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@K0NL K0NL released this 19 Oct 11:45
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This is the third test release of the native Linux version of B2recomp. It is a pre-release: the Windows version is v0.2.5. As always, this download contains no game files: the game is built on your PC from your own dump.

I fucked up the tags so this is pointing at my main branch will be fixed when I wake up

New since Linux Test 2

The fix of Windows v0.2.5:

  • Cinematics at 120 fps: voices and lips stay together. With the frame rate set above 60, the pictures of the cinematics slowly ran ahead of the voices (reported on this Linux version): by about half a second after a minute and a half of the prologue. The game plays its cinematics at 30 frames per second and holds the last picture of every shot for one of its frames before it cuts to the next shot. At 120 fps that hold was four times too short, so every cut gained a little time. The hold now lasts as long as the game intended at any frame rate. At 60 fps nothing changes.

Updating from Linux Test 1 or 2

Unzip B2recomp-linux-builder-d3bcb83.zip over your old B2recomp folder and start B2recomp. It says that B2recomp was updated; press Build (a short rebuild, about two minutes), then Play. Your settings and saves stay. The fix is applied during the build, so the rebuild is needed.

New install

  1. Unzip B2recomp-linux-builder-d3bcb83.zip where you want to keep the game, for example ~/Games.
  2. Open the folder and start B2recomp: double-click it, or in a terminal run sh ./B2recomp.
  3. Choose your dump folder (one folder that holds exefs/ and romfs/ of Bayonetta 2, version 1.2), press Build (5 to 20 minutes, depending on your CPU), then Play.

Known limits of this test release

  • The game times its frames with its own 60 Hz clock, not with your monitor's refresh as the Windows version does. On a screen that is not exactly 60 Hz you may see a slight judder now and then.
  • The cinematic fix was tested on Windows; the Linux build compiles the same change, but it has not been watched on Linux yet.
  • Tested on Arch-based systems (CachyOS) with an NVIDIA RTX 4060 laptop and an AMD RX 560, on KDE and Hyprland (Wayland). Other distributions should work, but are untested.

Reporting Problems

Press Report... in the launcher, or run sh scripts/report.sh in the B2recomp folder. It makes b2recomp-report.tar.gz with the logs and your PC's details, and nothing of the game. Attach it to an issue with a few words on what happened. Never attach game files.

SHA-256 of the zip: 34349d0713f415ecff239ebdd9a5ebbf672261e7c430920d047b1b6b5360b3b9

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