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GHMetalRecomp v0.2.0 (Beta)

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@ElGuslml ElGuslml released this 28 Oct 18:50
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v0.2.0
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The first public beta of GHMetalRecomp: Guitar Hero: Metallica (Xbox 360), recompiled to run natively on Windows.

Important

You need your own copy of the game: the USA / Europe Xbox 360 disc, as an ISO. This release contains none of the game's files.

New

  • The game runs natively on Windows, drawn by NativeXRenderer (Vulkan) at your screen's resolution, with antialiasing.
  • Play with an Xbox 360 guitar, with any controller as a guitar, or with the keyboard (experimental).
  • Sing with any microphone on your PC (experimental): choose it in the launcher's Controls tab, under Microphone, and set the singer's controller to Vocals.
  • 60 FPS as on the console, or 120, 144, 160, 165 or 240 FPS where your monitor reaches them (experimental). Songs keep their speed and stay in sync.
  • Wide and ultrawide screens: the stage fills 21:9 and wider, while the note highway, the HUD and the menus keep their shape.
  • GH Metallica Launcher: installs the game from your ISO, profiles shared with the other ElGus Recomps launchers, the 50 achievements, your DLC (the Death Magnetic album), and automatic updates.
  • English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Better than the original

  • Songs no longer drift out of sync with the notes, as they do on the later Xbox 360 models.
  • The crowd's claps on Star Power follow your audio calibration.
  • Each screen effect (bloom, depth of field, film grain, color correction, vignette, ink blotches) can be turned off in Settings > Graphics.

Known issues

  • Singing is experimental: if the pitch line jumps around, lower the microphone's Gain in the launcher; if the game does not hear you, raise it.
  • Drums, AMD graphics cards, and Wii or PS3 instruments have not been tested yet.
  • Above 60 FPS and the keyboard are experimental.
  • Some USB audio interfaces add delay: calibrate the audio in the game's options.
  • The full list is in the README.

How to install

  1. Download the installer (GHMetalRecomp-v0.2.0-setup.exe), or the zip (GHMetalRecomp-win64.zip) and extract it into a folder you can write to (not Program Files).
  2. Open GH Metallica Launcher, choose your ISO, and create your profile.
  3. Press PLAY, then calibrate the audio and video once in the game's options.

Windows may warn about an unknown publisher the first time: click More info, then Run anyway.

Something wrong? Tell us on Discord or in issues, with the latest file in the game's logs folder.

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