Ratatouille

Ratatouille

Developers
	Asobo Studio
	Heavy Iron Studios
Publishers
	THQ
Poland	CD Projekt
Engines
	Zouna
Release dates
Windows	June 26, 2007
macOS (OS X)	June 26, 2007
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Series	Pixar

⤏ Go to series page
Subseries of Disney
Toy Story (series)
A Bug's Life	1998
Monsters, Inc. (series)
Finding Nemo (series)
The Incredibles (series)
Cars (series)
Ratatouille	2007
WALL-E	2008
Up	2009
Brave (series)
Coco VR	2017
Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure	2018

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Ratatouille is a third-person platform game in the Pixar series.

Based on Asobo Studio's Ratatouille, released on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and Wii. Ratatouille games released on any other platform are different.

The game starts to break at very high framerates. See Issues fixed for more information.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail		Version included in the "Action Pack 3 Games in 1" bundle with The Incredibles & Cars.

This game is not available digitally.

A demo is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Asobo Studio\Ratatouille
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Documents/ratatouille.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Asobo Studio\Ratatouille %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Asobo Studio\Ratatouille
macOS (OS X)

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			HUD elements will stretch based on the aspect ratio. Play in 4:3 to prevent this.
Multi-monitor			Use RatataR.
Ultra-widescreen			Use RatataR.
4K Ultra HD			Some text and UI elements do not scale based on the resolution, and may be too small at resolutions higher than 768p.
Field of view (FOV)		Use RatataR.
Windowed		Use RatataR.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use RatataR.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA. Minor graphical issues can occur.[citation needed]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Most versions have a 500 FPS cap that cannot be removed. Frame rates above 180 may cause issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Use the launcher.
Mouse sensitivity		Called Cam. Sensibility.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Called Invert Camera. This option will also invert the X-axis. see Inverted Y-axis.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		The launcher does not support controller navigation. Controller disconnect screen and rumble functionality is missing from the PC release.
Controller remapping		Use the launcher. The key for "Press the MOUSE button to begin" can not be binded and is only supported on the default controls for XInput controllers.
Controller sensitivity		Called Cam. Sensibility.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Called Invert Camera. This option will also invert the X-axis. see Inverted Y-axis.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		By default, XInput controller will use the default button mapping. Launch overlay_win2k.exe to use custom controls.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

Nintendo controllers
Nintendo button prompts
Face button layout support
Motion sensors support
Connection modes

Other controller(s)
Peripheral devices support
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		XInput controllers only.
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Launch overlay_win2k.exe if using an XInput controller.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound FX, Voices.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Game gets suspended when not in focus.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Danish				Available on the Scandinavian retail copy.
Dutch
French
German				Available on the German retail copy.
Greek
Italian				Available on the Italian retail copy.
Korean
Norwegian				Available on the Scandinavian retail copy.
Polish
Portuguese				Available on the Spanish/Portuguese retail copy.
Brazilian Portuguese				Available on the Brazilian retail copy.
Russian				Available on the Russian retail copy.
Spanish				Available on the Brazilian retail copy.
Swedish				Available on the Scandinavian retail copy.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus
LAN play
Online play		See the Local play glossary page for potential workarounds.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos
Open <path-to-game>\Init.tsc in a text editor. Remove every line that starts with ChoosePlayMovie. Save the file.

Issues fixed

Shrimp Bug

With high framerates, shrimps in The Desserted Kitchen get stuck inside of their bucket that they are supposed to jump out of. Luring them into rat traps is required to complete the mission.

Cap frame rate to 180 FPS or lower.

Installer Won't Open

The installer creates a registry key meant to prevent the user from launching another instance. However, it can sometimes fail to clear those keys, preventing the installer from launching.

Delete the installers registry keys
Open up a command prompt with administrator privileges. Run: reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Asobo Studio\Ratatouille" /f.

Inverted Y-axis

This game has the Y-axis inverted by default. There's an option to invert the camera but will invert both axes.

Invert Y-axis only
Navigate to your systems Configuration file(s) location. Change the value of InvertYAxis to 1. This can also be done in RatataR.

Ratatouille is uninstalled when installing WALL-E

If running the installer for the retail version of Ratatouille for most regions while WALL-E is installed, the installer will not install Ratatouille without uninstalling WALL-E first, or vice versa. This happens because the InstallShield installer for both games uses the same ProductGUID: B94C6815-7BCC-4124-AC39-9208A06FFFA7, therefore one game's installer tries to access a folder with the already existing uninstaller for the other game.

The version of Ratatouille in the "Action Pack 3 Games in 1" Release does not have this problem as it uses a different installer than the one used in the standalone edition.

Rename/back up the uninstaller folder for the other game

If both games are to remain installed, it is necessary to modify the name of the uninstaller folder for one of the games (which contains the ProductGUID) so that it does not match the name of the other game uninstaller. The reason for this is that both installers attempt to create and access the same folder, which in turn causes this issue. This change will prevent the first-installed game from being uninstalled via the "Add or Remove Programs" menu until the folder is renamed back, since both entries in this menu point to the last-installed game; however, manually executing the uninstaller will still allow either game to be removed. Install WALL-E normally. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information, (if navigating using File Explorer, hidden items may need to be displayed). Locate the folder named B94C6815-7BCC-4124-AC39-9208A06FFFA7 and rename it to something memorable, such as WALL-E. Install Ratatouille.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	The disk ships with 9.0c

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	Version 1.8s

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP		Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 GHz		Intel Pentium III 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB		512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB		2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce3 ATI Radeon 7500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.3.9		10.4.8
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G4 1.2 GHz		PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB		256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB		2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce3 ATI Radeon 7500 64 MB of VRAM		Nvidia GeForce3 ATI Radeon 7500 128 MB of VRAM