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rac1-native 0.2.0: Batalia, Gaspar and Orxon

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@daino-selvatico daino-selvatico released this 13 Oct 16:04
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v0.2.0
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Three new planets: Batalia, Gaspar and Orxon

The game is now playable up to Orxon:

  • Batalia: the rain, the turret and its challenge, the Trespasser puzzle, the Commando and the deserter.
  • Gaspar: the animated lava, and the Pilot's Helmet, which before couldn't be picked up on any level.
  • Orxon: Clank's section with the Gadgebots, the toxic goo, and Ratchet's part with the O2 mask.

Also new: the Drone Device and the Morph-o-Ray (the chickens!) now work.

Windows (experimental, needs testing!)

Windows support is still experimental: it has only been tried on a couple of machines.

  • setup.cmd downloads everything it needs by itself (a private MSYS2 toolchain in the repository's folder), then builds the game from your disc. Double-click it, or drop your disc image on it.
  • The new play.cmd starts the game with a double click.
  • Fixed: the setup failing when the disc image's path contains &.

The European PAL disc

The PAL release (SCES-50916) now works on its own, without the North American disc. It runs in the PAL game's own 60 Hz mode. Ten functions that the PAL release changed are still temporary versions, not yet proved against the original: see Setup.

Bug fixes

  • Controllers missing from the controller database (for example the GameSir G7 SE) were ignored: on Linux, Xbox-style controllers now work automatically.
  • The language you choose in the game is now kept for the next start.
  • Below 60 fps (the 30 FPS cap, V-Sync at 75 Hz, heavy scenes) the game was losing frames: it ran slower and the movies' sound fluttered.
  • On Aridia, on NVIDIA cards, effects turned black or invisible after a while and the game could crash at the ship. Fixed in theory, but not yet confirmed on an NVIDIA card.
  • The Vendor showed a chicken icon and 0/0 ammo for the weapon in the centre.
  • Kerwan's helicopters' bullets froze in mid-air.
  • The air meter left a line at the edge of the screen after diving.

An update checker (prototype)

At start the game now checks if there's a newer release and tells you at the main menu. It doesn't download anything by itself, and you can turn it off in Options > Advanced. It's a first prototype: one-click updates will come later.

Please test and report!

This release changed a lot, so every test helps. If you're on Windows, and especially if you have an NVIDIA card, please give it a try: those are the setups I can test the least. If something breaks, looks wrong or plays differently from the original, open an issue with your specs and, if you can, where it happens.

Thanks to everyone who already tested 0.1.0 and reported bugs: many of the fixes above come from your reports!

As always, this release is source only: you need your own disc of the game (NTSC-U SCUS-97199 or PAL SCES-50916), and the setup builds everything from it. The full list of changes is in CHANGELOG.md.

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