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MHForever 0.4.2: the movies are back

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@Mango77x Mango77x released this 25 Oct 16:21
0.4.2
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New

  • The movies are back. The opening movie now plays, picture and sound. It used to be a black screen. The pictures and the sound are decoded with FFmpeg, thanks to a contribution by sodomon2. The game's music uses the same decoders now.
  • Change your buttons. Settings > Controls lets you remap the keyboard and the controller (Xbox, PlayStation and Switch pads work alike). The Escape menu has a Controls tab too: pick a row, press the new key or button, and it applies at once and is kept.

Notes

  • Windows: MHForever-0.4.2-windows-x64.zip (51 MB, it was 24 MB: it now carries FFmpeg's DLLs). Keep the .dll files next to mhfu.exe, the game needs them. Your settings and saves live outside the program folder, as before.
  • Linux: MHForever-0.4.2-linux-x64.tar.gz. Built on Ubuntu 24.04, so it needs glibc 2.38 or newer (Ubuntu 24.04 or later, current Fedora or Arch). FFmpeg is inside the programs: there is nothing more to install. The launcher needs WebKitGTK 4.1 and GTK 3, and the game needs a graphics driver with OpenGL 3.3. The README inside lists the packages.
  • Tested on Windows 11 (the movies and the music, heard in a window) and on Linux under WSL2 with Ubuntu 24.04 (the game starts, plays the opening video, and the launcher opens). Not tested: sound on Linux, the Steam Deck and other distributions. Reports are welcome.
  • The sound effects can sound a little loud: lower them with Escape > Audio.
  • Only Freedom Unite (European release) is playable. Saves from a PSP or PPSSPP can be imported from Settings > Saves (your own version of the game only).
  • Early software, expect rough edges. Online multiplayer is not available yet.

Download

Windows: MHForever-0.4.2-windows-x64.zip. Unzip it anywhere you can write to and run MHForever.exe. MHForever.exe and mhfu.exe are not digitally signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC": choose "More info" and then "Run anyway".

Linux: MHForever-0.4.2-linux-x64.tar.gz. Extract it and run ./MHForever (if your file manager removed the execute permission: chmod +x MHForever mhfu).

You need your own copy of the game; the launcher prepares what it needs from your disc image on your PC. The archives contain no game data.

The code is on GitHub under GPL-3.0-or-later. The movies and the music use FFmpeg (LGPL); the licence and source notes are inside the archives.

Thanks to sodomon2 for the movies and the keyboard bindings.

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