Rayman M

Rayman M

Developers
	Ubi Pictures
	Ubi Soft Milan
Publishers
	Ubi Soft
Brazil	Brasoft
Poland	Licomp Empik Multimedia
Engines
	OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows	December 7, 2001
Reception
Metacritic	46
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Party game, Platform, Racing, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Comedy, Fantasy
Series	Rayman

Warnings

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

Rayman M is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, party game, platform, racing and shooter game in the Rayman series.

The game was released as Rayman Arena in North America.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check for Rayman M, SafeDisc 2.51.021 DRM for Rayman Arena.

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Essential improvements

Menu files patch

Some re-released versions of Rayman M shipped out with earlier versions of the game's menu assets which can corrupt save files after saving over a certain amount of times.

North American Rayman Arena releases do not contain this bug and should not be patched.

Replace menu files
Download the patched files. Extract the archive to <path-to-game>. Replace files if prompted.

Network card selector patch

Rayman Arena has issues selecting the correct network card to use for LAN mode when there is more than one on the computer.

This patch allows manual selection of network card in Rayman Arena for LAN mode.

Installation
Download the Ultimate-ASI-Loader.zip archive and extract it to <path-to-game>. Create a plugins folder in <path-to-game>. Download the arenapatch.asi file and move it to <path-to-game>\plugins. Download the discord_game_sdk.dll file and move it to <path-to-game>\plugins.

Higher quality FMV

The PC version uses FMV files that are much more compressed compared to the console versions.

Replace video files
Download the archive corresponding to your game version: Rayman M Rayman Arena Extract the archive to <path-to-game>\Videos. Replace files if prompted.

Skip intro videos

Replace video files with blank ones
Go to <path-to-game>\Videos. Delete or rename Ubi.bik and Intro.bik. Download this file and move it to <path-to-game>\Videos. Rename it to Ubi.bik, then create another copy and rename it to Intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\Ubisoft\ubi.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\MENU\SaveGame\raymanm.sav

Video

External options menu (Rayman M)
RM_Setup_DX8.exe

External options menu (Rayman Arena)
RM_Setup_DX8.exe

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use DxWnd.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use DxWnd.
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)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 64 FPS. Exceeding 60 FPS may cause gameplay issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Use the modified EXE file and edit the configuration file
Download and extract the archive corresponding to your game version: Rayman M Rayman Arena Copy the EXE file from the folder corresponding to your aspect ratio to <path-to-game>. Replace file if prompted. Go to the configuration file location. Open ubi.ini with a text editor. In the Gli_Mode line, change the resolution to your preferred one.

Input

Keyboard/mouse settings (1/2)

Keyboard/mouse settings (2/2)

Gamepad settings (1/2)

Gamepad settings (2/2)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Main menu cannot be entirely navigated with a keyboard.
Mouse sensitivity		3 sensitivity levels.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus		In-game settings are fully navigable with a mouse only in Rayman Arena. In Rayman M, some options require the use of a keyboard.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Labelled as Reverse.
Controller
Controller support		Use Rayman 3 input fix on modern systems. Note that this was originally meant for Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, but is also mostly compatible with Rayman M and Rayman Arena. Unfortunately, haptic feedback support is broken and vibrates infinitely after performing an action unless the game is paused. For a better XInput-specific workaround, see Controller support.
Full controller support		Main menu cannot be navigated with a controller.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Labelled as Reverse.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		The game does not work with XInput controllers on modern systems. See Controller support for a workaround.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Enabled by default in Rayman Arena. Rayman M has it disabled, but can be re-enabled by importing a save file created from Rayman Arena.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

XIDI can translate XInput calls into DirectInput, restore haptic feedback support, and enable controller hotplugging for this game.

XIDI only supports Windows 10 and 11. For Windows 7, check out this fix.

Launch the game by using XIDI
Download the Xidi-vx.x.x.zip archive and extract it. Copy the dinput8.dll and Xidi.HookModule.32.dll files from the Xidi-vx.x.x\Win32 folder to <path-to-game>. Download this configuration file and move it to <path-to-game>. Launch the game and rebind the controls from the in-game options menu.

Audio

Audio settings (1/3)

Audio settings (2/3)

Audio settings (3/3)

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		The game uses an original BGM score that is not listed on commercial streaming services.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Local retail only.
Danish				Only in Rayman M.
Finnish				Only in Rayman M.
French
German
Hebrew				Local retail only.
Hungarian				Local retail only.
Italian
Norwegian				Only in Rayman M.
Polish				Local retail only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Local retail only.
Russian				Fan translation – download.
Spanish
Swedish				Only in Rayman M.

Changing language

The language can be chosen when installing the game.

To change the language after installation, edit the configuration file. Under the [RaymanM] or [Rayman Arena] section (depending on your version), find the Language= line (create if not present), and set one of the following values: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, (Rayman M only: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish).

The Rayman Arena installer only supports English, French and Spanish, but the game itself can present Italian and German if specified in the configuration file.

Setting Rayman Arena to one of the unsupported languages will crash the game after the intro video.

Localized retail releases (Czech, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese) do not support additional languages and will ignore the Language= setting.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Up to 4 characters, including 1 to 3 CPU opponents (combat mode only).
LAN play		4	Versus Only in Rayman Arena. May require network card selector patch.
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer
Crossplay

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Install the game on modern operating systems (retail)

The retail game discs cannot be installed on 64-bit computers because the installer is a 16-bit application.

Use Rayman Control Panel.[citation needed]
Notes The Polish disc doesn't contain Outro.bik, which doesn't allow Rayman Control Panel to install it.

Use WineVDM.[citation needed]

The game does not start

Use a Direct3D 8 wrapper such as d3d8to9 or dgVoodoo 2.[citation needed]

"Please run the DX8 setup" error on startup

Copy the ubi.ini file from %WINDIR%\Ubisoft to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\Windows\Ubisoft.

Use dgVoodoo 2 and run the game as an administrator with Windows XP (Service Pack 2) compatibility mode.[citation needed]

Menu music randomly plays incorrectly after transitioning from title screen

This occurs if you press start on the title screen at a certain time when the title screen music plays, which makes the game load the menu track, but transitions incorrectly thus corrupting the playback.

Use DirectSound3D restoration software.[citation needed]
Notes DSOAL will prevent the game from launching.

Game elements stutter or run too fast

Rayman M and Rayman Arena might run at 64 FPS on some systems by default. Frame rates above 60 FPS can cause various issues, e.g. some animations play out too fast or stutter, certain platforms disappear more quickly, etc.

Cap the frame rate to 60 FPS.[citation needed]

Use a Direct3D 8 wrapper such as d3d8to9 or dgVoodoo 2 and set monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.1b

Modifications

AI HD texture pack – Upscales the original textures 4 times with Fatality MKII to give the game a cleaner look.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz		Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	550 MB		1.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia RIVA TNT2 DirectX 8.0a compatible		Nvidia GeForce 2
Other	4x CD-ROM drive		16x CD-ROM drive