B3-Express v0.2.0

A brand new launcher. Start the game with B3-Express.exe.

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.

The new launcher

• One button that always does the next step. Install, then Prepare shaders, then Play. While it works you see a progress bar, what it's doing and how much time is left.
• Your last session at a glance. Average FPS, the typical 1% low and the frame time, read from the game's log.
• Options has every setting the old launcher had: window size and quality, fullscreen, shadows, texture filtering, object fade, button prompts, A/B swap, stick dead zone, vibration and muting. They're saved in the game's own settings file, so the in-game menu and the launcher always agree.
• Save backups. Back up your progress with one click, and restore any backup later. Restoring backs up your current save first, so nothing is lost.
• Bug reports in one click. Help makes a zip with the game's log, your settings and your graphics card. It holds no game files and no saves. Attach it to a GitHub issue.
• Update check. The launcher tells you when a newer version is out and links to its page. It never downloads anything by itself.
• B3-Express.exe replaces Launch-Bayonetta3.cmd, with its own icon.

The launcher window uses Microsoft Edge WebView2, which is part of Windows 11 and of Windows 10 with a current Edge. On a PC without it, the old launcher window opens instead, with the same features as before.

Game

The same game runtime as 0.1.7. Frame pacing and every fix from 0.1.7 are unchanged.

Upgrading from 0.1.7

Unzip 0.2.0 to a new folder, start B3-Express.exe and run Install again from your extracted dump. Your graphics card's shaders are prepared again on the first run, a few minutes once. To keep your progress, copy the save folder from Bayo3_120\Bayo3_120_data of your old folder into the same place in the new one before you play.

Known limits

• Mods aren't supported yet. The Mods page shows how they'll work once the game can load them
• The gallery drops under 20 FPS while its background movie plays. The fix is planned
• Tested on one PC (Ryzen 7 5700X3D, RTX 3080). Other PCs and most chapters are untested

Built on ScarletNX, GPL-3.0-or-later. Not affiliated with Nintendo, SEGA or PlatinumGames.

SHA-256 of B3-Express-0.2.0-windows-x64.zip: 36a01ea6e6bae02597b322415365fcb579fa1f8b5ab5e60e49add4798efd3371