Difference between revisions of "Brother Bear"

Revision as of 03:16, 2 December 2023

Game lacks an FPS limiter or Vsync and causes large amount of bugs with frame rates higher than 60 FPS.


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General information

Disney Wikia entry

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

The path may vary since it appears to be related with the variable "DOCUMENTS_AND_SETTINGS_FOLDER=" in the INSTALL.INI used by the installer. The root folder (in this case "Brother Bear") may also vary, since it uses the localized name of the game (e.g.: in the Brazilian retail, the root folder would be "Irmão Urso"). If the variable has no value, it will use the ProgramData folder as below:

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\Disney Interactive\Brother Bear\System^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

The above info also apply here

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\Disney Interactive\Brother Bear\System\Save^{[Note 1]}

Video

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)		Default 90°; see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
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)		Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS		Cutscenes become broken in higher framerates (issues like overlapping dialogue, dialogue cutting earlier, etc).
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Set in Game.ini

Open Game.ini.
Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section.
Set FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to the desired resolution.

Notes

Vert-, FOV should be increased to achieve a Hor+ image.

It doesn't work for the Glide renderer, as it doesn't support widescreen resolutions. Even if such a resolution is inserted, the game defaults to one of the 4:3 resolutions present in the graphics settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Set in User.ini^[1]

Open User.ini.
Change DesiredFOV=90 and DefaultFOV=90 to the desired value.

Notes

To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121.

Windowed

Set in Game.ini^[2]
Open `Game.ini`. Find the section `[WinDrv.WindowsClient]`. In that section, find the entry `WindowedViewportX=` and set its value to your desired window width. In that section, find the entry `WindowedViewportY=` and set its value to your desired window height. Set `StartupFullscreen=` to `False` to start the game in windowed mode.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Set `{{{1}}}` in `User.ini`.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Off by default. Set `{{{1}}}` to `True` in `User.ini`.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Set in `User.ini`.
Controller sensitivity		Set in `User.ini`.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Set in `User.ini`.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Polish				Mój Brat Niedźwiedź.
Brazilian Portuguese				Disney Irmão Urso.
Russian				Братец медвежонок.
Spanish				Hermano Oso.
Swedish

Issues fixed

Game's Vsync doesn't work on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Use dgVoodoo2.

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download `d3d8.dll` from here. Place it in `<path-to-game>\System`.

Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Use dgVoodoo2.

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download `d3d8.dll` from here. Place it in `<path-to-game>\System`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 2 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	16-bit color depth 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible
Sound (audio device)	16-bit color DirectX 9-compatible
Other	8x CD-ROM Drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-02
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-02

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[2] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-02

[3] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-02

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 ==Game data==
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
-{{ii}} The path may vary since it appears to be related with the variable "DOCUMENTS_AND_SETTINGS_FOLDER=" in the INSTALL.INI used by the installer. The root folder (in this case "Brother Bear") may also vary since it uses the localized name of the game (e.g.: in the Brazilian retail, the root folder would be "Irmão Urso"). If the variable has no value, it will use the ProgramData folder as below:
+{{ii}} The path may vary since it appears to be related with the variable "DOCUMENTS_AND_SETTINGS_FOLDER=" in the INSTALL.INI used by the installer. The root folder (in this case "Brother Bear") may also vary, since it uses the localized name of the game (e.g.: in the Brazilian retail, the root folder would be "Irmão Urso"). If the variable has no value, it will use the ProgramData folder as below:
 {{Game data|
@@ Line 72: / Line 72: @@
 |fov                        = hackable
 |fov notes                  = Default 90°; see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
-|windowed                   = true
+|windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             = On the Game.ini, set "StartupFullscreen=false" under the category being used by "ViewportManager" on Engine.Engine
+|windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = unknown
+|vsync                      = hackable
-|vsync notes                =
+|vsync notes                = Off by default. To turn it on, see [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]].
 |60 fps                     = true
-|60 fps notes               = Cutscenes become broken in higher framerates (overlapping dialogue, dialogue cutting earlier, and so on)
+|60 fps notes               = Cutscenes become broken in higher framerates (issues like overlapping dialogue, dialogue cutting earlier, etc).
 |120 fps                    = unknown
 |120 fps notes              =
@@ Line 94: / Line 94: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
 {{Fixbox|description=Set in Game.ini|ref=|fix=
-# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Open {{file|[[#Game data|Game.ini]]}}.
-# Open <code>Game.ini</code>.
 # Go to the <code>[WinDrv.WindowsClient]</code> section.
 # Set <code>FullscreenViewportX</code> and <code>FullscreenViewportY</code> to the desired resolution.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} {{term|Vert-}}, FOV should be increased to achieve a {{term|Hor+}} image.
+{{--}} It doesn't work for the Glide renderer, as it doesn't support widescreen resolutions. Even if such a resolution is inserted, the game defaults to one of the 4:3 resolutions present in the graphics settings.
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Set in User.ini|ref={{cn|December 2022}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Set in User.ini|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2023-12-02}}</ref>|fix=
-# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Open {{file|[[#Game data|User.ini]]}}.
-# Open <code>User.ini</code>.
 # Change <code>DesiredFOV=90</code> and <code>DefaultFOV=90</code> to the desired value.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use {{code|106}}. At 21:9 resolutions, use {{code|121}}.
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Set in Game.ini|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2023-12-02}}</ref>|fix=
+# Open {{file|[[#Game data|Game.ini]]}}.
+# Find the section <code>[WinDrv.WindowsClient]</code>.
+# In that section, find the entry <code>WindowedViewportX=</code> and set its value to your desired window width.
+# In that section, find the entry <code>WindowedViewportY=</code> and set its value to your desired window height.
+# Set <code>StartupFullscreen=</code> to <code>False</code> to start the game in windowed mode.
 }}
 ==Input==
 {{Input
-|key remap                 = unknown
+|key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
 |acceleration option       = unknown
 |acceleration option notes =
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = hackable
-|mouse sensitivity notes   =
+|mouse sensitivity notes   = Set {{code|MouseSensitivity=}} in {{file|[[#Game data|User.ini]]}}.
-|mouse menu                = unknown
+|mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = hackable
-|invert mouse y-axis notes =
+|invert mouse y-axis notes = Off by default. Set {{code|bInvertMouse=False}} to {{code|True}} in {{file|[[#Game data|User.ini]]}}.
-|touchscreen               = unknown
+|touchscreen               = false
 |touchscreen notes         =
-|controller support        = unknown
+|controller support        = true
 |controller support notes  =
 |full controller           = unknown
 |full controller notes     =
-|controller remap          = unknown
+|controller remap          = hackable
-|controller remap notes    =
+|controller remap notes    = Set in {{file|[[#Game data|User.ini]]}}.
-|controller sensitivity    = unknown
+|controller sensitivity    = hackable
-|controller sensitivity notes=
+|controller sensitivity notes= Set in {{file|[[#Game data|User.ini]]}}.
-|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
+|invert controller y-axis  = hackable
-|invert controller y-axis notes=
+|invert controller y-axis notes= Set in {{file|[[#Game data|User.ini]]}}.
 |xinput controllers        = unknown
 |xinput controllers notes  =
@@ Line 173: / Line 187: @@
 ==Audio==
 {{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = Music and Sound Effects sliders.
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
+|mute on focus lost       = true
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
@@ Line 260: / Line 274: @@
   |fan       =
 }}
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Game's Vsync doesn't work on Windows 8/8.1/10/11===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use [[DgVoodoo_2|dgVoodoo2]].}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper|fix=
+# Download {{file|d3d8.dll}} from [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases here].
+# Place it in {{folder|{{p|game}}\System}}.
+}}
+===Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use [[DgVoodoo_2|dgVoodoo2]].}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper|fix=
+# Download {{file|d3d8.dll}} from [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases here].
+# Place it in {{folder|{{p|game}}\System}}.
 }}
@@ Line 265: / Line 296: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 9
+|direct3d versions      = 8
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 273: / Line 304: @@
 |glide versions         =
 |glide notes            =
-|software mode          =
+|software mode          = true
 |software mode notes    =
 |mantle support         =
@@ Line 287: / Line 318: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
-|windows arm app        = false
+|windows arm app        =
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =

Developers

	Amaze Entertainment
	KnowWonder
Publishers
	Disney Interactive
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows	November 1, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Platform
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	North America
Series	Disney Classics