Bejeweled 3

Key points

Video card detection error on modern hardware configurations. See "Issues fixed"

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Origin
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.^[1]
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[2]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\PopCap\Bejeweled3
Steam	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SteamPopCap\Bejeweled3
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/78000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\PopCap Games\Bejeweled3\users\
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Steam\Bejeweled3\users\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/78000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Choice of internal resolution: 800x600, 1024x768, or 1920x1200. Output is stretched for aspect ratios other than 16:10 and 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Maximum resolution is 1920x1200.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Uses system's cursor.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		The welcome voice upon entering the main menu is not subtitled. All other voices during gameplay (like "Good", "Awesome", etc) are accompanied with on-screen text.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Chinese version only. Contains exclusive Time Bomb game modes. This version can only be run in 4:3 aspect ratio, even if the game is in full screen mode.^[3]
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Japanese version only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Origin / EA app.
Spanish

Fixes 3D acceleration, improves performance and allows support for higher resolutions.

Install the Bejeweled 3 patch^[4]

Download the Bejeweled 3 patch here
Open the .zip file and open the bejeweled-3 folder.
Extract the relevant folder of the edition (Steam, Origin, PopCap) of the game to <path-to-game>.
Copy the Bejeweled3-nosig+vmem+vcard.exe and compat.cfg to <path-to-game>.
Rename the .exe file to Bejeweled3.exe.
Run the game and enable 3D acceleration. Change the resolution as desired.

Notes

If 3D acceleration still refuses to be enabled, run the included Test3D-clean.reg file.

The original .exe for Bejeweled 3 is included as a backup if something breaks.

Use WineD3D
Download the latest version of WineD3D here Open the `.zip` file and extract `d3d9.dll` and `wined3d.dll` to <path-to-game> Start the game.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			Steam version is not 64-bit. Possibly available in Origin version.

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	BASS

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	320 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	256 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/78000/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (78000) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.