Shrek 2: The Game

This page is for the original PC game developed by KnowWonder. For the PC port of the console game developed by Luxoflux, see Shrek 2: Team Action.

Shrek 2: The Game

Developers
	KnowWonder
macOS (OS X)	Aspyr Media
macOS (OS X)	Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	May 3, 2004
macOS (OS X)	August 27, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Hack and slash, Platform
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy, Medieval
Series	Shrek

Shrek
Subseries of DreamWorks
Shrek Game Land Activity Center	2001
Shrek 2 Activity Center: Twisted Fairy Tale Fun	2004
Shrek 2: The Game	2004
Shrek 2: Team Action	2004
Shrek SuperSlam	2005
Shrek the Third	2007
Shrek's Carnival Craze	2008
Shrek Forever After	2010

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Game lacks an FPS limiter or Vsync and causes large amount of bugs with frame rates higher than 60 FPS.

General information

Official Website (Archived)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD-ROM used only for installation.

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.1 is the latest patch for the OS X version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Shrek 2\
macOS (OS X)

game.ini contains general settings.

User.ini contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Shrek 2\Save\
macOS (OS X)

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Default 85°; see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use dgVoodoo 2 and choose between 2x-8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit ini file
Open game.ini. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section. Set FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to the desired resolution. Notes HUD is stretched. Lower vertical FOV at wider aspect ratios (Vert-). Increase FOV to compensate, see Field of view (FOV).

Field of view (FOV)

Edit ini file
Open User.ini. Change DesiredFOV=85 and DefaultFOV=85 to the desired value. To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121, for 32:9 use 139, and for 48:9 use 152).

Windowed

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open game.ini. Find the section [WinDrv.WindowsClient]. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportX= and set its value to your desired window width. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportY= and set its value to your desired window height. Set StartupFullscreen= to False to start the game in windowed mode.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit ini file
Open game.ini. Go to class [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]. In this section, adjust line LevelOfAnisotropy=1 (maximum is 16).

Use dgVoodoo2.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open game.ini. Change the line UseVSync=False to UseVSync=True.

Use dgVoodoo2.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Set bInvertMouse=True in User.ini under [Engine.PlayerInput].
Controller
Controller support		Set UseJoystick=True in game.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient].
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See Remapping.
Controller sensitivity		Edit in User.ini.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Edit in User.ini.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Remapping

Change controller binds
Open User.ini. Open to [Engine.Input] Controller controls are the named Joy<number>=.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Use OpenAL Soft for binaural HRTF mixing.
Royalty free audio

DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX.

Using DSOAL causes random high-pitched voices. No EAX reverb is used in-game.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues unresolved

Clipping problems when climbing stairs

At high frame rates (+150fps) there will be clipping problems on some stairs

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Maximum selectable refresh rate is 60 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set your monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitor.

Set fullscreen refresh rate
Open game.ini. Find this line: DesiredRefreshRate=60. Change the value to set your monitors refresh rate. For example 120 or 144. Notes Modifying any video options will undo the custom refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				Install the version 1.1 patch for Intel support.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 500 MHz	Intel Pentium III
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible
Other	4x CD-ROM Drive

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.2.8
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM