Pandora's Tower Native Port PC v1.1

Pandora's Tower PC 1.1

Unofficial native port of Pandora's Tower (Wii) for Windows and Linux, built on
your PC from your own copy of the game. This release contains no game files,
no official artwork and no Wii keys.

The numbering starts again with this version: 1.1 comes after the old
To update, just open the new installer and choose the same folder.

What's new
Performance you can read

• With Measure performance (launcher → Textures & sound), every second of build/run.err now has the graphics card's own time and the time spent drawing the frames in between.
• The summary when you close the game compares the pictures shown with theframe rate you chose (also when you change it in the in-game menu; it used to compare them with 30), and leaves out movies, loading screens and the time with the menu open.
• It says how many milliseconds the graphics card takes for each picture and how many it has, whether it or the processor holds the game back, and what to change: a lower resolution, a frame rate that fits your screen, borderless fullscreen instead of a window.
• If the graphics card can't keep up for a while, run.err says so once.

Frame rates that fit your screen

• The launcher and the in-game menu mark the frame rates that divide your screen's refresh ("fits your screen"): 60 and 90 on a 180 Hz screen, 60 and 120 on a 120 Hz one. Without G-SYNC or FreeSync, a rate that doesn't divide it (120 on 180 Hz) shows some pictures for one refresh and others for two, and looks less smooth than a lower one that fits.

A new installer

• In the launcher's style: the name and the steps on a rail on the left (the steps done are ticked and can be clicked to go back), a picture behind the pages, gothic titles and the launcher's buttons.

Which file do I need?

You have to downloadDownload

• If you have Windows 10 or 11: PandorasTower-PC-v1.1-Setup.exe
• If you have Linux (x86-64): pandoras-tower-pc-v1.1-linux.tar.gz

You also need the ISO of your own copy: North American SX3EXJ, European
SX3P01 or Japanese SX3J01.
A WBFS or RVZ is converted to ISO with Dolphin (right click on the game → Convert File → ISO).
Installing needs an Internet connection and about 6 GB free; building the game takes about 5 minutes on a
current PC (5–10 more the first time, to download the free build tools).

-Windows: the installer isn't signed, so SmartScreen may warn ("Windowsprotected your PC"): press More info → Run anyway.

-Linux: unpack the archive and run ./install-linux.sh in its folder.

• Updating: open the new installer (on Linux, unpack over the old folder and run ./install-linux.sh again) and choose the same folder. Your saves, options and texture packs are kept.

Known limits

• The game image has to be an ISO.
• macOS isn't supported (its OpenGL stops at 4.1; the port needs 4.5).
• A real Wii Remote aims only with a MotionPlus, and hasn't been tested much.
• With mouse and keyboard, the Wii Remote's +, −, 1, 2 and D-pad still show the game's own icons.

Reporting a problem
Open an issue with what happened, your PC and build/run.err (or the report in
crash-reports/). If it runs slowly, turn on Measure performance, play a
couple of minutes and attach build/run.err and build/perf-summary.txt.

A free fan project, not affiliated with Nintendo, Ganbarion or XSEED Games.
Pandora's Tower is a trademark of its owners. The port's code and original art
are under the MIT license.