ReLayer 0.1.2

The same game as 0.1.1; only the installer changed. Some antivirus programs, Windows Defender included, blocked 0.1.1's Setup.exe as "Program:Win32/Contebrew.A!ml". That is an automatic guess about new, unsigned programs, not a virus found in the file.

Download: ReLayer-Setup.zip below. Unzip it, run Setup.exe and choose your fgtlayer.zip. ReLayer does not include the game: you need your own legally obtained copy of the arcade ROM. Installing over 0.1.0 or 0.1.1 keeps your settings.

• Setup.exe and ReLayer.exe now carry the usual Windows version details (publisher, product name, version; right-click → Properties → Details), which makes them look less like unknown programs to antivirus checks.
• If Windows Defender still blocks Setup: open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Protection history, choose the entry for Setup.exe, then Actions → Allow on device, and run Setup again. Please don't turn your antivirus off.

The freeze fixes from 0.1.1 are included.

SHA-256 of ReLayer-Setup.zip: 79CD9DFA81D8E3007D953CC3BD06EA7BC771B95774535E9D62CF4EEBAF39A385

ReLayer 0.1.1

Fixes for freezes. Updating is recommended: install it over 0.1.0 (settings are kept).

Download: ReLayer-Setup.zip below. Unzip it, run Setup.exe and choose your fgtlayer.zip. ReLayer does not include the game: you need your own legally obtained copy of the arcade ROM.

• Black screen after a fight or two in arcade mode. The game's stage loader runs as a task that ends itself; ReLayer never freed its slot, so after a few stages there was no room to start the next one and the game sat on a black screen. Fixed, and tested with full arcade runs to the ending for every fighter.
• Picture froze when switching to exclusive full screen (from the menu, Alt+Enter / F11, or Alt+Tab back to the game). Fixed.
• Controls stopped working after using the menu with a controller that always reports a button as held (a resting trigger, some fight sticks, a second device). The game now listens again after half a second.
• If the graphics driver resets or Direct3D fails, ReLayer starts Direct3D again instead of falling back to a mode without the menu. PCs without a usable graphics card use Windows' software renderer (original graphics only) rather than a mode where the menu could not be shown.
• If the picture ever stops for 3 seconds, fgtlayer.log now records what the game was doing, and a restart from the menu keeps the previous log as fgtlayer.old.log. Please attach both when reporting a freeze.

SHA-256 of ReLayer-Setup.zip: F617AF785667B33CBF3793B4B34B235EFC8DE118DA7A2068E9E90C3D25E14381

ReLayer 0.1.0

ReLayer is an unofficial PC port of Fighting Layer (Arika / Namco, 1998). It does not include the game: you need your own legally obtained copy of the arcade ROM, the MAME set fgtlayer.zip (Fighting Layer, World, Ver. A). Setup turns that ROM into a native Windows program on your PC. The download contains only ReLayer's own code and the open-source tools Setup uses, no game code or data.

Download: ReLayer-Setup.zip below. Unzip it, run Setup.exe and choose your fgtlayer.zip.

What ReLayer adds when it runs your copy of the game:

• High-resolution 3D drawn on your graphics card (Auto quality, or a fixed 2x-8x), with perspective-correct textures, or the original picture (F9).
• Window, borderless and exclusive full screen; 4:3, stretched or whole-number scaling; sharp, smooth or scanline filter.
• Xbox-style controllers for two players, keyboard, and button remapping, from an in-game menu.
• The arcade's operator settings (difficulty, timer, rounds, free play) in that menu, and an option to make the three time-release characters selectable from the start.

The menu: press Back + Start together on a controller (View + Menu on newer Xbox pads), or Tab / Esc on the keyboard. The game pauses while it is open. Move with the D-pad, stick or arrow keys; choose with A or Enter; go back with B or Esc; switch pages with LB / RB or Q / E; close with Start or Tab.

Controls: insert a coin, then press Start (with free play on, Start alone is enough).

	Controller	Keyboard, player 1	Keyboard, player 2
Move	D-pad or left stick	arrow keys	I J K L
Punch light / medium / heavy	X / Y / RB	Z / X / C	Q / W / E
Kick light / medium / heavy	A / B / RT	A / S / D	R / T / Y
Start	Start	1	2
Insert coin	Back	5	6

Alt+Enter or F11: full screen. F9: high-resolution 3D on / off. Buttons can be remapped in the menu's Controls page.

Known limits:

• Only Xbox-style (XInput) controllers are recognised. PlayStation controllers work through Steam or a tool such as DS4Windows; many arcade sticks have an XInput mode.
• Needs 64-bit Windows (10 or 11 recommended).
• Setup is not code-signed, so Windows may say "Windows protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.

Reporting problems: open an issue and attach fgtlayer.log from the install folder. Please don't ask where to get the ROM.

ReLayer is a fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Arika or Bandai Namco. Fighting Layer is a trademark of its owners.