Desert Strike Recomp 0.1.2

Desert Strike Recomp 0.1.2: lighter default and dedicated graphics card on laptops. Setup pack: no ROM or game data is included.

Changed

• A fresh install starts with no shader (the plain picture), the lightest option. A full-screen CRT shader made the game drop frames on weaker laptops. Pick CRT Lottes or another preset under Settings → Shader; your choice is saved and kept. An install that already has a shader keeps it. If the game runs slowly, choose None.
• On laptops with two graphics cards (NVIDIA Optimus, AMD switchable graphics), the game now asks for the dedicated graphics card instead of the integrated one. If it still runs slowly, set the game's executable to High performance in Windows Settings → System → Display → Graphics.

Updating from 0.1.1: accept the update offer when the game starts, then press Generate & rebuild. Saves, save states and settings are kept (checked for this release: those made in 0.1.1 survive the update and load in 0.1.2).

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Desert Strike Recomp 0.1.1

Desert Strike Recomp 0.1.1: CRT Lottes by default, settings during play, audio interpolation, new upscalers, and saves that are never lost on update. Setup pack: no ROM or game data is included; same first-run steps as before (see the README).

New

• Settings during play: Ctrl+L (or Select+L3 on a controller) reopens the
  launcher. Shader, window scale, volume and controls apply when you press
  Resume, without restarting the game.
• Audio interpolation: press I to cycle Gaussian (the console's own,
  default), Cubic (crisper highs) and Sinc. It changes only what you hear;
  the game, its echo and save states are unaffected. The choice is kept.
• New upscaler shaders: ScaleFX, NNEDI3 (neural) and NNEDI3
  (neural, high).
• A fresh install starts with the CRT Lottes shader. An install that
  already has a shader chosen keeps it.
• Updates never cost you a save. From the next update on, the updater
  copies your save states to save-backups\<date>_before_<version>\ before
  installing, leaves save files out of the copy and puts the backup back if
  they changed anyway. Save states from earlier versions keep working, and
  every release is now checked for that before it is published.

Fixed

• HDMA raster effects (per-line color, layer and scroll changes) started one
  line late; they now start on the line the game asks for.
• Choosing None as the shader during play no longer leaves a black
  screen.
• Multi-pass shaders that read the original game frame from a later pass
  (ScaleFX) no longer draw black.

Updating from 0.1.0: accept the update offer when the game starts, then press Generate & rebuild. In-game saves, save states and settings are kept (checked for this release: a save and a save state made in 0.1.0 survive the update and load in 0.1.1).

Like these ports? ☕ Buy me a coffee to help bring the next SNES game to native Recomp.

Full history: CHANGELOG.md

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Desert Strike Recomp 0.1.0

Desert Strike Recomp 0.1.0 — first release. Setup pack: no ROM or game data is included.

How to install

1. Unzip anywhere and start DesertStrikeSNESRecomp.exe.
2. Let it download the portable build tools (one time per machine).
3. Pick your own Desert Strike - Return to the Gulf (USA).sfc (CRC32 4ce26787).
4. Press Generate & rebuild. The game is built into build\ and started; run it from there afterwards.

What's in it

• Boots through the Electronic Arts and Visual Concepts logos and the title screen into the main menu, the campaign briefing, the map screen and the first mission.
• A fresh install starts with the CRT Geom (curved) shader; scanline, CRT and upscaler presets are under Settings → Shader, and your choice is kept.
• Check for updates on start (next to Skip launcher on boot, on by default): newer releases install over this one, keeping save states, settings and your ROM selection.
• The renderer fixes from the Super Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Country ports.

The game has no battery save: campaign progress is kept by its passwords.

Known limits

Most game code still runs through the snesrecomp interpreter; full campaigns are not yet verified.

Full history: CHANGELOG.md

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