Knack v0.1.4

What's new

Game language fixed (#5). The language list came from the God of War III port: its "Spanish" showed English on the US copy, and Portuguese was missing. Now launcher → Game → Game language lists Knack's own languages, including Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (Latin America).

Your copy of the game has only some of them; the others show English. The US version (CUSA00068) has English, French, Spanish (Latin America) and Portuguese (Brazil).

Download

• Windows: download knack-windows.zip, extract it and open Knack.exe. If you already have the port, the launcher offers this update itself.
• Linux: download knack-x86_64.AppImage, make it executable and run it.

Found a bug or want something? Please open an issue.

Knack v0.1.3

What's new

Frame rate limits above 60 work. Before, a Frame rate limit of 100, 120 or 240 kept Knack at 60 FPS. Only Unlimited went higher. Now every limit works, up to 120 FPS. With VSync on, the frame rate also stops at your monitor's refresh rate.

No more God of War III leftovers. This port started from the God of War III PC port, and some of its options were still visible:

• In-game menu (Insert): the God of War III cheats, orb multipliers, enemy health bar and mouse aiming are gone from the Game tab.
• Launcher → Controls: the Rage of Sparta, grab and dodge keys, the joystick prompts and the L2 mouse aiming are gone. L3 and R3 have their own keys again.
• Add to Steam now names the shortcut Knack (it said WipEout Omega Collection) and writes KNACK on the Steam pictures.

Download

• Windows: download knack-windows.zip, extract it and open Knack.exe. If you already have the port, the launcher offers this update itself.
• Linux: download knack-x86_64.AppImage, make it executable and run it.

Found a bug or want something? Please open an issue.

Knack v0.1.2

Knack v0.1.2

• Render resolution: the in-game menu now offers only Native (1920x1080). The other sizes (ultrawide, 1440p, 4K...) came from the God of War III base and did nothing in Knack: the picture stayed 1080p with black bars. Knack has no resolution patch yet. (#4)
• Portable launcher settings: put a settings.json next to Knack.exe (an empty file, or a copy of the one in %APPDATA%\knack-launcher). The launcher then keeps its settings there instead of in %APPDATA%. The game's settings (gow3.ini) and saves (user) were already next to Knack.exe. (#3)

Download knack-windows.zip, extract it and run Knack.exe. The launcher also offers this update itself.

v0.1.1 - Knack 1.00 starts

What's new

• Knack 1.00 now starts. A base game without the update (for example CUSA00006 v01.00) stopped in the launcher with TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable NoneType object (#3). The game's older libc is now linked. Tested with the US base game 1.00: it starts and plays the opening video.
• Trophies: unlocks are kept in user/trophies.txt, and the game shows "Trophy unlocked" on screen.

The update (1.10) is still the version I test the most. If you have it, use it.

Download

Download knack-windows.zip, extract it and run Knack.exe. Linux: knack-x86_64.AppImage.

Found a bug? Please open an issue with your user/last_run.log. Stars help other players find the port!

v0.1.0 - first playable version

The first playable version of the native PC port of Knack (PS4, 2013). The first chapters play from start to end at up to 120 FPS: fights, super moves, story videos, music, sound effects and saves.

How to play

Windows 10/11

1. Download knack-windows.zip below and extract it.
2. Open Knack.exe. Choose your game folder (the one with eboot.bin). If the 01.10 update is in its own folder, choose it as the Update folder.
3. Click PLAY.

Linux

1. Download knack-x86_64.AppImage below.
2. Run chmod +x knack-x86_64.AppImage, then start it.

It needs glibc 2.39 or newer (SteamOS, Bazzite, Fedora 42, Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04+). GitHub Actions builds the AppImage and opens it on these systems, but nobody has played it on Linux yet.

Requirements: a 64-bit CPU with AVX, a GPU with Vulkan 1.3, and 16 GB of RAM recommended (the game uses about 5 to 6 GB). No game files are included: you need your own dump. The tested dump is CUSA00068 (US) with update 01.10.

What works

• The game boots, saves, and plays the story videos, the training rooms and the next chapters.
• Smoke, explosions, the tornado and the super moves draw correctly. The "TV static" in the smoke is fixed.
• Music and sound effects work, including the HE-VAG effects.
• Frame rate up to 120 FPS. The game steps by real time, so it runs at normal speed.
• No crash after trophy 22. The red-zone protection is now on for Knack.

Known issues

• Dust puffs can show as squares with hard edges.
• Menu text can glitch for the first frames after the game starts.
• Memory use can grow during long play (about 6 GB after 20 minutes). This is not confirmed yet.
• Later chapters and the EU versions (CUSA00006, CUSA00202) are not tested.

Please report problems in the issues. Include your GPU, driver and CPU, and attach user\last_run.log.