RAC-RS v0.2.2

Ratchet & Clank PC port, bring your own disc. No game files are included.

Install: download rac-rs-0.2.2.zip below, unzip it, double-click Setup.cmd, click Browse and pick the .iso of your own disc (PAL/Europe v1.00 or USA v1.00), then click Install. Already have an older version? Just start the game: it offers the update and keeps your saves.

What's new

• Big speed-up: the game logic now needs 30-50% less CPU time on every planet, so busy places like Metropolis (Kerwan), Blarg, Orxon, Hoven, Gemlik and Veldin no longer slow down or stutter. This helps most on older or slower CPUs. The game plays exactly as before: only how fast the PC runs it has changed.
• The game no longer draws hundreds of frames per second that your monitor cannot show: it now draws at most as many as your monitor's refresh rate, which leaves more CPU time for the game.
• This update rebuilds the whole game once, so it takes longer than usual: about 10 minutes, up to 20 on slower PCs. Your saves and settings are kept.

RAC-RS v0.2.1

Ratchet & Clank PC port, bring your own disc. No game files are included.

Install: download rac-rs-0.2.1.zip below, unzip it, double-click Setup.cmd, click Browse and pick the .iso of your own disc (PAL/Europe v1.00 or USA v1.00), then click Install. Already on v0.2.0? Just start the game: it offers the update and keeps your saves.

What's new

• Every liquid in the game now has an Enhanced look (Lighting and Water set to Enhanced):
  • Aridia's mud is now thick brown mud that oozes slowly and bubbles. Before, it shone like a mirror.
  • Orxon's toxic sludge now swells slowly, with a glossy skin, glowing veins and bubbles that swell and pop.
  • Gaspar's lava now has drifting dark crust with glowing cracks, bubbles, a heat shimmer, and a white-hot glow where it meets rock.
  • Batalia's jungle river now flows, with ripples and reflections.
  • The water in Hoven's abyss and in the flooded tank room on Quartu now get the Enhanced water look.
• Hoven's frozen floor by the doors now stays still like ice instead of rippling like water.
• Hoven's ice (floes, crystals and icicles) now has a cold shine with sparkles (with Lighting Enhanced).
• Distant water no longer flickers when the camera moves, on every planet.
• With Water set to Classic, every liquid still looks like the PS2.
• The Graphics settings are now also on the title screen: Options > Graphics. They are the same settings as Pause > Options > Graphics, and a change made in one place shows in the other.
• The game window's title now shows the game's version (for example "rac-rs v0.2.1").
• Lighting Classic: objects (crates, machines, platforms, enemies, Ratchet) now use the same texture detail as the PS2, so they look as soft as on the PS2 from a distance. Lighting Enhanced keeps the sharper textures.
• Controllers: running with the left stick no longer slows Ratchet down at diagonal angles. A full push now runs in every direction, like on the PS2.
• USA disc: the title screen's Options page showed a Video row that the USA game does not have, so the highlight sat on the wrong row. It now shows Language, Sound and Graphics, and the highlight follows your choice.