TRACKS\MUSIC.

Music Stereo Balancing Fix by SirYodaJedi and Sonygamer455 - Makes the music less aggressively left-panned by replacing the files in the game with ones derived from the PS3 version.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista SP2, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.24 GHz AMD Athlon 64	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon 64 X2
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1300 Nvidia GeForce FX 5800 Intel GMA 3-Series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	ATI Radeon HD 2900 Nvidia GeForce 9800 512 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8	10.7.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel 1.4 GHz	Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32510/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32510) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Image by aaronlink127#0127 on Discord, taken at 1080p - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2020-10-19
↑ NVidia Profile Inspector - AA Flags - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-10-16
↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2022-01-24
Compared the OGG files head-to-head (ear-to-ear?) with the MSF files from the PS3 version, which are encoded as 5.1. In that version:
• The cutscenes are natively 5.1.
• The ambience tracks are quadrophonic 4.0 with empty center and LFE channels.
• The music files are upmixed from 2.0 stereo to quadrophonic 4.0 with empty center and LFE channels. The method used is simply repeating the audio from the fronts in the rears at half volume.
↑ Last chance to buy these Mac classics! | Feral News
↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-05-15
Based upon this mod by MrAdam
↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-05-08

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32510/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32510) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Image by aaronlink127#0127 on Discord, taken at 1080p - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[3] Verified by User:Keith on 2020-10-19

[4] NVidia Profile Inspector - AA Flags - last accessed on May 2023

[5] Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-10-16

[6] Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2022-01-24
Compared the OGG files head-to-head (ear-to-ear?) with the MSF files from the PS3 version, which are encoded as 5.1. In that version:
• The cutscenes are natively 5.1.
• The ambience tracks are quadrophonic 4.0 with empty center and LFE channels.
• The music files are upmixed from 2.0 stereo to quadrophonic 4.0 with empty center and LFE channels. The method used is simply repeating the audio from the fronts in the rears at half volume.

[7] Last chance to buy these Mac classics! | Feral News

[8] Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-05-15
Based upon this mod by MrAdam

[9] Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-05-08

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Developers

	Traveller's Tales
Publishers
	LucasArts
OS X	Feral Interactive
	Disney Interactive Studios
Russia	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	Nu2
Release dates
Windows	March 22, 2011
macOS (OS X)	October 27, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Strategy
Vehicles	Space flight, Hovercraft
Themes	Space, Sci-fi
Series	Lego Star Wars