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@PlasticCog PlasticCog released this 27 Sep 19:06
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v1.1.3
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Xbox controller support with a mapping tool, new icons, a "hills stop bullets" option, and sound and haze tweaks.

You still need your own copy of the DOS game. Unpack the package, copy the original files into its Game folder and start gunboat.exe (on Linux, ./gunboat). The README.txt in the package has the details.

New

  • Controller support: play with an Xbox controller, or any controller your system recognises.
    • Each button, trigger and stick direction presses one of the game's keys, so anything the keyboard does can go on the controller. The keyboard still works.
    • The default layout:
      • the sticks and D-pad steer, throttle, aim and move through menus;
      • A fires or selects, B continues;
      • Y opens the map, X tells the crew to open or cease fire;
      • the bumpers make the pilot look left or right;
      • the right stick picks a gun station or the chase view;
      • RT fast-forwards, LT is time compression;
      • View is the damage report, Menu pauses.
  • gunboat_controller, the controller mapping tool (included):
    • it shows the controller with the key each control presses, and lights up what you press;
    • it lets you pick any of the game's functions for any control, and set the stick dead zone;
    • your mapping is saved next to your settings.
  • Icons: the programs have their own icon, a gunboat on a jungle river at dusk. Once you've started the game, the window and taskbar icon becomes a small copy of the title screen, made from your own game files.
  • Hills stop bullets (a gameplay change, off by default): in the original, a shot hits whatever it lands on, even behind a hill. With this option on in the launcher, hills stop your shots. The Original preset keeps it off.
  • AdLib sound effects:
    • bullets hitting bridges make a deep metal clang;
    • impacts on the dead, destroyed or inanimate play at 75% volume.
  • Horizon haze (enhanced view): now closer to the water's colour, and no longer a dark stripe under darker skies.

Checked

Every ported function of the original is still verified against the original machine code, including whole missions on every video card. With the gameplay option off, the game is exactly the original.

Downloads

  • Gunboat-1.1.3-win64.zip: Windows 10/11, 64-bit.
  • Gunboat-1.1.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: 64-bit Linux, glibc 2.35 or newer. It appears a few minutes after publication.

No game files are included.

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