This is a Linux fork of ZenoArrows' Nintendo Switch & PS Vita port of The Simpsons Hit & Run, based on the leaked source code. The upstream port targets the Nintendo Switch and PS Vita; this fork adds native Linux desktop support.
The full game should be playable, including local multiplayer in the bonus game. The port is however still incomplete, so some glitches can be observed and some visual effects are missing compared to the PC version.
Please report any Linux-specific bugs or feature requests in the issues tab on this repository. For issues related to the base port, please refer to the upstream project.
This port uses the PC assets, so you will need to have the PC version of the game installed. Do not use the assets from the source code leak as those are not the final version, instead use the assets from the official release. Also make sure you're using the original .rmv movie files in the movies folder rather than the converted .bk2 files that older releases of the port required.
For Linux, build from source using the instructions below, then place the resulting binary alongside your PC game assets.
For Nintendo Switch and PS Vita installation, see the upstream project releases and instructions.
Dependencies (package names for Debian/Ubuntu shown):
sudo apt install build-essential cmake pkg-config libsdl2-dev libopenal-dev libpng-dev \
libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev \
libgl1-mesa-dev
SDL3 is used when available; otherwise SDL2 is required. FFmpeg is used for video playback unless the proprietary Bink SDK is provided.
Build steps:
mkdir -p build-linux
cmake -S . -B build-linux -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build-linux -j$(nproc)
The native Linux binary is placed at build-linux/code/SRR2. Keep the executable next to your PC game assets (the working directory is used to find the data files).
An AARCH64 build can be produced using Docker to provide a consistent ARM64 environment.
Dependencies are the same as the Linux build. The included Dockerfile.aarch64 sets up an ARM64 Ubuntu 22.04 container with all required packages.
Build steps:
docker build -t shar-aarch64 -f Dockerfile.aarch64 .
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/src shar-aarch64 bash -c \
"mkdir -p build-aarch64 && cmake -S . -B build-aarch64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build-aarch64 -j$(nproc)"
The ARM64 binary is placed at build-aarch64/code/SRR2.
If you are already on an AARCH64 system you can build natively using the same steps as the standard Linux build, substituting build-aarch64 for build-linux.
The PAL version supports multiple languages and will use the language that matches the system language of your console. If your console is set to a language that is not supported a menu will be shown giving you the option to choose between the supported languages.
No official release has the dialog RCF files for all 4 supported languages, so you will need to make sure you use the game assets from a release that's localized in the language you'd like to play.
If you'd just like to play in English and have no need for multi-language support, then use the NTSC version to play.
