Mind over Recomp 0.2.2-alpha.5

Mind over Recomp is an unofficial, fan-made native PC port of the Xbox 360
game Crash: Mind over Mutant. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by
Activision or the game's other owners.

⚠️ Alpha: playable, but expect bugs, crashes and rough edges. Keep a
copy of your user\saves folder.

You need your own disc. The game's files come from an .iso of your
own Xbox 360 disc of Crash: Mind over Mutant (USA): the installer
extracts them. No game files are included.

Windows only for now. Linux comes later; until then, Linux players
stay on 0.1.0-alpha.

What's new in 0.2.2-alpha.5

A new installer: the game is the same as in 0.2.2-alpha.4.

• The game comes ready-built. Like other recompilation projects, the
  release now holds the finished game program. The installer copies it in,
  extracts your .iso, checks it and adds the shortcuts: an install takes a
  minute or two, with nothing to compile and no Visual Studio, LLVM, CMake,
  Git or Python needed (only Microsoft's Visual C++ runtime, which most PCs
  have). Only your disc supplies the game's files, as before. This ends the
  build failures of
  #17,
  #18 and
  #20 and every
  earlier one: nothing is built on your PC any more.
• Updates from inside the installed copy. Mind over Recomp in the
  Start menu looks for a new version and installs it with Update now:
  the download is checked, the new version's own installer swaps the files
  in (seconds), and your saves, settings and the disc's files stay.
• The previous version is kept. An update keeps the version it replaces
  in the game folder's previous folder (about 0.2 GB, one version). If an
  update fails it's put back by itself; Go back to … puts it back by
  hand.
• An install that was built on your PC loses its build. The old build
  (several GB in source) isn't needed any more and is removed by the
  update.
• The installer finds an installed game by itself and asks for your
  .iso only when the game's disc files are missing (given anyway, they're
  checked against it).
• About 8 GB free is enough for a new install (was 15 GB).

Install or update

• New install: unpack the .zip anywhere and start
  Mind over Recomp.exe (if Windows warns about an unknown program:
  More info → Run anyway). Choose Install the game, pick your
  .iso and a folder (~8 GB free, an NTFS drive, not OneDrive), then
  Next: install. Then start Crash Mind over Mutant from the Start
  menu.
• Already on 0.2.0 to 0.2.2-alpha.4: open Mind over Recomp from the
  Start menu and press Update to 0.2.2-alpha.5. When it restarts, it
  finishes the update by itself (it downloads the game once more). Or:
  unpack the new .zip, start its Mind over Recomp.exe and choose
  Update an installed game. Close the game first.
• An install that stopped partway (any earlier error): start this
  version's Mind over Recomp.exe and install into the same folder.
• Coming from 0.1.0: don't use the old launcher's Update button.
  Follow Updating from 0.1.0-alpha
  on the 0.2.0 page.

Download: MindOverRecomp-0.2.2-alpha.5-windows-x86_64.zip (Windows 10 / 11,
64-bit). release.toml is only for the update check; you don't need it.

Help and bug reports

• Already known: Known issues.
• Common problems and fixes: Troubleshooting.
• Found a bug? Fill in the
  bug report form
  and attach the user\logs folder from the game's folder. If the
  installer fails, it opens the form and that folder for you.

Changelog

• 0.2.2-alpha.4:
  the SDK's libraries download without Git's shell.
• 0.2.2-alpha.3:
  the SDK step no longer picks Windows' Microsoft Store shortcut for Python.
• 0.2.2-alpha.2:
  the SDK step without the Tracy DLL an antivirus removed, controller aiming
  with Mouse Aiming on, the installer shows its version.
• 0.2.2-alpha:
  installer fixes (Visual Studio's CMake, minimized window), dig spots with
  3-4 players, mouse cursor, faster game on the CPU.
• 0.2.1-alpha:
  installer fixes (clock check, winget detection), clearer Troubleshooting page.
• 0.2.0-alpha:
  Windows installer, Options screen, keyboard and mouse everywhere, Players
  screen and outfits for co-op, achievements, many co-op fixes.