PL:A Recomp AppImage 1.2.0-rc1 (build 4)

Pokémon Legends: Arceus (update 1.1.1) for Linux, as one self-contained AppImage — built from LZ&A Recomp v1.2.0-rc1 (branch LegendsA) by MrWifi.

No game files, game code or keys are included. You need your own dump from your own Switch: the base game (.nsp/.xci), the 1.1.1 update (.nsp) and prod.keys. Full guide: the README.

New in build 4

• The cutscene crash at 144 fps is fixed. A cutscene could reach a game object that had already been freed, and the game read through the stale link and crashed. The order those objects go away in depends on the frame rate. The game now gets its own "nothing here" answer for such a link and carries on.
• 72 / 120 / 144 / Unlimited fps are ordinary Frame rate choices. There is no more Experimental settings box to tick, and the rate you pick is kept as saved. If a scripted scene ever stalls, set 60 or 30 fps in the game's Settings and replay the scene.

Everything from builds 2 and 3 is included: cheat "off" twins are greyed out (untick a cheat to turn it off), Inf Health works, the data folder is always the AppImage's own, a setup cut short isn't taken as set up, code-cave cheats work, imported cheats can't stop the game from loading, and rebuilds for a new cheat file happen only when you click Rebuild the game code with these cheats.

Updating: just run the new AppImage; your setup, saves, settings and cheats stay. From build 1, its first start rebuilds the game code once (a few minutes); from build 2 or 3, nothing is rebuilt.

Get started

chmod +x PLA-Recomp-1.2.0-rc1-x86_64.AppImage
./PLA-Recomp-1.2.0-rc1-x86_64.AppImage

Pick your base game, update and prod.keys in Game Files, click Recompile (once, about 6–8 minutes on a fast CPU — keep the window open), then Play.

Requirements

x86-64 CPU with AVX2 · a Vulkan 1.3 GPU driver · Debian 13 / Ubuntu 25.04 / Fedora 42 / Arch or newer · ~25 GB free during setup

Checksum

PLA-Recomp-1.2.0-rc1-x86_64.AppImage.sha256 — check with sha256sum -c PLA-Recomp-1.2.0-rc1-x86_64.AppImage.sha256.

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