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Orta Recompiled v1.0.0 - the static recompilation of Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox, Europe / PAL), now playable
from the first episode to the end credits. Download, first start and all settings: README.

Changes since v0.9.0

  • Playable to the end: I played the whole game through to the end credits with this version.

Fixes

  • Episode 3: skipping cutscenes (after the two flying jellyfish and after the boss) - no more black screen,
    looping dialogue / music or crash. Cause: new background threads started with the wrong system priority, which the
    game's own safety check treated as a fatal error.
  • Episode 6: the stage load - it could crash while loading, because the sound engine kept working on the previous
    episode's (already released) sound data.
  • Episode 6: looping sounds - sound effects in the pause menu no longer repeat endlessly, and the music plays.
  • Episode 6: saving - PAUSE → SAVE & QUIT at the start of the episode no longer crashes, the save is written.
  • Episode 6: crash about a minute in - the sound chip could write into the level's collision data, because game
    memory and sound memory could share the same address.
  • Episode 7: freeze (black screen) at a cutscene - two threads could get the same system handle; when one closed
    it, the game waited forever.
  • Red special effect - its tint covers the whole picture again (no staircase of blocks at the edge).
  • Sega Saturn Panzer Dragoon in Pandora's Box - selecting it froze the game; it now answers in the game's own
    message box that it is not part of this recomp, and you stay in the menu.
  • 21:9 fits your monitor exactly (e.g. 3440x1440 as well as 2560x1080) - no thin bars at the sides any more.

New

  • New language: Japanese - RECOMP OPTIONS → LANGUAGE → JAPANESE (the European disc carries the complete Japanese
    text; takes effect after the restart).

Next

  • A Linux and an Android version are planned for the next release.

Known

  • A short smear (under a second) in episode 2 when the big worm first appears - planned for the next release.
  • 120 fps comes later (the game logic runs at its original 60).

Notes

  • Updating from v0.9.x or v0.6.x: unpack the zip over the old folder and start Panzer Dragoon Orta Recomp.exe
    there; the game is built once more (a few minutes), your saves\ and media\ stay.
  • Requirements: Windows 10 / 11 64-bit, Vulkan 1.3 with VK_KHR_push_descriptor, your own Panzer Dragoon Orta
    (Europe) disc - default.xbe SHA-1 57213FF35A19807DEF664F9018CC2923815DFA1F.
  • Windows warning: the exe is not signed - SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway.

Source

This repository at tag v1.0.0 and the toolkit xboxrecomp-option-c
at tag v1.0.0. Licences: GPL-3.0-or-later (the port), MIT (the toolkit), third-party parts under their own licences
(LICENSES\ in the zip).

Not affiliated with or endorsed by SEGA or Smilebit.

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