Bad Boys: Miami Takedown

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Bad Boys: Miami Takedown
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown cover
Developers
Blitz Games
Publishers
Empire Interactive
Engines
BlitzTech
Release dates
Windows March 12, 2004
 
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown at Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Released as Bad Boys II in Europe
Frame rate is capped at 50 FPS. See the WSGF entry to fix.

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc 3 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\BB2Config.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
Capped at 50 FPS. See the WSGF entry.
120+ FPS
See the WSGF entry.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX and voices
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Issues fixed[edit]

"Error During Babel Installation" error message on start[edit]

Enable compatibility settings[3]
  1. Go to the installation folder, right-click on BBpc.exe and click on Properties.
  2. Select the Compatibility tab.
  3. Tick "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" in the drop-down list.
  4. Tick "Run this program as an administrator".
  5. Click OK.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 600 MHz or equivalent Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Direct3D compatible
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. ↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

References

  1. ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. ↑ Verified by User:Azatoth on January 23, 2018