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{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc check | Known as "Special Edition". Usually available as abandonware in various game versions (8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.6.2, 8.7.0). Added with Compaq computers. It has MaiD3Dvr.exe instead of Tonic Trouble.exe binary. No need of modern system binary patch (only dgVoodoo or Wine). Incompatible with widescreen patch. | | Windows }}
 
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Tonic Trouble
Tonic Trouble cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows December 6, 1999
Tonic Trouble on Wikipedia

Key points

Poor compatibility with modern systems.[1] See here for fixes.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 There is a UK version (Master V5) (with file licensuk.txt) and a US version (which may not work with patched binary for modern systems).
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Known as "Special Edition". Usually available as abandonware in various game versions (8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.6.2, 8.7.0). Added with Compaq computers. It has MaiD3Dvr.exe instead of Tonic Trouble.exe binary. No need of modern system binary patch (only dgVoodoo or Wine). Incompatible with widescreen patch.
Windows

Essential improvements

Play the game on modern systems

Use dgVoodoo[citation needed]
  1. Install the game using SETUP.exe included in the retail CD.
  2. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2.
  3. Copy dgVoodoo2 files in the main game directory for Glide or DirectX support.
  4. Launch original config tool.
  5. Launch game using installed link.
For Special Edition use Wine instead.

Run without CD

Modify the game's shortcut and add -cdrom:X parameter where X is your drive letter[2]
Use custom launcher (not for Special Edition)[3]
Allows to avoid copying extra files or the CD presence itself.
Patched binary has the "\Videos" folder location patched to the game folder. You can copy them manually to use by the game.
Additionally you can copy from the game disk all .MPX files and .DSC in GameData\World\Sound to the game location (they're ambient and music sounds).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

C:\Windows\UBI.INI is used for patched binary (run SetUpTT.exe to recreate it).
System Location
Windows C:\Windows\UBISOFT\UBI.INI
C:\Windows\UBI.INI

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GAMEDATA\SaveGame[Note 1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

For retail
  1. Force using dgVoodoo2 (package already configured to work at maximum display resolution available, proper aspect ratio, and MSAA (4x)).
  2. Use also Widescreen patcher (works only with patched retail binary for modern systems) and only on retail version.
  3. You must set 800x600 as the resolution in the UBI.ini/setup for it to work. In case of no game launch, run SetUpTT.exe[4]
For Special Edition
  1. Go to C:\Windows\Ubi\.
  2. Open ubi.ini.
  3. Set 1600x900 (16:9) or 1680x1050 (16:10) and run the game from desktop shortcut (it will force native desktop resolution).

Notes

Higher resolutions set in ubi.ini can cause game crash.
Widescreen resoluton set in ubi.ini will crop some game HUD elements.
dgVoodoo doesn't work properly with Special Edition. Use Wine libraries instead.
To enhance texture quality set TexturesMem=Vram+ in ubi.ini, and for particles: ParticuleRate=High (at least for SE).

Input settings

Template:Input settings

F9 can disable HUD, F12 will show console (SE), F1 for Glide. Command "version" will show your current game version.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
[5]
German
Italian
Polish
[6]
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 5/6 [8][9]
Glide
Only in beta version (8.1.0)[10] (don't confuse with similar, but later Special Edition).
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
In case of no startup of the game (even with dgVoodoo or Wine) use patched binary due to binary incompatibility with Vista and up due to binary compression method on all versions except French [7].

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows 95 and 98 Windows 95 and 98
Processor (CPU) 166 Mhz Pentium processor or compatible MMXTM and non-MMXTMCyrix PR 233 MHz, AMD K6-2 266 MHz 233 MMXTMAGPCyrix XXX, AMD K6-2 XXX
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB 250 MB
Video card (GPU) All cards compatible with DX6 tested chipset: VOODOO 1, VOODOO 2 and VOODOO 3 (3DFX), ATI rage pro, Power VR2, Matrox G200 and G100, S3 savage 3D, Intel 740, NVIDIA TNT, Riva 128, Permedia 2 All cards compatible with DX6 tested chipset: VOODOO 1, VOODOO 2 and VOODOO 3 (3DFX), ATI rage pro, Power VR2, Matrox G200 and G100, S3 savage 3D, Intel 740, NVIDIA TNT, Riva 128, Permedia 2

Notes

  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