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
- The retail game cannot be installed on 64-bit computers; see Issues fixed.
- Bonus stages may be impossible to complete at 60 FPS; see Frame rate capping.
- Animations are capped at 30 FPS.
- Does not support Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game; see Windowed or Game breaks after task switching.
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). For framerate dips on DX6 see |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- No longer available on Steam.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches are available here. Note that the digital versions have the CD issue fixed, but it is unknown if they have any other patches applied.
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
Game repeatedly changes resolution before launch
- This is side effect of the way Rayman 2 checks the available resolutions when using the Glide renderer. Setting a forced resolution in the nGlide settings minimizes the effect.[5]
Issues fixed
Blurry and distorted graphics
Use nGlide[citation needed] |
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Use dgVoodoo2 (alternative)[citation needed] |
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Notes
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32-bit depth not available (Glide)
Use nGlide[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Game breaks after task switching
Update nGlide version[citation needed] |
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Use combination of ⊞ Win+Tab ↹ and Alt+Tab ↹ alternately |
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During first minimizing, use ⊞ Win+Tab ↹, during second minimizing, use Alt+Tab ↹ and so on. In main menu (before loading save) use only Alt+Tab ↹. In case of using Aueral 3D, and closing version notification on startup, don't use Alt+Tab ↹ twice at a row (to come back to the game after closing notification, and later to minimize in main menu). Don't press on the game icon in taskbar more than once at a row. Game breaks can still occur though, but less. |
Or see Windowed[citation needed] |
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Impossible to complete bonus stages
- Alternating ← and → never fills the bar more than around 60%.[6]
Cap the frame rate at 30 FPS[citation needed] |
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Game runs in windowed mode (full screen fix)
Use nGlide (see above)[citation needed] |
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Use DxWrapper (uses DirectX 6 renderer)[citation needed] |
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No options to choose in GXSetup (GOG.com version)
Copy lacking files from retail version[7] |
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Game refuses to close after unsuccessful alt-tab
In Windows 10 press Win+Tab and drag & drop Rayman 2.exe to "Desktop 2" (create if doesn't exist), then close application in Task Manager |
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Install the game on modern systems (Retail)
- The retail game cannot be installed on 64-bit computers because the DRM in the installation disc is 16-bit.
Use Rayman 2 x64 Patcher[citation needed] |
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"Please insert CD" message with pirate head image (Retail)
- 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.[8]
- This has been fixed in the GOG release. You can copy your save file to that version and continue playing.
Add missing files not copied from retail installer[9] |
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Crash to desktop on Windows 8.1 (GOG.com)
Install the game outside of the default folder[10][citation needed] |
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Close MSI Afterburner |
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Low frame rate on Windows 8 (DX6)
Use nGlide[citation needed] |
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Use DDRAW FPS Fix[citation needed] |
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See Windowed[citation needed] |
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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.com version is already preconfigured with nGlide). |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Rayman 2 Fun Box
- Adds first-person camera mode and other misc. mods.
Rayman 2 Level Switcher
- Level switcher for Rayman 2.
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 repeatedly changes resolution before launch, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Ok this Rayman 2 bonus level is freaking impossible, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Rayman 2 fullscreen bug, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Rayman 2 pc bug. help needed - Forum - ubi.com
- ↑ New Rayman 2 PC Widescreen Patch (16:9, 16:10, 21:9, ...) | PC 32 bit depth fix - Page 3 - Rayman Pirate-Community
- ↑ Rayman Series GOG Forum - Crash to Desktop on Win 8.1 64x