Custom launcher and game patcher for Taz: Wanted.
This patcher is the only one authorized for speedrunning the PC version of Taz: Wanted on speedrun.com!
The source code and images were taken from the Taz: Wanted Trainer and Patcher project created by MuxaJlbl4 (MuLLlaH9!) with his permission.
These repositories and the licenses that come with them are also used in this project:
This patcher supports restoring game files after using Taz: Wanted Trainer and Patcher, provided that Taz.exe.backup in the root of the game folder is the original executable file dated 8/12/2002 for the US version of the game.
Also this patcher doesn't conflict with Taz: Wanted Trainer and Patcher, as it creates its own SpeedrunningPatcher.xml save file (instead of Patcher.xml).
✏ Requirements
🔩 Patches
- Select patches and click Patch & Play
- Patch game button just patches files without starting the game
- To reset any patches click Restore patches
⌛ Launch options
- Language: - Change game language:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- NoCD Patch - Remove CD check during startup
- Skip Warning Banner - Disable unskippable intro warning screen
- Skip Logo Videos - Disable Blitz, Infogrames and WB intro logos
- Key Layout - Assign Map and Pause actions to Back and Start controller buttons
📺 Video options
- API: - Download and replace graphics API to custom wrapper:
- D3d8 · vanilla - Default DirectX 8.1
- D3d9 · d3d8to9 - DirectX 9 wrapper
- Res: - Video resolution, prefilled with system defaults
- Aspect: - Aspect ratio ONLY 4:3 AND 16:9!!!
- Windowed Mode - Windowed mode with selected resolution and ratio
- Voodoo Compatibility - Simplified graphics mode, incompatible with windowed mode
- Point Texture Filtering - Nearest-Neighbour filtering for all textures (magnified textures only)
- !NEW! Cartoon Lightning - You can enable/disable Cartoon Lightning inside the patcher, without using the native launcher.
- !NEW! Cartoon Outlines - You can enable/disable Cartoon Outlines inside the patcher, without using the native launcher.
- !NEW! Draw Distance - Adjust Draw Distance inside the patcher, without using the native launcher.
⚙ Settings
🗺 Game path
You can select the game path manually by Browse and Apply buttons; It changes Windows registry value with Taz path
🛠 Patcher options
- Auto save config on exit - Auto save app settings to SpeedrunningPatcher.xml file on exit
- Save app config - Save app settings to SpeedrunningPatcher.xml file
- Reset app config - Delete SpeedrunningPatcher.xml file and restart app with default settings
- Update d3d8to9 API - Download latest graphics API wrapper to the game folder (d3d8to9)
- Delete saves (.sav) - Delete game saves
- Kill Taz.exe (Alt+F4) - Terminate game process (hooked as Alt+F4 in the game)
⛳ Shortcuts
- Play - Start game
- Launcher - Open native Taz: Wanted launcher
- Video - Open native video setup
- Audio - Open native audio setup
- Controls - Open native controls setup
- Explorer - Open game folder in Windows explorer
- GitHub - Link to Taz: Wanted Speedrunning Patcher repository
💡 Known Issues
- On some systems, after patching the game, Windows Defender removes Taz.exe and marks it as a trojan. (Solved, but on really rare occasions it may show up.)
➕ Credits
The project was made at the request of CycloneFN for the Taz: Wanted Speedrunning Community in August 2023.