Key points
- Remakes of Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source |
DRM |
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Retail |
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Download-only; no disc is included in the physical box. |
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Steam |
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Humble Store (unavailable) |
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- All versions require Steam DRM.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Modify intro video file[1]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\archives\ .
- Open
bumper_atvi.bk2 with a text editor.
- Delete all contents, and save the file.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Saves made before July 23, 2018 update stored in
%APPDATA%\Game\
aren't migrated to the new path
System |
Native |
Notes |
Steam Cloud |
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July 23, 2018 update changed where the save folder and file(s) are set up.[2][3] |
Video
Disable fur
- May increase the performance by a lot.
Disable fur via Helix Mod[4]
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- Download Crash Trilogy 3D Vision fix.
- Copy the files to the installation folder.
- Press F6 to disable any fur.
Notes
- Change the value of Fur in
d3dx.ini to 1 to let the mod disable it automatically at startup.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Speech, SFX |
Surround sound |
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Up to 5.1 |
Subtitles |
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Steam store page incorrectly claims to have subtitles |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Spanish |
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Russian |
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1. Fan translation by «The Miracle» – text 2.1 «FaN&C» Family’s» – audio 2.2 «R.G. MVO» – audio |
VR support
Issues fixed
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- When playing at high refresh rates or in windowed/borderless windowed modes, the game will cap the frame rates to low values (e.g. 48 FPS on 144 Hz monitors, or 55 FPS at 165 Hz).[5] As well, if using G-Sync or FreeSync, this can introduce further issues like lowering the game's frame rate down to as low as 15 FPS.[6] The only way to play at higher frame rates is to use exclusive fullscreen mode, which enforces 60 Hz by default. Forcing a higher refresh rate allows the game to run at higher frame rates.
Override refresh rate with 3Dmigoto[7]
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- Download Crash Bandicoot Trilogy 3D Vision fix.
- Copy the contents to the installation folder.
- Open
d3dx.ini .
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;refresh_rate=60 to refresh_rate=0 to set the desktop refresh rate.
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Override refresh rate with Special K[8]
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- See Special K to force a custom refresh rate higher than 60 Hz.
- Run the game in its exclusive fullscreen mode.
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Restore native DualShock 4 V2 support
- The game has native support for the DualShock 4 V1.
- The game doesn't check for the DS4 V2 which has a different HWID.
Replace the DS4 V1's HWID
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- This requires the game executable to be unpacked of Steam DRM to work. Per PCGW policy, detailed instructions on how to do so can not be included.
- Open the unpacked
CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Search for the text string 05C4.
- Replace it with 09CC.
- Save changes and launch the executable.
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Game fails to launch, with 0xc0000005 exception code in the Windows Event Viewer
Disable DSR/VSR or connect to a lower resolution display.
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- The game will crash when enumerating resolutions that are too high on first launch, possibly those above 3840x2160.
- Disabling NVIDIA DSR or AMD VSR, or connecting to a lower resolution display should allow the game to start.
- Once the game has started for the first time, you can re-enable DSR/VSR or connect up your high resolution displays and it should continue to work.
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USB microphone stuttering and other problems with USB devices
Override DirectInput device enumeration with CrashFix
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- Download CrashFix.
- Copy dinput8.dll to the installation folder.
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Game stuttering at 60 FPS on high refresh rate monitor if set to Exclusive Fullscreen
Set Max FPS to 60 FPS in Nvidia Control Panel
- Open Nvidia Control Panel
- Go the Manage 3d Settings > Program Settings > Browse > Search for CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy.exe in the games installation folder > Click Add Selected Program
- Find the Max Frame Rate setting and set it to 60
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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AMD CROSSFIRE support
- In Radeon settings set AMD CrossFire Mode to "AFR friendly" in the game profile, very good scaling.
Middleware
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Physics |
Havok |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter |
Description |
-4kf --4k-fullscreen |
Forces 4K resolution and fullscreen in the window. |
-4kb --4k-borderless |
Forces 4K resolution and borderless in the window. |
-perf4k --perf4k |
Enable perf reporter for levels at a 4k resolution. |
-perf --perf |
Enable perf reporter for levels at a 1080p resolution. |
-gpuWrite --gpuWrite |
Enable writing GPU info to file on PC. |
-hm --headlessMode |
Run in headless mode. (ShowWindow with SW_HIDE arg) |
-wd %wd% --windowdatafile %wd% |
The window settings datafile to use. Defaults to WindowData.igx. |
-pc %d% --primarycontroller %d% |
The primary controller to use [1,2,3,4] when launching into a map. |
-om %map% --overridemap %map% |
Map to use in place of debug map from configuration file. |
%d% - Current controller (decimal number) . %wd% - window settings datafile name. %map% - current level/boss/intro/outro.
- C1xx/L1xx/B1xx - Crash 1 maps.
- C2xx/L2xx/B2xx - Crash 2 maps.
- C3xx/L3xx/B3xx - Crash 3 maps.
Syntax is:
- Crash%d/Bosses/BossNameWithoutPakExtension/BossNameWithoutPakExtension
- Crash%d/MapNameWithoutPakExtension/MapNameWithoutPakExtension
For example:
- Crash1/C1_Intro/C1_Intro
- Crash1/C1_Outro100/C1_Outro100
- Crash1/Bosses/B101_PapuPapu/B101_PapuPapu
- Crash1/L101_NSanityBeach/L101_NSanityBeach
- Crash2/L201_TurtleWoods/L201_TurtleWoods
- Crash3/L301_ToadVillage/L301_ToadVillage
Warning. Overridemap command is only for testing purposes. Pay attention to lower statistics in Pause menu.
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
30 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 AMD Radeon HD 7870 |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
- For the very best performance, Activision recommends an Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz processor, an AMD Radeon RX 480 or Nvidia GTX 1070 GPU with 8 GB RAM, and 8 GB RAM.[10]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References