v1.2.0

A native PC port of the original Xbox version of Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, a fork of
Pazzi7054's CastlevaniaCOD-PC built on
TGP482's Xbox XBE Recomp.

You need your own copy of the game: the USA Xbox disc, as an .iso or its extracted files. This download
contains no game files, no disc image and no game code; the first start builds the game code from your copy.

This is a personal, non-commercial fan project. It has nothing to do with Konami or Microsoft: it is not
affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by them.

Install

1. Extract the zip anywhere and run Castlevania.exe. The assets folder opens.
2. Put your .iso (or the extracted disc) in it and run Castlevania.exe again. The first start builds the game code
   in a few minutes; press Start when it is done.
3. Optional: an HD texture pack in a textures folder beside the exe (see below). CastlevaniaLauncher.exe has
   every setting, and its home page switches the pack on or off.

The programs are not code-signed, so Windows may say "Windows protected your PC": More info, then Run anyway.

New in this fork

• Plays from any copy of the USA disc: an xiso, a whole disc dump of either disc layout, or the extracted files,
  including copies whose xbe header was patched for a hard disk loader or another region.
• Hector's shadow is back under his feet.
• Widescreen menus: the pause menu, the map, the save screens and message panels fill a 16:9 screen.
• HD texture packs: .dds packs too, eight more textures matched (96.8% of what the game draws with Panda_Venom and
  Stan21's pack), clean edges on cut-out pictures, and the launcher's home page shows the pack with a switch for it.
• No stutter the first time an effect is drawn (compiled shaders are kept on disk).
• Anisotropic filtering works on the game's own textures too.
• Options: the PS2 button layout, and the Lament of Innocence bonus (the Moai).
• The launcher in the game's own look, choosing the graphics card and checking for Direct3D 12.
• Newer Xbox XBE Recomp (91146ff).

HD texture packs

Made by fans for the PS2 game, their makers' own work, not included here:

• Castlevania - Curse of Darkness (USA) HD Remaster
  by Panda_Venom and Stan21 (the one this release was tested with)
• VK Curse of Darkness
  by VictorKratos
• Castlevania PS2 4K Texture Packs
  by PlatinumMimic (Calm-Consideration41)

Requirements: Windows 10 (1703 or later) or 11, 64-bit, and graphics with Direct3D 12. See the
README for details.