v0.8.0-beta

WWE '12 PC v0.8.0-beta: a frozen-picture fix, two players with one controller, PlayStation button icons, display options.

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

Fixed

• Frozen picture while the sound goes on (for example the Road to WrestleMania intro): the graphics card was sent an impossible command after the game reused a render surface, and stopped drawing. Found and fixed. This was probably behind other "frozen picture" reports too (#8): please tell us if it still happens!
• Game closing right at start when the game or Documents folder path contains special characters (#15).
• Coloured blocks on the right during entrances on some Intel and AMD graphics (#7, #11, #13): new render surfaces are now cleared before use. Please tell us if they're gone! If not, add svr_rt_no_compression = true at the end of wwe12.toml and try again.
• Graphics with a too old Vulkan driver (for example AMD Radeon HD 8000M, #14): a clear message instead of a black screen.
• Lighter on the CPU: the render thread does less work per frame, which helps laptops with 2-core processors.

New

• Two players with one controller: the keyboard can be its own controller (player 2). Launcher, CONTROLS page ("Keyboard plays as"), or mnk_player = 2 in wwe12.toml.
• PlayStation button icons with a DualShock 4 / DualSense (plug it in before starting the game), or forced with wwe12_button_icons = "playstation" / "xbox".
• Display options in the launcher (new DISPLAY / GRAPHICS / ADVANCED tabs): borderless window, FPS counter (F2 in game), frame limit, CPU priority.
• The log now shows your game disc's version, to help with bug reports.

Known issues

• Freezes reported on PCs with 2-core processors (#4, #11): if it happens, wait 15 seconds, close the game and send us hang_trace.txt and stderr.txt from Documents\wwe12\logs (please close OBS or other overlays first).
• White eyes on some AMD cards (#12). Batista missing for some players with the Legends Pack: we're looking into it.
• Turbo loading screens are still experimental and off (they can hang a load on 4-thread CPUs).
• 60 fps entrances (experimental, off by default): title belts can move oddly.
• More graphics options (shadows, depth of field, crowd…) are coming in a next version.

Installation

• From 0.6.x / 0.7.x: the launcher offers the update; one click, your settings, game folder, saves and mods are kept.
• New install: download WWE12-PC-v0.8.0-beta.zip below, unzip it, put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder, and run WWE12 Launcher.exe.

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Français : correction de l'image figée avec le son qui continue (par exemple l'intro du Road to WrestleMania), du jeu qui se fermait au démarrage avec des caractères spéciaux dans le chemin, et peut-être des pavés colorés à droite pendant les entrées sur Intel/AMD (dites-nous !). Nouveau : jouer à deux avec une seule manette (le clavier devient le joueur 2), icônes de boutons PlayStation, fenêtre sans bordure, compteur d'images par seconde (F2), limite d'images et priorité du processeur dans le launcher. Mise à jour en un clic depuis le launcher.

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0.

SHA-256

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v0.7.0-beta

WWE '12 PC v0.7.0-beta: no more slowdowns after a few matches, post-match replays are back, Xbox 360 saves import, and a much better launcher.

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

Fixed

• Video memory leak. The game lost video memory after every scene and never got it back. After a few matches (or about twenty in Universe mode) this caused frozen pictures, "slow motion", frame-rate drops that stayed until a restart (#10), and the game running at a quarter of its speed on 4 GB graphics cards. Video memory now stays stable from one match to the next.
• Post-match replay and MATCH HIGHLIGHTS (#9). The game needs 150 MB of free space for its replays, and the port reported only 64 MB, so highlights were switched off. It now sees the real free space on your disk.
• Black flash over the right half of the picture for a split second before the bell. On some Intel and AMD graphics this may also have been the coloured blocks on the right during entrances (#7, #11): please tell us!
• Graphics without Vulkan (for example Intel HD 5500): instead of a black window, the game and the launcher now explain that the graphics card has no Vulkan driver and what to try.

New

• Import your Xbox 360 saves: in the launcher's SAVES page, pick your WWE '12 save packages; the game installs them at its next start.
• SAVES page: back up, restore and delete your saves, or start from scratch. A backup is made automatically before anything is replaced or deleted.
• Controller vibration in WWE Universe matches (it was missing there, even on the Xbox 360).
• Launcher:
  • Updates are safer: everything is checked before anything is replaced, and a failed update leaves your install as it was. Option to include beta versions.
  • Keyboard page that really works: "Set" a key by pressing it, wrong names are flagged.
  • About page: "Copy diagnostic info" (no personal data) and "Open the logs folder", to help with bug reports.
  • The Play page shows your graphics cards, or a clear message if Vulkan is missing.
• The log now shows video memory use, to help track down performance reports.

Known issues

• Freeze in some entrances on a few PCs (#4): we can't reproduce it yet. If it happens to you, wait 15 seconds, close the game and send us hang_trace.txt from Documents\wwe12\logs.
• Random freezes (#8) and white eyes on AMD graphics (#12): feedback welcome, the memory fix may help.
• 60 fps entrances (experimental, off by default): title belts can move oddly.

Installation

• From 0.6.x: the launcher offers the update; one click, your settings, game folder, saves and mods are kept.
• New install: download WWE12-PC-v0.7.0-beta.zip below, unzip it, put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder, and run WWE12 Launcher.exe.

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Français : fini les ralentissements, images figées et chutes de fps après quelques matchs (fuite de mémoire vidéo corrigée). Le replay d'après-match et MATCH HIGHLIGHTS fonctionnent. Le petit écran noir avant la cloche a disparu (et peut-être les pavés colorés à droite sur Intel/AMD : dites-nous !). Nouveau : import des sauvegardes Xbox 360 et page SAUVEGARDES dans le launcher, vibrations de manette en mode Univers, mises à jour plus sûres, page clavier qui marche vraiment, et un message clair si votre carte graphique n'a pas Vulkan. Mise à jour en un clic depuis le launcher.

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0.

SHA-256

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WWE '12 PC v0.6.0-beta

WWE '12 PC v0.6.0-beta: Intel graphics fixed, start-up videos skipped, 540p for small PCs.

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

Fixed

• Black eyes and teeth, broken hair (the referee) on Intel graphics (integrated GPUs). The cause: the Intel driver was allowed to drop safety limits the game's shaders rely on, which turned some face pixels into invalid values drawn as black. The game now asks every graphics driver to keep them. NVIDIA was already fine and stays the same.
• White veil at the bottom of the picture during entrances at the lowest resolution (same cause).

New

• Start-up videos skipped (logos and opening): the game reaches the title screen in a few seconds. To watch them again: wwe12_skip_intros = false in wwe12.toml.
• 540p internal resolution for the weakest integrated graphics: in the launcher and in OPTIONS > GRAPHICS (Auto, 540p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K).

Known issues

• Garbage blocks in the right quarter of the screen during entrances on some Intel and AMD graphics (Intel UHD 620, Steam Deck, #7): this version may fix it too, please tell us! Freeze in entrances on an RX 560 (#4): feedback welcome.
• 60 fps entrances (experimental, off by default): title belts carried on a shoulder or in a hand can move oddly.

Installation

• From 0.5.x: the launcher offers the update; one click, your settings, game folder and mods are kept.
• New install: download WWE12-PC-v0.6.0-beta.zip below, unzip it, put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder, and run WWE12 Launcher.exe.

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Français : les yeux et les dents noirs et les cheveux abîmés (l'arbitre) sur les cartes graphiques Intel sont corrigés, ainsi que le voile blanc en bas de l'image pendant les entrées en basse résolution. Les vidéos du démarrage (logos, ouverture) sont passées automatiquement. Nouvelle résolution interne 540p pour les petits PC. Les joueurs Intel et AMD qui voyaient des pavés colorés à droite de l'écran pendant les entrées : dites-nous si c'est réglé ! Mise à jour en un clic depuis le launcher.

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0.

WWE '12 PC v0.5.1-beta

WWE '12 PC v0.5.1-beta: faster loading, graphics settings in game, 1080p, see-through cars fixed.

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

New

• OPTIONS > GRAPHICS in the game: the in-game manual's entry (useless on PC) is now a graphics screen, in your language: internal resolution, texture filtering, vertical sync and 60 fps entrances. Changes apply at once (the resolution at the next start) and are saved to wwe12.toml. To get the manual back: wwe12_graphics_menu = false in wwe12.toml.

• 1080p internal resolution, between 720p and 1440p, for graphics cards that can't hold 60 fps at 1440p. Available in the launcher and in OPTIONS > GRAPHICS (Auto, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K).

• Match loading about twice as fast (~6 s instead of ~12 s before the entrance): the game only allowed itself 0 to 1 ms of loading per loading-screen frame, a pace set for the Xbox 360's DVD drive; it now loads during most of each frame, like nefariousjosiah's SvR ports do. Back to the original pace: wwe12_load_slice_ms = 0 in wwe12.toml.

• Smoother first launch: the game now ships with the list of graphics pipelines met during our tests (pipelines_seed.w12p) and prepares them in the background at startup, instead of stuttering the first time each wrestler, arena or effect shows up.

Fixed

• See-through cars in Alberto Del Rio's and Eddie Guerrero's entrances: the car body is solid again.

Known issues

• Integrated Intel graphics: black eyes and teeth, and odd hair on some characters (the referee). Dedicated NVIDIA cards are fine.
• 60 fps entrances (experimental, off by default): title belts carried on a shoulder or in a hand can move oddly.
• Coloured or black block in the top-right corner during entrances (#7): still seen on some AMD and Intel graphics (Steam Deck, UHD 620). Freeze in entrances on an RX 560 (#4): feedback welcome. Updating your graphics driver may help.

Installation

• From 0.5.0: the launcher offers the update; one click, your settings, game folder and mods are kept.
• New install: download WWE12-PC-v0.5.1-beta.zip below, unzip it, put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder, and run WWE12 Launcher.exe.

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Français : chargements des matchs deux fois plus rapides, nouveau menu OPTIONS > GRAPHISMES dans le jeu (résolution interne, filtrage des textures, synchro verticale, entrées à 60 fps), nouvelle résolution interne 1080p, les voitures transparentes des entrées d'Alberto Del Rio et d'Eddie Guerrero sont corrigées, et moins de saccades au premier lancement. Mise à jour en un clic depuis le launcher.

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0.

WWE '12 PC v0.5.0-beta

WWE '12 PC v0.5.0-beta: launcher, DLC, 60 fps entrances, smoother matches. Last beta before 1.0: please test every mode and report what you find!

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

New

• Launcher (WWE12 Launcher.exe): language, resolution, full screen or window, V-Sync, texture sharpness, graphics card, keyboard controls, saves backup, mods list, and a big PLAY button.
• Automatic updates: the launcher checks this page for new versions and installs them in one click, keeping your settings, your game folder and your mods. (Starting with this version: install 0.5.0 by hand once.)
• DLC support by Banshee: put the DLC packages of your game in the dlc folder, they are installed on the next start. Every WWE '12 pack has been tested (The Rock, WrestleMania, Divas and Legends packs, All Unlockables, Attribute Customizer, masked Kane). See dlc\HOW_TO_INSTALL_DLC.txt.
• 60 fps entrances and cutscenes (experimental, off by default): turn it on in the launcher's settings. Known issue: title belts carried on a shoulder can move oddly at 60 fps.
• wwe12.toml is now in English, with the settings players change first.

Fixed

• Stutters and fps drops in matches (reported after 0.3.0).
• Black eyes and teeth that came back on some wrestlers (e.g. Randy Orton).
• AMD graphics cards / Steam Deck: coloured or black block in the top-right corner during entrances and cutscenes (#7), and likely the freezes during entrances (#4). We have no AMD card to test with: please tell us if they are gone.

Installation

1. Download WWE12-PC-v0.5.0-beta.zip below and unzip it.
2. Put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder (or the disc contents).
3. Run WWE12 Launcher.exe.

Updating from an older version: unzip over your old folder (your game folder is kept). Your old wwe12.toml is replaced by the new English one: set your options again in the launcher.

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Français : dernière bêta avant la 1.0 ! Nouveau launcher (réglages, contrôles, sauvegardes, mods, mises à jour automatiques), support des DLC (par Banshee), entrées à 60 fps en option (expérimental), matchs plus fluides, yeux corrigés, correctifs pour les cartes AMD et le Steam Deck. Lancez WWE12 Launcher.exe ; pour le français, choisissez la langue dans les réglages du launcher. Merci de tester tous les modes et de signaler les bugs !

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0.

WWE '12 PC v0.3.0-beta

WWE '12 PC v0.3.0-beta: blood, sharper textures, mods folder, an EXIT entry.

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

Fixed:

• Blood now shows on wrestlers, up close and from afar (#3).
• Custom attires stay correct from one match to the next.
• Steam Deck: a block of coloured noise in the crowd during entrances and cutscenes should be gone (please tell us!).

New:

• Sharper textures on the ring, ramp and crowd seen at an angle (16x anisotropic filtering, on by default; bd_anisotropy in wwe12.toml).
• EXIT in the main menu, in place of SHOP (the Xbox LIVE store, closed for years). Xbox LIVE is now labelled ONLINE.
• mods folder: a file put there replaces the game's own at the same path, e.g. mods\movies\titantron\100.bik for an HD titantron video. See mods\HOW_TO_USE_MODS.txt.
• The exe has its own icon and version information.

Installation:

• Download WWE12-PC-v0.3.0-beta.zip below and unzip it.
• Put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder (or the disc contents).
• Run wwe12.exe.
• Updating: unzip over your old folder (your game folder is kept); if you changed wwe12.toml, re-apply your changes to the new one.

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Français : le sang s'affiche enfin, les textures sont plus nettes, QUITTER remplace SHOP dans le menu principal (Xbox LIVE devient EN LIGNE), et un dossier mods permet de remplacer des fichiers du jeu (vidéos de titantron HD...). Le jeu démarre en anglais : pour le français, mettez user_language = 4 dans wwe12.toml.

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0.

WWE '12 PC v0.2.0-beta

WWE '12 PC v0.2.0-beta: bug fixes and new controls.

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

Fixed
Custom attires (Superstar Threads) no longer turn into garbled textures in matches (#1).
Wrestlers' eyes and teeth no longer turn black (#2).
Both came from the same cause: the game builds wrestler textures on the GPU, then reads them back with the CPU; the port now copies them back to the game's memory like the Xbox 360 does.

New
PlayStation controllers (DualShock 4, DualSense) are supported, alongside Xbox controllers. On-screen button prompts stay Xbox ones for now.
Keyboard controls for player 1, usable together with a controller. ZQSD and WASD both work (AZERTY/QWERTY). Full layout in README.txt; every key can be changed in wwe12.toml. Keyboard players: feedback on the layout is welcome!
Installation
Download WWE12-PC-v0.2.0-beta.zip below and unzip it.
Put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder (or the disc contents).
Run wwe12.exe.
Updating from v0.1.0-beta: unzip over your old folder (your game folder is kept); if you changed wwe12.toml, re-apply your changes to the new one.

Français : corrige les tenues personnalisées (Superstar Threads) abîmées et les yeux/dents noirs. Ajoute les manettes PlayStation et le clavier (ZQSD ou WASD, voir LISEZMOI.txt). Le jeu démarre en anglais : pour le français, mettez user_language = 4 dans wwe12.toml.

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0.

WWE '12 PC v0.1.0-beta

First public beta of the unofficial native PC port of WWE '12 (Xbox 360).

⚠️ No game data included: you need your own copy of WWE '12 for Xbox 360.

Installation
Download WWE12-PC-v0.1.0-beta.zip below and unzip it.
Put the disc image (.iso) of your game in the game folder (or the disc contents: default.xex, pac, movies\…).
Run wwe12.exe.
Requirements: Windows 10/11 64-bit, a Vulkan 1.2 graphics card, an Xbox (XInput) controller. Language and resolution are set in wwe12.toml (see README.txt). The game starts in English.

What works
Native Vulkan rendering: menus, matches with 1 to 6 wrestlers, entrances — 60 fps (entrances at 30 fps, like the original).
Internal resolution 720p to 4K, automatic by default (720p on Steam Deck and integrated GPUs).
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian.
"QUIT" entry in the main menu (temporarily replaces Xbox LIVE).
Pipeline cache: less stutter from the second session on.
Known issues
Wrestlers' eyes/teeth may turn black on some graphics cards.
Low-resolution titantron videos, long loading screens.
No in-game graphics menu yet (edit wwe12.toml).
Please report bugs in Issues with your graphics card and, if possible, a screenshot.

Première bêta publique du portage PC natif non officiel de WWE '12 (Xbox 360). Aucune donnée du jeu incluse : il faut votre propre copie Xbox 360. Dézippez, mettez l'.iso de votre jeu dans game, lancez wwe12.exe. Le jeu démarre en anglais : pour le français, mettez user_language = 4 dans wwe12.toml (voir LISEZMOI.txt).

Fan project, not affiliated with WWE, THQ or Yuke's. Licence: GPL-3.0 (see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt in the zip).