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@Pallypots Pallypots released this 28 Oct 05:48
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Project Oogie 0.2

Second test release of the native Windows port of The Nightmare Before
Christmas: Oogie's Revenge. You still need your own copy of the original
Xbox disc. Thank you to everyone who tried 0.1 and reported back on Reddit
and GitHub: this release comes from your reports.

Steam Deck, SteamOS and Linux (Proton)

0.1 would not start under Proton for several people (GitHub #1, Steam Deck
reports on Reddit). Four causes were found and fixed:

  • The 0.1 zip stored its folders with Windows-style separators, which Linux
    unpacked as single files with backslashes in their names. The zip is now
    built with normal separators.
  • Wine's own shader compiler could not build the game's shaders. Microsoft's
    shader compiler (d3dcompiler_47.dll, redistributable) now ships next to the
    program and is used first.
  • Started from Steam, the program wrote no log. It now always writes
    logs\play.log.
  • The freeze detector could crash under Wine while reading a thread's stack.
    It now stays out of the way there.

Tested under Wine 10 with DXVK 3.1.1, the graphics path Proton uses:
first-start setup from the disc image, booting three times, and the title
screen with a correct picture, all without crashes. Not yet tested on a
real Steam Deck in Game Mode: reports are very welcome. See "Steam Deck" in
the README.

Fixes

  • Widescreen: the area-loading transition (the growing tree) now fills the
    whole screen instead of stopping at the 4:3 edges with orange bands at the
    sides.

Weaker PCs

  • Two places where the game's graphics code busy-waited on the (emulated)
    graphics chip are removed: less CPU use, heat and battery drain. On two
    low-power laptop cores Casino Clash runs at about 49 fps on the Low preset.
    If you have an older PC, a log from it helps a lot.

Reporting problems

  • The version number is now in the window title and in the settings menu
    (F1, About).
  • The first lines of logs\play.log now say which build it is, which Windows
    (or Wine / Proton) version, processor and memory you have.
    When something goes wrong, please attach logs\play.log to a GitHub issue.

Known issues

  • The results screen can skip some announcer lines (#47).
  • Not yet tested on a real Steam Deck.
  • French and other European languages are not supported yet (planned).
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