๐Ÿ’ก Troubleshooting - MuxaJlbl4/Taz_Wanted_trainer_and_patcher GitHub Wiki

๐Ÿ“ Main Issues

  • Make sure you have installed US version. Europe and Atari game versions are unsupported. You can replace your Taz.exe file from US version for compatibility
  • Demo and Pre-release versions are unsupported
  • Make sure your registry path is correct: Settings -> Game Path
  • Make sure you have installed Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

๐ŸŽž Video Issues

  • Make sure your DirectPlay component is enabled
  • Make sure you have installed DirectX 9.0c
  • Make sure you have correct video device in the Settings -> Video
  • Make sure you have latest video drivers installed
  • Try windowed / fullscreen mode
  • Try another GPU (integrated / discrete graphics)
  • Cooperative Fix is not compatible with d3d8to9, use another API

๐Ÿซ dgVoodoo2 Issues

  • dgVoodoo2 settings can be configured via: ...\Taz Wanted\Wrappers\dgVoodoo2\dgVoodooCpl.exe
  • Watermark can be removed via: DirectX -> Miscellanneous -> dgVoodoo watermark
  • DirectX 11/12 can be switched via: General -> Rendering -> Output API

๐ŸŽฎ Control Issues

  • Choose your controller via Settings -> Controls and choose your controller type via Patches -> Layout
  • Trainer keys (numpad, function keys, etc.) are not available in the game, make sure Player 2 controls are not default
  • Set Vanilla option for Layout settings and configure layout manually via Settings -> Controls

๐Ÿช› Compatibility Issues

  • Try compatibility mode with Windows XP SP3 for Taz.exe
  • Try graphic wrappers or debug version of wrappers

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Mod Issues

  • Some mods can be incompatible with each other and may cause game crush in the specific scenarios
  • Some "heavy" mods may require 4Gb Ram patch

๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Walkthrough Issues

๐Ÿž Frame Rate Bugs

The game is not designed for more than 60 FPS refresh rate, use Frame Limiter or FPS Cap (F9) to avoid bugs:

  • Broken chili pepper
  • Glitched particles
  • Slowed UI animations
  • Stucked bosses
  • Wall clipping (~20 FPS)
  • Wall spin climbing (>60 FPS)

๐Ÿงช Unstable Features

Some trainer features are unstable and can crash or softlock the game in specific scenarios, use with caution:

  • Alternate Lighting with Legacy lighting option enabled (F10)
  • Cooperative Mode (F11)
  • Player (F12 PgUp PgDn)

๐Ÿ“Ž Misc Issues

  • Game crush on debug cheats menu selection with Russian language - use fixed Russian language mod
  • Game crash on level leaderboards screen - make sure you have created user on your current save slot
  • GameCube (.gc) files are not supported by Repacker - use QuickBMS with blitz_games.bms script
  • For custom game launchers, you can create shortcut or batch file: Taz.exe Launched