Rayman 2: The Great Escape
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Developers | |
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Ubi Soft Montpellier | |
Publishers | |
Ubi Soft | |
Engines | |
Ubisoft OpenSpace | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 29, 1999 |
⤏ Go to series page | |
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 |
Rabbids (series) | |
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 |
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Retail | Original retail version. Has SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. | |||
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. | |||
Ubisoft Store | Comes pre-configured with WineD3D library (DX6) |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Options[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\SaveGame[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen resolutions[3][4] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Force windowed[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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.[5]
- 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
Use nGlide[citation needed] |
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Use dgVoodoo2[citation needed] |
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Notes
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32-bit depth not available (Glide)
Rearrange some files[citation needed] |
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Crash to desktop on Windows 8.1 (GOG.com)
Install the game outside of the default folder[6][citation needed] |
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Screen flickering on startup
Run game in a window[citation needed] |
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See Windowed. |
Game breaks after task switching
Update nGlide version[citation needed] |
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Run game in a window[citation needed] |
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See Windowed. |
Low frame rate on Windows 8 (Retail)
Use nGlide[citation needed] |
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Use DDRAW FPS Fix[citation needed] |
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Run game in a window[citation needed] |
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See Windowed. |
Impossible to complete bonus stages
- Alternating ← and → never fills the bar more than around 60%.[7]
Limit frame rate to 30 FPS[citation needed] |
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See Frame rate capping. |
Game runs in windowed mode (full screen fix)
Use nGlide (see above)[citation needed] |
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Use DxWrapper (uses default DX6 render)[citation needed] |
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No options to choose in GXSetup (GOG.com version)
Copy lacking files from retail version[8] |
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Game makes impossible to close after unsuccessful alt-tabbing
In Windows 10 press Win+Tab and drag & drop Rayman 2.exe to "Desktop 2", then close application in Task Manager |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 6 | |
Glide | Needs to be set in GXSetup.exe or ubi.ini (GOG suppose to be preconfigured already with nGlide) |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/15060/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Rayman Pirate-Community - Rayman 2 Widescreen Patch
- ↑ Rayman 2: The Great Escape | WSGF
- ↑ Rayman 2 pc bug. help needed - Forum - ubi.com
- ↑ Rayman Series GOG Forum - Crash to Desktop on Win 8.1 64x
- ↑ Ok this Rayman 2 bonus level is freaking impossible, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/rayman_series/rayman_2_fullscreen_bug/post11