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Shadow Guardian Vita v1.2.1

This is a wrapper/port of Shadow Guardian HD for the PS Vita.

Changelog

  • v1.2.1: Robustness hotfix — added validation guards in vitaGL's unserialize_shader and glLinkProgram to prevent crash on corrupted/0-byte shader cache files (falls back to recompilation cleanly); added early startup data validation in init.c with friendly error dialogues if required game assets (sprites_1_6/sprites_1_7 or res/) are missing; improved asset fallback routing for GloftSGHP/ subfolders.

Setup Instructions

In order to properly install the game, you'll need to extract the data from the original Android game.

  1. Install the kubridge and fd_fix plugins on your PS Vita.
  2. Install libshacccg.suprx, if you don't have it already, by following this guide.
  3. Obtain the original APK of Shadow Guardian (Shadow-Guardian-HD-v1-0-1-UK-RU.apk) and the required data files.
  4. Extract the .apk using any zip extractor.
  5. Place the executable libshadowguardian.so (from lib/armeabi-v7a/ inside the APK) in ux0:data/shadowguardian/. (If the APK also contains libStormGLOFT.so, you can copy it too — it does no harm.)
  6. Place all game asset folders (res, shaders, textures, models, music, sounds, etc.) in ux0:data/shadowguardian/.
  7. Make sure the 16:9 assets sprites_1_7 and gui_1_7 are present. If the APK only ships the sprites_1_6 / gui_1_6 variants, duplicate them with VitaShell (Copy + Paste + Rename) so the _1_7 names exist — missing 16:9 GUI assets can crash the game on the LOADING screen. Also confirm the res/ folder was copied.
  8. Download and install shadowguardian.vpk on your PS Vita.

Controls

  • Left Analog - Movement (in-game only)
  • Right Analog - Camera (free-look)
  • D-Pad - Menu Navigation / Movement
  • R - Fire
  • L / Square - Aim (hold)
  • Cross - Contextual action (jump / run / grab / climb)
  • Triangle - Reload / Switch weapon
  • Circle - Toggle Virtual Buttons (Hide/Show HUD layout)
  • Start - Pause / Back
  • Select - Menu
  • Touch Screen - Original Touch Controls

Known Issues

  • Reload/weapon touch position (Triangle) confirmed by layout only; verify in combat on hardware.
  • [Update this section prior to release with any remaining unresolved bugs]

Troubleshooting

Crash on the LOADING screen (C2-12828-1 error): this is usually a data setup problem, not a game bug. Check the following with VitaShell:

  1. You installed the latest shadowguardian.vpk (older builds have known crashes that are already fixed).
  2. kubridge and fd_fix plugins plus libshacccg.suprx are installed (see Setup above).
  3. In ux0:data/shadowguardian/: libshadowguardian.so, the res/ folder, and all asset folders are present, and the 16:9 files sprites_1_7 / gui_1_7 exist (copy them from the _1_6 variants if needed).

If it still crashes, please report it with:

  1. The newest ux0:data/shadowguardian/logs/game_log_*.txt (from the time of the crash — do not delete it).
  2. The newest ux0:data/psp2core-*-eboot.bin.psp2dmp core dump.
  3. A note on exactly when it happens (on boot, which level loading, do you ever reach the menu?).

Credits

  • TheFloW for the so_loader wrapper and Android porting boilerplate.
  • Rinnegatamante for vitaGL and porting tools.
  • Gameloft for the original game.
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