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Catwoman

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Catwoman
Catwoman cover
Developers
Argonaut Games
EA UK
Publishers
Electronic Arts
1C-SoftClub
Release dates
Windows July 20, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action
Themes Contemporary
Series DC
Catwoman on MobyGames
Catwoman on Wikipedia
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

No graphics or audio settings other than resolution, brightness and subtitles.
Framerate is locked at 30FPS.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Movies
  2. Rename, move or delete these files:
ealogode.bik
ealogodk.bik
ealogoes.bik
ealogofr.bik
ealogoit.bik
ealogonl.bik
ealogouk.bik
WBLOGO.BIK

Notes

The WB and DC copyright screens will still be shown.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA GAMES\Catwoman\Saved Games\

Video

Resolution settings.
Resolution settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Combination of Hor+ and Vert-; image is slightly wider and slightly shorter.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Framerate is capped at 30FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and controller rebinding.
Keyboard and controller rebinding.
General control options.
General control options.
General control options 2 + Subtitles setting.
General control options 2 + Subtitles setting.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
Game kept repeatedly asking for CD key on install attempt (WIN7).

Issues fixed

Crashing at Startup

Change Compatibility Settings
  1. Right Click on CATWOMAN.exe and change the compatibility to Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
  2. Additional fix if setting the compatibility setting doesn't fix it, you can also run this as administrator.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0b
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
AMD Athlon 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce2 series
ATI Radeon 7500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible


Notes

  1. 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]

References