Rayman Control Panel (Rayman PC tools & utilities)

[PluMGMK]

Nifty! This second version of Rayman M seems to be the one I have, so now all my Rayman CDs can live in the cabinet, where they belong!

Is that also the version where the unlocking of Spooky Towers is known to be bugged?

[RayCarrot]

I actually haven't heard of that being bugged. How does the bug work exactly?
What I do know is that the version I previously supported is an earlier release with a major bug. Each time you save in the game it appends "\c150:150:255:" (an OpenSpace formatting command) to the name. This is due to a bug in the menu script, but what it does is it causes the save to eventually corrupt (the save uses an 8-bit value to determine the length of the name, so once it exceeds 255 the save corrupts). I only had these releases growing up, and never understood why my save would always corrupt once I reached the final world...

[PluMGMK]

Ah, interesting!

I thought I once read somewhere that Spooky Towers unlocking was glitched on some versions, but I can't remember where. All I know is that I've never been able to unlock it, even though according to the French RayWiki it's supposed to unlock after you complete Palm Beach. Is the wiki wrong? I still haven't completed all the races, so something might be required on that side too.

[RayCarrot]

I'm not sure. I do know of people who have 100% the game with this release though. Sadly I'm not too familiar with the game myself as I never got very far in it due to the bug. I'm probably going to start playing it again soon and finish it.

[PluMGMK]

OK, I can confirm that the wiki was indeed incomplete, and I've rectified it. You need to complete the entire Advanced League, both Races and Battles, then Spooky Towers unlocks. I must have dreamed I read about a bug then…

[Segasensei]

This utility looks neat ! However, I think the download link is dead :/

[Steo]

I replaced it with a working one for now, though I'm sure RayCarrot can change it later if he's not happy with the current link.

[Segasensei]

Thanks for replacing the link, it works great !

However I have two questions, both concerning Rayman 1.

First of all, (I'm using the GOG version btw) is there a way to change language ? I mean, I try changing the language to French but to no avail. It's no big deal but I wish I could play it my mother language !

Second, no Intro FMV. Is there a way to fix it ?

[deton24]

Language availability varies between releases.

[PluMGMK]

Yeah, I think the GOG version of Rayman 1 is only in English. Very poor decision by Ubisoft imo.

[RayCarrot]

Yeah, it's odd since it actually has all 3 languages, but it's hard-coded to use English no matter the setting

[Henchman1000]

For some odd reason, upon getting in "Settings" voice on one of the games installed in the Control panel I get this error.

[RayCarrot]

That is really odd. Does it happen every time? If so, could you please send me the crashlog so I can see where it happens.

[Henchman1000]

I think after the last update this started to happen.
Last time I played a game via RCP was few evenings ago, but I minimised the game instead of closing it before turning off the pc some time after, so dunno if this contributed to this. In case I gave you a small context.
Here you go (under spoilers since I cannot upload the file directly).

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[Information] RaymanM config is being set up [BaseUbiIniGameConfigViewModel.cs > SetupAsync() > Line 86]
[Information] The dinput type has been retrieved as Controller [Ray_M_Arena_3_UbiIniBaseConfigViewModel.cs > OnSetupAsync() > Line 396]
[Information] Getting if game file is patched or original... [GamePatcher.cs > GetIsOriginal() > Line 54]
[Information] 5/5 bytes were read from the game file [GamePatcher.cs > GetIsOriginal() > Line 82]
[Information] The game file was detected as patched [GamePatcher.cs > GetIsOriginal() > Line 93]
[Information] The game has been modified to remove the disc checker [Ray_M_Arena_3_UbiIniBaseConfigViewModel.cs > OnSetupAsync() > Line 427]
[Information] The ubi.ini file has been loaded [BaseUbiIniGameConfigViewModel.cs > SetupAsync() > Line 94]
[Information] All section properties have been loaded [BaseUbiIniGameConfigViewModel.cs > SetupAsync() > Line 113]
[Information] Progression data for RaymanM is being loaded... [BaseProgressionViewModel.cs > LoadDataAsync() > Line 70]
[Information] Rayman M/Arena save file raymanm.sav is being loaded... [RaymanMArenaProgressionViewModel.cs > GetProgressionSlotViewModels() > Line 41]
[Information] The window of type RayCarrot.RCP.Metro.GameOptionsDialog has been shown [WindowHelpers.cs > ShowWindow() > Line 143]
[Information] Save file has been deserialized [RaymanMArenaProgressionViewModel.cs > GetProgressionSlotViewModels() > Line 54]
[Information] General progress info has been set for slot 0 [RaymanMArenaProgressionViewModel.cs > GetProgressionSlotViewModels() > Line 137]
[Information] Slots have been loaded [BaseProgressionViewModel.cs > LoadDataAsync() > Line 88]
[Critical] An exception has occurred with the debug message of "Unhandled exception" and the level of Critical. [BaseApp.cs > BaseRCFApp_DispatcherUnhandledException() > Line 324]
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Too many posts were made to a semaphore
   at MahApps.Metro.Controls.WinApiHelper.GetWindowText(Window window) in /_/src/MahApps.Metro/Controls/WinApiHelper.cs:line 62
   at MahApps.Metro.Automation.Peers.MetroWindowAutomationPeer.GetNameCore() in /_/src/MahApps.Metro/Automation/Peers/MetroWindowAutomationPeer.cs:line 32
   at System.Windows.Automation.Peers.AutomationPeer.UpdateSubtree()
   at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.fireAutomationEvents()
   at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.UpdateLayout()
   at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.UpdateLayoutCallback(Object arg)
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.InvokeOnRenderCallback.DoWork()
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.FireInvokeOnRenderCallbacks()
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.RenderMessageHandlerCore(Object resizedCompositionTarget)
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.RenderMessageHandler(Object resizedCompositionTarget)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)
[Critical] An unhandled exception has occurred [BaseApp.cs > BaseRCFApp_DispatcherUnhandledException() > Line 326]

[RayCarrot]

Hm, seems the issue is in the UI framework I'm using. I can't really do much right now since I can't reproduce it, but I'll keep an eye out for it and hopefully it'll get fixed in a later update.

[Henchman1000]

Hm, seems the issue is in the UI framework I'm using. I can't really do much right now since I can't reproduce it, but I'll keep an eye out for it and hopefully it'll get fixed in a later update.

Thank you very much for your help!

I may see if disinstalling and reinstalling the software can fix that. I'll let you know if something changes.

[RayCarrot]

Thank you very much for your help!

I may see if disinstalling and reinstalling the software can fix that. I'll let you know if something changes.

I've released a new update now which includes an updated version of the UI framework which claims to fix this issue. Please let me know if it's fixed

[Henchman1000]

I've released a new update now which includes an updated version of the UI framework which claims to fix this issue. Please let me know if it's fixed

It works now, thank you a lot for your kind help!

[kukrunar]

Hey, I tried to install Rayman 2 from my disc on Win 10 today, after having realized that it would be an issue, I found this tool!
However while I now seem to be able to install the game via the Control Panel, nothing happens when I press launch.

I don't really know what to ask, but yeah does anyone know what the issue could be? Are there any setting I have to fix? I've tried turning off my anti-virus software and relaunched the Control Panel, but nada.

[Henchman1000]

Hey, I tried to install Rayman 2 from my disc on Win 10 today, after having realized that it would be an issue, I found this tool!
However while I now seem to be able to install the game via the Control Panel, nothing happens when I press launch.

I don't really know what to ask, but yeah does anyone know what the issue could be? Are there any setting I have to fix? I've tried turning off my anti-virus software and relaunched the Control Panel, but nada.

Have you tried setting graphics via Rayman Control Panel? I think I experienced that too.
This may be handy too: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Rayma ... eat_Escape