Difference between revisions of "Rayman 2: The Great Escape"

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Rayman	1995
Rayman Designer	1997
Rayman By His Fans	1998
Rayman 60 Levels	1999
Rayman 2: The Great Escape	1999
Rayman M	2001
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc	2003
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Rayman Origins	2012
Rayman Jungle Run	2013
Rayman Legends	2013
Rayman Fiesta Run	2014
Rayman Mini	2019
Rayman Redemption (unofficial)	2020

Key points

Cannot use Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game. See Windowed.

Bonus stages may be impossible to complete at 60 FPS.

Uses a fixed button mapping with no ability to change it.

General information

Rayman Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Rayman 3-pack version, also includes Rayman and Rayman M
Retail		10th Anniversary, also includes Rayman M and Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc.
GOG.com		Comes pre-configured with nGlide.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15060/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15060/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Slovak				Use unofficial slovak language file (Windows)
Spanish

Issues unresolved

(retail) "Please insert CD" message with pirate head image

At the end of The Echoing Caves an anti-piracy message will appear and stop progress, even when using a legitimate copy of the game.^[1]

This has been fixed in the GOG release. You can copy your save file to that version and continue playing.

Issues fixed

Blurry and distorted graphics

Instructions

Instructions

Crash to desktop on Windows 8.1 (GOG.com)

Instructions

Screen flickering on startup

Instructions

Game breaks after task switching

Instructions

Instructions

Low frame rate on Windows 8 (Retail)

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Impossible to complete bonus stages

Alternating ← and → never fills the bar more than around 60%.^[2]

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	6
Glide

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz	Intel Pentium with MMX 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	3Dfx Voodoo DirectX 6.1 compatible	3Dfx Voodoo2 16 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (15060) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (15060) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (15060) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] Rayman 2 pc bug. help needed - Forum - ubi.com

[3] Ok this Rayman 2 bonus level is freaking impossible, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

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 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Run game in a window|ref={{cn|date=December 2016}}}}
-* See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
+See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
 }}
 ===Game breaks after task switching===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Update nGlide version|ref={{cn|date=December 2016}}}}
+# Download the latest version of [http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide nGlide].
+# Open the nGlide setup with [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip].
+# Extract the contents to the installation folder and overwrite the original files.
+}}
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Run game in a window|ref={{cn|date=December 2016}}}}
-* See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
+See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
 }}
-===Poor frame rate on Windows 8 (Retail)===
+===Low frame rate on Windows 8 (Retail)===
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Set Glide renderer|ref={{cn|date=December 2016}}}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Use nGlide|ref={{cn|date=December 2016}}}}
 # Download and install [http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide nGlide].
 # Run <code>{{p|game}}\GXSetup.exe</code>.
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 {{Fixbox/fix|Run game in a window|ref={{cn|date=December 2016}}}}
-* See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
+See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
 }}
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 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Limit frame rate to 30 FPS|ref={{cn|date=December 2016}}}}
-* See [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)#Frame rate capping|Frame rate capping]].
+See [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)#Frame rate capping|Frame rate capping]].
 }}
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+|glide versions         = unknown
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 |software mode          =

Developers

	Ubi Soft Montpellier
Publishers
	Ubi Soft
Release dates
Windows	October 29, 1999