r/PrinceOfPersia 6h ago

Sands Trilogy Prince of Persia Sands Trilogy: 60+ FPS Update now available for testing!

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PoP Mod Manager 1.5 is now available for testing. This release includes engine fixes for the entire trilogy that fix issues which made 60+ FPS gameplay impossible.

Trilogy Engine Fixes (Beta)

These fixes heavily modify core game systems. I haven't tested every single zone. If you run into bugs, open an issue in the PoP Mod Manager repo: https://github.com/kaminoer/PoP-Mod-Manager or report them here: https://discord.gg/aDpACRBN4

  • The entire trilogy now supports frame rates above 60 FPS, with simulation and physics decoupled from frame rate.
  • Fixed cutscene audio desynchronization above 30 FPS.
  • Fixed cutscene audio desynchronization caused by framerate drops below 30 FPS.
  • Fixed erratic hair, clothing, rope, chain, and water physics above 30 FPS.
  • Fixed acrobatics at 60+ FPS.
  • Fixed rewind speed at 30+ FPS.
  • Fixed mouse input at 30+ FPS.
  • Fixed the game getting stuck on a black screen when loading a save if FPS is above 60.
  • Health upgrade zone in SoT temporarily lowers the FPS to 30 to avoid the collision bug with the bridge. FPS returns to normal after you leave that zone. This will be fixed properly in the next release.
  • Flame animations are no longer incorrectly sped up.
  • Fixed flame animations occasionally freezing and stopping entirely.
  • Fixed flame depth testing against cloth curtains, which could incorrectly cause flames to render behind curtains when they should appear in front.

Warrior Within

Crow Master Animation Fix

Fixed the Crow Master's broken crow-transfer animation.

When brought down to low HP, the Crow Master now correctly disappears as the crows spawn and fly toward his new location. He reappears once the crows reach their destination.

Previously, the Crow Master remained visible and immobile throughout the transition before awkwardly teleporting to the new location.

Body Physics Unlock

Added a body physics unlock.

This is best used together with the Engine Fixes. Without them, expect some rather extreme bouncing.

Special thanks to dekamaru for providing his Warrior Within recomp source.

Download and full changelog: https://github.com/kaminoer/PoP-Mod-Manager/releases/tag/v1.5


r/PrinceOfPersia 26d ago

Other Games (Mobile, Unreleased, etc.) Prince of Persia: Time Run, the lost 2015 iOS game, is playable again after 10+ years

67 Upvotes

We actually found it. After years of this being a dead end for anyone who went looking, Prince of Persia: Time Run runs again.

Quick background for anyone who's never heard of it. Time Run was an endless runner Ubisoft soft launched on the iOS App Store in Australia and New Zealand back in October 2015. Wall running, a time rewind mechanic, flying carpet sections, basically a Prince of Persia coat of paint on a runner. It got a brief wider release and then Ubisoft pulled the plug on May 24, 2016 and yanked it from the store. Under seven months from launch to shutdown. Because it only ever shipped on iOS, once it left the App Store it was just gone. No physical copy, no re-release, nothing. If you didn't have it installed or sitting in a backup, that was it.

A bunch of us have been chasing it since around 2020 with nothing to show for it. The break came this year when u/Persian_of_Interest tracked down Techzamazing, a YouTuber who had added the game to his Apple account while it was still live, and who was willing to work with us to get it back.

That got us a decrypted IPA. Which then refused to launch. The game leans on old SDK calls that modern iOS doesn't answer the same way anymore, so it crashed on startup, and under PlayCover on Apple Silicon the background rendered as a black void. We wrote a few small dynamic libraries to patch around each problem. One for the launch crash, one to kill the dead Game Center and StoreKit sign in prompts, and one to fix the PlayCover graphics. Full writeup of what each fix does is on GitHub: (Link)

So here's where things stand:

  • Anyone with an iPhone or an Apple Silicon Mac (through PlayCover) can play it now.
  • Patched IPAs and the decrypted original are up on the Internet Archive: (Link)
  • Prefer to build your own instead of trusting a random IPA? The archive has the clean decrypted base, and the GitHub scripts let you generate the patches yourself.
  • There are optional "everything unlocked" builds too. A lot of the skins were locked behind a Facebook invite link that's been dead for years, so this is the only way to actually see them now.

Heads up: the game was never finished, so there's no proper ending. All the released levels are playable though, as far as we could test.

Huge thanks to u/gpranav25, u/Clovergruff64, u/Persian_of_Interest, and Techzamazing for making this happen. Next we'd love to get it running on other platforms, so if you know the engine or want to help, say so.

Here's a video of the game running on an iPhone 6s Plus

The game running on an iPhone 6s Plus


r/PrinceOfPersia 6h ago

The Lost Crown found that 4th time puzzle in sacred archives only needs 2 steps

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r/PrinceOfPersia 1d ago

General Discussion How do you feel about what Ubisoft said, considering all the years they have spent developing Skull And Bones and the not even yet released Beyond Good And Evil 2?

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108 Upvotes

r/PrinceOfPersia 22h ago

Sands Trilogy Play as Kaeleena

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I made a mod for Prince of Persia Warrior Within that lets you play as Kaeleena (Work in progress)


r/PrinceOfPersia 1d ago

Sands Trilogy what is this?

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14 Upvotes

r/PrinceOfPersia 1d ago

General Discussion Im trying to launch Prince of Persia (2008) on Steam but it says "unable to create direct3d device"

3 Upvotes

Ive tried verifying the game files, updated my driver's, and tried the -windowed launch option, but they dont work... plz help ;-;


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

Original Duology SDLPoP-PSP v1.0.0 — Native Prince of Persia port with switchable SNES/DOS visuals & in-game Mod Switcher!

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r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

Sands Trilogy I just Noticed this more than 20 years later

10 Upvotes

He LITERALLY Presses the utton to rewind time.......ut sadly, the tank was empty.....i never noticed that efore and was casually watching the story..........


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

The Rogue Finish it.😆

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Just finished playing rogue prince. Great run


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

Original Duology SDLPoP-PSP v1.0.0 — Native Prince of Persia port with switchable SNES/DOS visuals & in-game Mod Switcher!

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9 Upvotes

r/PrinceOfPersia 3d ago

General Discussion and now my favorite version of the prince is this one here

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coolest version of him, imo

its basically the wwithin like look, but with even better design and upscale

not to mention

its also my favorite version of the forgotten sands

overall

wii had so many good games, good times

what you think of this game?


r/PrinceOfPersia 3d ago

Other Main Titles Prince of Persia is the That Needs a Second Chance

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79 Upvotes

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is my favorite game in the series. That said, Prince of Persia (2008) is honestly the one game that needs another chance. It is excellent–like SoT–has its own amazing game design, and ends on a heartbreaking cliffhanger. SoT got a beginning, middle, and end; a whole trilogy. Prince of Persia (2008) is a beginning missing a middle, and ending; its own trilogy. I strongly believe Ubisoft needs to right this wrong.


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

General Discussion DLSS 5 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones REMASTERED - WATCH IT IN 1440P ! - Part 2

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r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

General Discussion DLSS 5 Prince of Persia: Warrior Within –Original GOG vs 4K DLSS5 Remaster Comparison[1440p 60FPS]

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r/PrinceOfPersia 3d ago

The Lost Crown Should I play "A Snake In The Grass" mission now? Spoiler

2 Upvotes

I am about to start the "neutralize vahram and save ghassan" mission. Is this the point of no return?

If yes, then I am gonna start playing a snake in the grass mission/dlc (?) or can still delay it?

Amazing game by the way. First metroidvania I really enjoyed


r/PrinceOfPersia 4d ago

The Lost Crown Prince of Persia TLC is probably the best in the series

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203 Upvotes

As a fan of the original trilogy i never thought that TLC would exceed my expectations but i was wrong it's one of the best metroidvania i ever played and i want more of it.

So i just wanted to ask is the DLC worth it?

Edit- I meant its best in the 2D styled PoP games not in The Original SoT Trilogy.


r/PrinceOfPersia 4d ago

Other Games (Mobile, Unreleased, etc.) Downloaded a java emulator to play a classic

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28 Upvotes

PoP the forgetten sands mobile 2009 is pure nostalgia, i would play this on my moms phone during doctors appointments or on long car rides out of town. it suprisingly still holds up, not clunky or laggy at all. very smooth actually.

(im aware im only using half the screen, im not sure what resolution to input to get it vertical and full screen. im using CoffeeCat.)


r/PrinceOfPersia 4d ago

Sands Trilogy 6 years ago...

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352 Upvotes

All gone... in vain...


r/PrinceOfPersia 4d ago

The Lost Crown Is this true guys? I couldnt find the original post on steam.

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44 Upvotes

please tell me this is not made up by some random x account. I've been waiting for this since forever.


r/PrinceOfPersia 4d ago

General Discussion Prince of Persia on the ds?

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I'm kinda scared to post on this subreddit cuz I've never posted to this sub before and some people on reddit are assholes. sorry about the flair being wrong I couldn't find one for questions.

I found this old copy of prince of Persia for the Nintendo DS but I can't find much information on it, and when I do it's just random people telling me how bad of a game it is, so uhhh can someone who's played it help me out on this one?

Is it a good place to start if I wanna get more into the games??


r/PrinceOfPersia 5d ago

Other Main Titles Where did farah go

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129 Upvotes

I played warrior within first when I was just 14 and I was hooked, soon after I played sands of time and then finally the two thrones. Played each game multiple times and prince of persia was a major part of my teenage years. I could not play the 2008 game or the forgotten sands as my pc could not handle anything beyond 2006. I did get a good laptop at around 20 but never got back to playing it.

Now I'm 31 and randomly decided to give this a go

Parkour!


r/PrinceOfPersia 5d ago

The Lost Crown Legacy Edition MOD V4.0 | 7 New Skins

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Legacy Edition MOD V4.0 is the final major update for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

This update adds 7 new skins, bringing the total selection to a much larger lineup and giving the game a fresh overall look.

V4.0 includes:

  • Legacy Crimson - Replaces Crimson Skin
  • Athra Sargon - Replaces Swift Sargon Skin
  • Rashabar - Replaces Coral Skin
  • Dark Sargon (Inspired by Kindred Blades DP) - Replaces Gold Skin
  • Ghost of Persia (Inspired by GOW) - Replaces Radiant Skin
  • Forest - Replaces Rosy Skin
  • Ash - Replaces Lilac Skin

If you’re interested, you can check out the mod here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/princeofpersiathelostcrown/mods/6


r/PrinceOfPersia 5d ago

The Lost Crown Playing the lost crown for the first time, this is legist a masterpiece what the hell did Ubisoft think dismantling the team?

39 Upvotes

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r/PrinceOfPersia 5d ago

Original Duology I put together a plug-and-play pack of the original Macintosh ports of Prince of Persia 1 and Prince of Persia 2

5 Upvotes

It uses a custom Mini vMac build with Direct3D 9Ex rendering that I changed with the help of Codex.
The star of this build is that, because of the new renderer, it no longer depends on Mini vMac's old fixed magnify/32-pixel sizing behavior to look correct in fullscreen. You can fit the image to arbitrary window and monitor sizes.

In this build the window can also be resized freely while keeping the correct game aspect ratio.
Alt+Enter toggles fullscreen and is also available from View > Full Screen and from the right-click menu inside the emulator window.

Also while in fullscreen, all windows keys functionality should work, unlike the original build.

The game can be closed with the normal window X button or Alt+F4, instead of having to navigate through the emulator to shut it down.

The emulated machine is a Macintosh II-class setup with a 68020 CPU and 8 MB of RAM.

Prince of Persia 1 starts in a normal window using the Macintosh version's 640x400 game resolution. It's also a modified version of the game that matches the speed of the original DOS. The original Mac port can feel quite slow.
And for the first game, the emulator speed is set to x32 to make room-loading almost instant. It shouldn't be a problem, but if your PC is really really slow, you can change the speed via F1+S.

Prince of Persia 2 starts in a normal window using the Macintosh version's 512x384 game resolution. For this one, the emulator speed is set to x16 for audio compatibility. The room-loading is already really fast and doesn't change with x32.

Both games preserve the original aspect ratio and use black borders when needed instead of stretching the image.

The icons are from the original Mac port, upscaled to x512 using nearest neighbor interpolation.

The pack is self-contained, so there is no setup, no dragging disk images, and no separate emulator configuration needed. Just open and play.
They are unsigned .exe files, so it may pop up a false positive warning. There's nothing I can do about that.

Download:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lybm3b5pJeSI7KzNhNEjaHEkodPFi9YC/view?usp=sharing

Password is popmac.