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Revision as of 11:19, 15 July 2018
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montpellier | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Jade | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 17, 2005 |
Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
King Kong | |
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King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu | 1986 |
Peter Jackson's King Kong | 2005 |
Peter Jackson's King Kong Gamer's Edition | 2005 |
Key points
- Game does not autosave progress; game progress is only saved when the player manually exits the game. As a result, long periods of progress may be lost if the game crashes.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3.6.10.06 DRM[Note 1]. Gamer's Edition is DRM-free. |
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Amazon.com | Gamer's Edition |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Version differences
- The Gamer's Edition is an enhanced PC port featuring all the visual features from the Xbox 360 version. Only available digitally and on some OEM discs.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\KingKong\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\KingKong.sav[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
Windowed
Enable windowed[citation needed] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
- Forcing MSAA or SSAA in the Gamer's Edition will cause major graphical issues.
Force anti-aliasing[3] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Crashes after loading or using Alt+Tab
Run game in a window[citation needed] |
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Crashes on the Chased by V-Rex level
- The game may crash after climbing the initial wall and following the river.
Lower frame rate cap[citation needed] |
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Erratic frame rate, slow downs (Nvidia only)
Force Anti-Aliasing through Nvidia Inspector[citation needed] |
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"No BigFile Specified as First .exe Argument" error message on startup
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Error detected - No BigFile Specified as First .exe Argument
Launch using alternative executable[4] |
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Launch the game via |
Use command line arguments[citation needed] |
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Alternatively you can launch the game with |
King Kong not properly installed
Use ThirteenAG's fix[5] |
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Game breaking bugs at high frame rate
- High frame rates will cause some enemies to freeze in one spot, break NPC scripting in certain areas, and disable the screen when the player takes damage.
Force Vsync or use ThirteenAG's fix[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1, 9 | 8.1 is for the retail release only, 9 supports both versions. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
- Retail Edition
Windows[6] | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz Intel Pentium III |
Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 8.1 compatible |
- Gamer's Edition
Windows[6] | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1800 Nvidia GeForce 6800 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
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Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible, EAX 3.0 |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Nvidia Anti-Aliasing Guide - Guru3D.com Forums
- ↑ {{Refcheck|user=Mars icecream|date=2017-8
- ↑ https://www.patreon.com/posts/rel-king-kong-7267888
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Minimum Requirements for King Kong - Ubisoft Support - last accessed on 2016-11-18