Beta v0.7.12

Beta v0.7.12 of the Turok: Evolution (USA, Xbox) static recompilation for Windows.

New since Beta v0.7.11

• Heat haze now offers Off, Xbox and Enhanced. Enhanced is the default for new settings; existing choices are preserved. Older Original settings become Xbox, and Smooth/Sharp become Enhanced.
• Enhanced refracts the full-resolution scene, filters signed distortion offsets correctly, and feathers particle edges to reduce visible square boundaries at higher resolutions.
• Enhanced preserves the rocket launcher's original animated barrel warp and opacity, with visible explosion ripples. Xbox retains the original rendering path.
• Enhanced omits the dark matter cube's legacy dark overlay, including its halo, and fades its expanding refraction grid to reduce the large rectangular backdrop near the end of the effect. Bright particles and lighting remain.
• Off removes heat distortion while retaining flames, smoke, explosion particles and lighting. Changes apply immediately and are saved between runs.
• Scene snapshots are shared across heat particles and refreshed when the scene changes, avoiding repeated full-screen copies for each particle.

Validation
Release build and the full regression suite pass: heat-haze detection, signed-offset filtering, particle borders, original Xbox opacity, animated barrel warp and scene-copy refresh at 640x480, 1920x1440 and 2880x2160; settings migration; shader cache; audio voices; extraction and gameplay checks.

Known issues

• Intermittent texture flicker reported in issue #6 remains under investigation; this release does not include a confirmed fix for it.
• With Enhanced shadows, an enemy on a balcony or upper floor can cast its shadow through the floor onto the room below. Set Shadows to Xbox if this bothers you.

You need

• Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, with a Direct3D 11 GPU (or Linux with Proton).
• The Visual C++ 2015-2022 x64 runtime (most PCs already have it).
• Your own copy of Turok: Evolution (USA) for the Xbox, as a disc image or extracted folder. No game data is included.

Running
Unzip everything into one folder, keeping d3dcompiler_ms.dll beside turok_evolution.exe. Put your disc image beside the executable, or run it and select an image or extracted folder when prompted. The first start extracts the image once into a game folder. Settings live in turok_settings.ini beside the program; see the included README for controls and options. Keep your existing game folder and saves when updating.

On Steam Deck, add turok_evolution.exe to Steam as a non-Steam game and force a Proton version in its Compatibility settings.

If the game crashes, include turok_log.txt and the dump from the CrashDumps folder when reporting it. High frame rates (120 fps and up) are still being tested.

Source commit: 7e295567cbeb9695b77be2daee6e66899d5286e2.

Runtime source commit: 23997e977507583fbb5291f487dbb7e72b5d4a72.