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Barnyard

Windows - 2006

Alt names Barnyard il Cortile, バーンヤード~主役はオレ、牛, Der tierisch verrückte Bauernhof, La Ferme En Folie, Рога и копыта
Year 2006
Platform Windows
Released in United Kingdom, United States (2006)
France (2007)
Genre Action
Theme Licensed Title, Movies
Publisher THQ Inc.
Developer Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty, Ltd.
Perspective 3rd-Person
Tested on Windows 10, Windows 11
4.7 / 5 - 81 votes

Description of Barnyard

In 2006, THQ Inc. publishes Barnyard on Windows. This action game is now abandonware and is set in a licensed title and movies themes.

There's a lot of mods created by InfiniteC0re, the big fan of this game. You can get the mods on InfiniteC0re's YouTube channel and also watch the video examples

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How to play Barnyard Windows

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The game has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10, it works fine. You may experience some small troubles when you play the game on modern systems, check our Guide and Notes for details

Install & play guide:

  • Mount the disc image. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools Lite
  • Launch the installation (if autorun doesn't work - simply launch the installation from Setup.exe inside the disc). It is recommended to install the game not in default path, but in some other, non-system folder, like C:/Games/Barnyard
  • When the installation process will ask for CD2 - mount the disc image of CD2. CD2 must be mounted in same virtual drive as CD1, so first un-mount disc image of CD1 and then mount the disc image of CD2. In example, if CD1 was in virtual drive G:, CD2 must be mounted in virtual drive G: as well
  • Finish the installation. The game has no DRM protection and doesn't require the disc for launch, so you don't need NoCD
  • Open the directory with the game and find Barnyard.exe and Setup.exe. Right click on both exe-files -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows XP" and "Run as administrator"
  • Run Setup.exe to configure the game settings
  • Launch the game and play. If the game doesn't work in compatibility mode with Windows XP - try to launch it in compatibility mode with other version of Windows (Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 7, etc.)

Here's also video guide by Nostalgia Realm

Notes:

  • The game doesn't have any DRM protection so you can just install the game and play it
  • European version has the installer on 6 languages, including English, but the game itself has only 5 languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish & Dutch. You can select the language in game menu
  • If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Setup.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (Win98, Win2000, XP or Vista)
  • It is recommended to install all versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable and NET Framework for the correct work of the game. Also it is recommended to install K-Lite Codec Pack for the correct work of in-game videos
  • The game works on DirectX 8, so if you're using Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or 11 - you need to enable DirectPlay: Go to Control Panel, and select 'Programs'. Select 'Turn Windows features on and off', click on 'Legacy Components' and check the box 'DirectPlay'. Select OK, once the installation is done, restart your computer
  • The game is using DirectX 8 and should work on any graphics card that support DirectX 9. But if you get error at launch - you can use d3d8to9 wrapper, it is simple dll-file that adapts DirectX 8 games to DirectX 9 renderer. Simply put d3d8.dll next to Barnyard.exe
  • If you have graphical bug when instead of the ground textures you see sky textures - download 3D Analyze utility, press Select and choose Barnyard.exe in the game folder; then check Emulate HW TnL caps box and press Run
  • By default the game works only in 4:3 screen resolution but you can run the game in widescreen by using Widescreen fix. There's multiple options inside the archive, for different resolutions. Open the folder with your resolution and copy Barnyard.exe & Setup.exe, put them in main game folder, agree to replace original files. Then launch Setup.exe to set new screen resolution
  • If you can't find your resolution or Widescreen fix didn't work - you can enable the custom screen resolution manually, by HeX-edit of executable file. Read this or this guide how to do that. Here's also video guide
  • The game also supports windowed mode but you need to enable it through registry edit. Read this guide if you want to play in windowed mode
  • If you want to play with anti-aliasing and texture filtering - run the game with dgVoodoo. Just copy d3d8.dll from the MS/x86 folder, dgVoodooCpl.exe and dgVoodoo.conf to the game folder, then run dgVoodooCpl.exe, open DirectX tab and select the setting you want. After that click "Apply" to save settings, close dgVoodooCpl and run the game from Barnyard.exe. dgVoodoo is compatible with Widescreen fix, just don't select forced resolution in dgVoodoo settings
  • Some users complained that they have in-game stutters when you ride the bike or the truck. The solution is to enable Vsync for the game in control panel of your video card, or, if you play with dgVoodoo, you can enable Vsync in dgVoodooCpl
  • Another method is to limit the game's framerate to 60 or less FPS with one of framerate limit utilities. Even though the game has framerate limit to 60 FPS by default, looks like lowering the game's framerate with utilities helps to resolve the problem with in-game stutters
  • Also, user RandalMcdaniel mentioned that the game works great with DXVK. So if you video card supports Vulkan API, you can run it with DXVK by following the next steps: download the archive with one of DXVK releases, copy all dll-files from x32 folder and put it game folder, next to Barnyard.exe. Then create empty text-file dxvk.conf in same folder, open it Notepad and type the two lines below, save the file and run the game:
dxgi.syncInterval = 1
d3d9.presentInterval = 1
  • If you want to play with controller - follow this guide. For Xbox 360 controller you can use Xbox 360 controller support fix by icup321
  • Don't forget to check PCGamingWiki if you have troubles!

Captures and Snapshots

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Comments and reviews

Samyr 2025-01-28 -1 point

me ajudem com a tradução da legenda nao encontro em lugar nenhum para baixar

admin 2024-11-06 1 point

We updated this page a little bit, added some new notes to the Guide

@RandalMcdaniel Nice find, I added that moment to the Notes too

RandalMcdaniel 2024-10-24 1 point

DXVK now works with dx8 games and i gotta say it made this game as smooth as butter, it even fixes the stutters that occur while riding the bicycle or the truck.

-Download dxvk releases (not dxvk master because that wont work) and Just drop all the dxvk(x32) files in the same place where barnyard.exe is located. It should be five total files.
-create another text file called dxvk.conf in the same place as well. add these lines to enable vsync. The game becomes so smooth its unreal. If you arent computer savvy enough to create dxvk.conf then google download dxvk.conf from dxvk github. Open it. Select all. Erase everything inside. Then paste these two lines in at the top and save. This tells dxvk to enable VSYNC. Otherwise the game will run at 8000fps.
dxgi.syncInterval = 1
d3d9.presentInterval = 1

RandalMcdaniel 2024-10-23 0 point

what the?!?! this is one of the best game i ever played in my life! The fps was like 9000 in the menus tho which scared me (dx8 games be like that) so i suggest you google corsire dx8 to 9. Just drop the single file in the same place as barnyard.exe and the next time you launch the game it will be dx9. And should be locked to 60fps too, if not enable vsync for it in nvidia control panel

BowserTheThird 2024-08-11 -1 point

Hey, fantastic game! only issue I've ran into is during the final mission it would stop after shooting about 6 coyotes. Any way to fix this? I'm gonna let it rest for a few hours. Hopefully that helps!

Sheb 2024-08-03 1 point

The enter key isn’t working for me so I can’t progress at all, but everything else seems to work, help?

OOI 2024-07-08 2 points

Hi, the mouse cursor isnt working as it should ... how to fix it ?

SUPerle2000 (French) 2024-06-17 2 points

When I try to install the european version, it tells me that the image file is damaged.
What should I do?

Lexycat 2024-06-16 4 points

For some reason the camera control by mouse isn't working in my game.... does anybody have the same issue/ know a fix?

Moo 2024-02-04 4 points

Game of the century right here

Cameron 2023-09-04 0 point

it keeps saying save failed every time I try to save the game any way to fix this

Sam 2023-04-13 2 points

This is a great game and it's really fun to play and explore the farm. I love how the characters interact with you, it's like you are an actual character in the movie.

The game is like a very simplified version of animal crossing with fun mini games.

Bottom Sniffer 2023-04-07 8 points

What is that last photo?

goodman 2023-04-06 2 points

11/10

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Windows Version

DownloadFull-Rip (includes Widescreen fix and dgVoodoo) English version 977 MB DownloadUS version (English only)
Disc 1 English version 646 MB
DownloadUS version (English only)
Disc 2 English version 282 MB
DownloadEuropean multilingual version (French, German, Spanish, Italian & Dutch languages)
Disc 1 French version German version Spanish; Castilian version Italian version Dutch version 726 MB
DownloadEuropean multilingual version (French, German, Spanish, Italian & Dutch languages)
Disc 2 French version German version Spanish; Castilian version Italian version Dutch version 684 MB
DownloadRussian version Russian version 1.1 GB ManualEnglish version 1 MB

Game Extras

Various files to help you run Barnyard, apply patches, fixes, maps or miscellaneous utilities.

FixXbox360 controller support by icup321 English version 510 KB FixWidescreen fix (compatible with all versions of the game) English version 8 MB FixWidescreen fix for Russian version Russian version 3 MB DemoEnglish version 113 MB

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