Raptor Enhanced 1.2

Feature release. To upgrade, replace raptor.exe and raptorsetup.exe in your game folder.

Added

• Smooth motion is now on by default: game logic still runs at the original 35 Hz, but sprite and scroll positions are interpolated for fluid 70 Hz motion. Prefer the original presentation? Set smooth_motion=0 under [Video] in SETUP.INI, or toggle it in Raptor Setup under Additional Features.
• Selectable OPL music emulator: music defaults to the cycle-accurate Nuked OPL3 core; OplEmu=1 under [Music] switches to the much faster DOSBox dbopl core - useful on very slow machines and for downstream console/handheld ports, which can also compile either core out entirely (OPL_NO_NUKED / OPL_NO_DBOPL, see src/opl_core.h).
• First release packaged automatically by CI, with a Linux x64 tarball alongside the Windows zip.

SHA-256 (RaptorEnhanced-1.2.zip): 42540E9C0AB47A196CDF52146CAD3865239971796D6761A50FB376A4A0B7A45C
SHA-256 (RaptorEnhanced-1.2-linux-x64.tar.gz): B7CAB3A067A2E0DB5BBE250AE4B0F28912D83A7429F6263E9821A70B51E6B5D8

No game data or game code is included; GPL-2, complete corresponding source in this repository.

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (c) Scott Host / Mountain King Studios - buy his games at mking.com.

Raptor Enhanced 1.1.3

Fix and hardening release following an external code review. To upgrade, replace raptor.exe in your game folder.

Fixed

• Pilot registration wrote the callsign into the pilot name as well (a long-standing port bug) - name and callsign are now stored correctly.
• A pilot saved inside Delta Sector now falls back safely to Bravo Sector if the Delta data has since been removed, instead of failing to load its level.

Hardened

• Pilot-file validation is stricter (difficulty and training fields are range-checked) and now also governs whether the Load option appears at all.
• Duplicate-pilot detection at registration now works as originally intended (the shipped v1.2 compared encrypted bytes and never matched).
• Delta Sector is only offered when all nine of its waves are present; partial installs are logged to RAPTOR.LOG and ignored.

SHA-256 (RaptorEnhanced-1.1.3.zip): FABDD4B46E1D616B5A9E6BB1B16E80E17161943CF9FAC8A703432C2D3CEF8026

No game data or game code is included; GPL-2, complete corresponding source in this repository.

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (c) Scott Host / Mountain King Studios - buy his games at mking.com.

Raptor Enhanced 1.1.2

Minor fix release. To upgrade, replace raptor.exe in your game folder.

Fixed

• New pilots now apply the chosen difficulty (Training/Rookie/Veteran/Elite) to the optional Delta Sector campaign as well; previously Delta always started at Veteran. Existing pilots are unaffected.

SHA-256 (RaptorEnhanced-1.1.2.zip): D8A4D21D352F6A6B6E19F18752C21FD9DFCE7C82C97D93BC2CD737DC8E6D88B8

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (c) Scott Host / Mountain King Studios - buy his games at mking.com.

Raptor Enhanced 1.1.1

Bugfix release. To upgrade from 1.0 or 1.1, just replace raptor.exe in your game folder.

Fixed

• Freeze when 2010/2015 Edition pilots are present. The Windows 2010/2015 editions keep their pilot saves in the same %APPDATA%\Raptor folder and file names this engine uses, but in a different format - loading one could hang the game. Pilot files are now validated before use: incompatible pilots are skipped in the load menu and left untouched on disk (the 2015 Edition keeps working with them), while classic pilots from the DOS or Steam 1994 game load normally.
• Fatal errors no longer exit silently.

Added

• RAPTOR.LOG - the engine now writes a diagnostic log to its save folder (%APPDATA%\Raptor), recording startup, pilot validation, level loads, and any fatal error. If you hit a problem, include this file in your report.

Notes

• Classic 1994 pilot saves (CHAR****.FIL from DOS or the Steam classic release) are fully compatible - copy them into %APPDATA%\Raptor and they appear in the load menu.
• No game data or game code is included; GPL-2, complete corresponding source in this repository.

SHA-256 (RaptorEnhanced-1.1.1.zip): D77F94AF0DAF158376AAFF0B4AD7EFA2090A92F421FF24BE07C58F0FA9B7A37C

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (c) Scott Host / Mountain King Studios - buy his games at mking.com.

Raptor Enhanced 1.1

Delta Sector polish release. Same drop-in install as 1.0 - see that release or the bundled README for setup.

What's new for Delta Sector

• Its own soundtrack: each Delta wave now plays music matched to the campaign its central terrain band was remixed from, instead of reusing the Outer Regions track list.
• Wave progress is saved: a pilot's Delta Sector progress now survives save/load (stored beside the pilot file; existing pilot saves remain fully compatible and untouched).
• A proper ending: completing Delta Sector now shows its own ending screen. The ending text is installed with the campaign data - re-run the Delta installer (or use the editor, below) to get it; older Delta data simply falls back to the previous behavior.

Delta Sector without Python

The Raptor Map Editor can now generate the Delta Sector data in your browser: load your GLBs and click Add Delta Sector. Output is byte-identical to the bundled Python installer. Either path works; both produce the ending text as of this release.

Notes

• No game data or game code is included; you supply your own copy of the game (Steam / GOG).
• GPL-2. Complete corresponding source: this repository.

SHA-256 (RaptorEnhanced-1.1.zip): 217A764BD9B44FCCBF58E93115F22EA252C3CD63208784F7F801C72F7AA7AD81

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (c) Scott Host / Mountain King Studios - buy his games at mking.com.

Raptor Enhanced 1.0

Native Windows build of the open-source Raptor engine port, plus optional support for Delta Sector - a community-made 4th campaign (9 new waves) remixed from the game's own three sectors.

Install

1. Unzip and copy raptor.exe, SDL2.dll, and raptorsetup.exe into your Raptor folder (the one with FILE0000.GLB). Steam, GOG, and DOS installs all work - your files are never modified and your original launcher keeps working.
2. Run raptor.exe.

Delta Sector (optional)

Copy the DeltaSector-optional folder into your Raptor folder and run install_delta_sector.bat (needs Python 3.10+, full game data). It patches your own files with .bak backups. Then open the Ship Computer in the hangar and pick DELTA SECTOR (or press D).

Notes

• No game data or game code is included; you supply your own copy of the game (Steam / GOG).
• GPL-2. Complete corresponding source: this repository.
• Delta Sector levels can be edited with the Raptor Map Editor.

SHA-256 (RaptorEnhanced-1.0.zip): B68E95FE297D20044BEFD7857D42245439225DD99238E1074A052D5D98C669D9

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (c) Scott Host / Mountain King Studios - buy his games at mking.com.