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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy cover
Developers
Vicarious Visions
Windows Iron Galaxy Studios
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Vicarious Visions Alchemy
Release dates
Windows June 29, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 76
OpenCritic 80
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Art styles Cartoon
Series Crash Bandicoot
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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is a singleplayer platform game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision. It is part of the Crash Bandicoot series.

The game is a compilation of remakes of three Crash Bandicoot games, consisting of Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Originally released on PlayStation 4 on June 30, 2017, the game was ported to PC by Iron Galaxy Studios and released on June 29, 2018.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Download-only; no disc is included in the physical box.
Windows
Steam
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Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Modify intro video file[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\archives\.
  2. Open bumper_atvi.bk2 with a text editor.
  3. Delete all contents, and save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Crash Bandicoot(TM) N. Sane Trilogy\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/731490/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Crash Bandicoot(TM) N. Sane Trilogy\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/731490/pfx/[Note 1]
Saves made before the July 23, 2018 update stored in %APPDATA%\Game\ aren't migrated to the new path.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
July 23, 2018 update changed where the save folder and file(s) are set up.[2][3]

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings
Game settings
Game settings

High frame rate

The game does not feature an discrete FPS limiter but simulates one through the use of V-Sync and refreshing on the nth vertical blank of the display.[4] The Max FPS and VSync are misnomers. Regardless of settings, V-Sync will always be used. What these settings control is the sync interval of V-Sync — on which nth refresh that a new frame from the game should be presented.

  • When the VSync option is enabled, the game will dynamically engage and disengage the appropriate sync interval to keep the game locked to as close to 60 FPS as possible.
  • When the VSync option is disabled, the Max FPS option will be populated with appropriate sync intervals that has the frame rate land between 30 and 60 FPS.
    • On a 60 Hz display the Max FPS option will be populated with 60 FPS (Sync Interval: 1) and 30 FPS (Sync Interval: 2)
    • On a 120 Hz display it will be 60 FPS (Sync Interval: 2) 40 FPS (Sync Interval: 3), and 30 FPS (Sync Interval: 4).
    • On a 144 Hz display it will be 48 FPS (Sync Interval: 3) and 36 FPS (Sync Interval: 4).
    • On a 175 Hz display it will be 58 FPS (Sync Interval: 3), 43 FPS (Sync Interval: 4), and 35 FPS (Sync Interval: 5).
    • On a 240 Hz display it will be 60 FPS (Sync Interval: 4), 48 FPS (Sync Interval: 5), 40 FPS (Sync Interval: 6), and 34 FPS (Sync Interval: 7).
    • And so on...
  • Any sync interval higher than 1 makes the game illegible for variable refresh rate (VRR).

This can result in multiple different issues depending on the system, such as an extremely fluctuating frame rate, capping to arbitrary framerates, and constantly disengaging/reengaging VRR which itself can cause visual flickers on some displays.

Override sync interval with Special K[5]
  1. Use Special K to force a specific sync interval.
    • 0 disables V-Sync and unlocks the frame rate.
    • 1 engages standard V-Sync at the refresh rate.
  2. In fullscreen mode it is also necessary to override the refresh rate to prevent the game from running at 60 Hz.

Disable fur

May increase the performance by a lot.
Disable fur via Helix Mod[6]
  1. Download Crash Trilogy 3D Vision fix.
  2. Copy the files to the installation folder.
  3. Press F6 to disable any fur.

Notes

Change the value of Fur in d3dx.ini to 1 to let the mod disable it automatically at startup.

Input

Keyboard settings
Keyboard settings

Restore native DualShock 4 V2 support

The game has native support for the DualShock 4 V1.
The game doesn't check for the DS4 V2 which has a different HWID.
Replace the DS4 V1's HWID
This requires the game executable to be unpacked of Steam DRM to work. Per PCGW policy, detailed instructions on how to do so can not be included.
  1. Open the unpacked CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Search for the text string 05C4.
  3. Replace it with 09CC.
  4. Save changes and launch the executable.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Speech, SFX
Surround sound
7.1[7]
Subtitles
Steam store page incorrectly claims to have subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Translation.
Russian
1. Fan translation by «The Miracle» – text
2.1 «FaN&C» Family’s» – audio
2.2 «R.G. MVO» – audio
Spanish

VR support

Issues fixed

Game fails to launch, with 0xc0000005 exception code in the Windows Event Viewer

Disable DSR/VSR or connect to a lower resolution display.
  • The game will crash when enumerating resolutions that are too high on first launch, possibly those above 3840x2160.
  • Disabling NVIDIA DSR or AMD VSR, or connecting to a lower resolution display should allow the game to start.
  • Once the game has started for the first time, you can re-enable DSR/VSR or connect up your high resolution displays and it should continue to work.
Reduce output audio bit depth and sample rate.
  • The game will also crash when the default sound adapter outputs audio at bit depth and sample rate higher than 24-bit and 192 kHz respectively, producing the same error code.
  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Select the Sound tab.
  3. Under the Playback tab, search your audio adapter device.
  4. Right click your device and select Properties.
  5. At the Advanced tab, open the Default Format dropdown menu.
  6. Select 24-bit, 192000 Hz (Studio Quality) or lower.
  7. Select Apply to confirm changes.

Notes

When confirming the changes, Windows may prompt about the device being used by another application. Select Yes anyway.
If an application is actively outputting audio when changing configurations, it will stop after confirming the prompt. The affected applications will need to be restarted to fix this issue.

Game stuttering at 60 FPS on high refresh rate monitor if set to Exclusive Fullscreen

See High frame rate.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

See High frame rate.

USB microphone stuttering and other problems with USB devices

Override DirectInput device enumeration with CrashFix
  1. Download CrashFix.
  2. Copy dinput8.dll to the installation folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

AMD CROSSFIRE support

In Radeon settings set AMD CrossFire Mode to "AFR friendly" in the game profile.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video

Command line arguments

See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter Description
-4kf
--4k-fullscreen
Forces 4K resolution and fullscreen in the window.
-4kb
--4k-borderless
Forces 4K resolution and borderless in the window.
-perf4k
--perf4k
Enable perf reporter for levels at a 4k resolution.
-perf
--perf
Enable perf reporter for levels at a 1080p resolution.
-gpuWrite
--gpuWrite
Enable writing GPU info to file on PC.
-hm
--headlessMode
Run in headless mode. (ShowWindow with SW_HIDE arg)
-wd %wd%
--windowdatafile %wd%
The window settings datafile to use. Defaults to WindowData.igx.
-pc %d%
--primarycontroller %d%
The primary controller to use [1,2,3,4] when launching into a map.
-om %map%
--overridemap %map%
Map to use in place of debug map from configuration file.

Detailed syntax

--windowdatafile %wd%

  • %d% - The window settings datafile to use. Defaults to WindowData.igx.

--primarycontroller %d%

  • %d% - The primary controller to use [1,2,3,4] when launching into a map.

--overridemap %map%

  • Warning: -overridemap command is only for testing purposes. Pay attention to lower statistics in Pause menu.[8]
  • %map% - Map to use in place of debug map from configuration file, e.g.:
    • Crash%d/Bosses/BossNameWithoutPakExtension/BossNameWithoutPakExtension
    • Crash%d/MapNameWithoutPakExtension/MapNameWithoutPakExtension

Game maps:

  • Crash 1 maps: C1xx, L1xx, and B1xx
  • Crash 2 maps: C2xx, L2xx, and B2xx
  • Crash 3 maps: C3xx, L3xx, and B3xx

Examples:

  • --overridemap Crash1/C1_Intro/C1_Intro
  • --overridemap Crash1/C1_Outro100/C1_Outro100
  • --overridemap Crash1/Bosses/B101_PapuPapu/B101_PapuPapu
  • --overridemap Crash1/L101_NSanityBeach/L101_NSanityBeach
  • --overridemap Crash2/L201_TurtleWoods/L201_TurtleWoods
  • --overridemap Crash3/L301_ToadVillage/L301_ToadVillage

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
For the very best performance, Activision recommends an Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz processor, an AMD Radeon RX 480 or Nvidia GTX 1070 GPU with 8 GB RAM, and 8 GB RAM.[9]


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/731490/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (731490) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2019-07-16
  2. Changelist #4800876 · Steam Database - last accessed on 2018-07-23
  3. Changelist #4801344 · Steam Database - last accessed on 2018-07-23
  4. Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-09
    Confirmed through extensive testing with the help of other users on the Special K Discord server.
  5. Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-09
  6. Helix Mod: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - last accessed on May 2023
  7. Verified by User:Blue spikeball on 2023-09-21
    Tested in 7.1 VoiceMeeter
  8. Verified by User:unknownproject on 2018-07-03
  9. support.activision.com - last accessed on May 2023