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B3-Express v0.1.2

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@LuvAbyss LuvAbyss released this 04 Nov 03:23
· 37 commits to main since this release
0.1.2
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Fixes Install doing nothing on a non-English Windows, adds PlayStation and Xbox button prompts, and shortens the hitch when entering a new area.

No game files are included. You need your own extracted dump, updated to v1.2.0. See INSTALL.txt in the zip, or the install guide.

Fixed

  • Install did nothing on a non-English Windows (issue #1). Clicking Install showed no message and wrote no log. The launcher's check for an already running game couldn't read Windows' reply in languages other than English, and the error was dropped silently. That check is fixed, and any unexpected launcher error now shows a message and is saved to logs/launcher-errors.log, so a click can't fail silently again.
  • Shorter hitch when entering a new area. Textures seen for the first time are now decoded on the GPU in batches instead of one level at a time. On the test PC the worst frame at an area change went from 264 ms to 101 ms.

Added

  • PlayStation and Xbox button prompts. The launcher's Controller page has a Button prompts setting: Auto (follows the controller you use), Switch, PlayStation or Xbox. Ported from Witch Time, credited.

Changed

  • Shaders without loops back run their code in order, as Witch Time does. No difference on NVIDIA; it is meant to help AMD GPUs, which are untested.
  • The shader pipeline cache is saved, and game memory is imported, off the frame.

Upgrading

Unzip 0.1.2 to a new folder and run Install again from your extracted dump. The game code is compiled for this version.

Known limits

  • Loading new areas can still hitch, now shorter
  • First visits to an area can freeze briefly while shaders build
  • Auto button prompts haven't been tested with every controller
  • Tested on one PC. AMD GPUs, other PCs and most chapters are untested

Built on ScarletNX, GPL-3.0-or-later. Button prompts and the in-order shaders follow Witch Time (GPL-3.0-or-later). Not affiliated with Nintendo, SEGA or PlatinumGames.

SHA-256 of B3-Express-0.1.2-windows-x64.zip: 7790fbfebffff4737b26821fdeefa5b6a67e75fc5571a4c445c39d54fc7ee528

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