v0.56.0 (test build)

Test build 0.56 of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Nintendo Switch, Windows, Linux and Android. It is an unofficial fan port. The original Xbox game is recompiled ahead of time to native code, and its GPU commands are translated to Vulkan (Mesa NVK, on the Switch) or OpenGL.

This is a pre-release for testing. The single-player game is playable. Please report what you find (see "Report a bug").

What is new since 0.55

• Much less CPU on a PC. The game thread no longer spins while it waits for the GPU, and the command executor sleeps when it has nothing to do. Windows, first field, 30 fps before and after: 1.38 -> 0.32 CPU cores (the game thread went from 100% of a core to 23%). Frame rate, game speed and sound are unchanged. CLX_EXEC_SLEEP=0 in the environment restores the old behaviour. The idea comes from cdetv's conker-live-recompiled 0.1.4 (MIT); this is our own implementation. Thank you, cdetv!
• Clean "Exit game" on the Switch (issue #14): the app no longer crashes the home menu on exit. Checked on a console in a test build before this release.
• New options in clx_options.txt (and the settings menu): vignette=0 removes the darkened screen edges in the levels; grass_wind=1 (default) makes distant grass sway like the near grass; language=french|german|spanish|italian|japanese switches the menu and subtitle text (the voices stay English; needs a restart). The facts behind these came from reading live-and-recompiled (giacomozama, TGP482, Mabec-games; GPL-3.0): no code was taken, see THIRD_PARTY.md.

Not verified in this build

• Switch: this exact build has not run on a console or in an emulator yet. The code that changed on the Switch is small (the GPU wait wakes a little sooner; the Switch already slept there), but please treat 0.56 as untested on the console until we say otherwise. 0.55 is the last console-checked build.
• Android: built by us, not run on a phone. Signed with a test key.
• Linux: checked with software OpenGL only (the first field renders, sound plays, 25-29 fps on a software renderer).
• Windows: checked on one PC (Windows 10, NVIDIA): the first field at 30 fps with the CPU numbers above.

Read this first

• The download contains no game data: no disc files, no textures, no sound. It does contain code made from the game.
• You need your own unpacked copy of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox. Only the retail NTSC (North America) version works. SHA-1 of its default.xbe: 2232a1b3874d67b4bb4cf53a940420d2dab59535.
• Switch: a console with Atmosphère and hbmenu, and about 6 GB free on the microSD card. This release has the Vulkan program only.
• Windows 10/11 x64 or Linux x86-64, with a GPU that has OpenGL 3.3. Linux needs SDL2, OpenSSL and libepoxy.
• Android: arm64, Android 11 or newer, Vulkan 1.3 with VK_KHR_push_descriptor and VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state, 8 GB RAM recommended, about 5 GB free.
• Not connected to Microsoft or Rare.

Download

File	For	Size	SHA-256
conker-lr-recomp-switch-v0.56.zip	Nintendo Switch	26.8 MB	ea322f689416f94bb1b81db73d19efdca01e162df5e3b238ad29afa394cf35f4
conker-lr-recomp-windows-v0.56.zip	Windows 10/11 x64	13.3 MB	5e30a709d8cf278c67c6d0434f4085c59a41fe1cb262529d92e7e332c34edc7c
conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.56.tar.gz	Linux x86-64	14.4 MB	930422c3f7b91f1459047f2d65cc253456f74dfe54226a612ddce83884d62ec8
conker-lr-recomp-android-v0.56.apk	Android 11+, arm64	15.9 MB	40125972b363da8bcb1b88ec4f2efc8b5d2e42cb51e637add43c3e842787bb70
SHA256SUMS.txt	checksums

Inside the Switch zip: switch/clx/clx-vulkan.nro, version in hbmenu 0.56.0-vk, SHA-1 4b622006a0b0b42771e2ccba32b0637c14024fd6.

Install

Nintendo Switch

1. Unzip into the root of the microSD card. You get sdmc:/switch/clx/ with clx-vulkan.nro, clx_env.txt and clx_options.txt. If you update from an older test build, keep your own clx_options.txt. You can delete the old clx.nro (OpenGL).
2. Copy your unpacked disc into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/, so that sdmc:/switch/clx/game/default.xbe exists (together with the folders dvddata, media and the other disc files).
3. Start with title takeover: hold R while you open any game on the Switch's home screen, then pick clx-vulkan.nro in hbmenu. Album (applet) mode does not have enough memory.
4. First start: let it finish. The game copies its sound banks into a cache and compiles shaders. Expect stutter for a few minutes. If you quit during the copy, the next start can hang on the loading logo: delete sdmc:/switch/clx/save/Cache and start again.

Windows

Unzip anywhere and run clx.bat C:\path\to\your\disc (the folder with default.xbe). The game saves into the disc folder, so use a folder you may write to. Messages go to clx_log.txt.

Linux

tar xzf conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.56.tar.gz, then ./conker-lr-recomp-linux/clx.sh /path/to/your/disc.

Android (experimental)

1. Install conker-lr-recomp-android-v0.56.apk (adb install -r, or open it on the phone). It is signed with a test key made locally, not a store key.
2. Copy your unpacked disc to /sdcard/ConkerLR/game/, so that /sdcard/ConkerLR/game/default.xbe exists.
3. Open Conker LR, tap Allow all files access and turn it on. Then connect a gamepad and tap Start.
4. Logs: /sdcard/Download/ConkerLR-logs/<date_time>/ (one folder per start). Attach the newest folder to a bug report.
5. Optional, Adreno phones: a custom Turnip driver package (AdrenoTools .zip) can be picked in the launcher.

The APK contains code made from the game: share it only as you would the other builds. The first minutes stutter while shaders compile.

On a PC the settings window opens with Esc; on the Switch with −. Gamepad and keyboard can be remapped there. See docs/settings-and-controls.md in the repository.

Known issues

• Footsteps are quiet or missing in places (the starting area, cutscenes); some ambient sounds are too loud and some effects too quiet.
• The cube lady's eyes show an odd texture.
• Multiplayer and Xbox Live do not work. The target is the single-player game.

Report a bug

Open an issue with the version, the platform, where in the game it happened and what you did just before. Switch: attach clx_log_vk.txt, clx_log_vk.prev.txt, clx_options.txt and clx_env.txt from sdmc:/switch/clx/. PC: attach clx_log.txt. Please do not send game files.

v0.55.0 (test build)

Test build 0.55 of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Nintendo Switch, Windows, Linux and Android. It is an unofficial fan port. The original Xbox game is recompiled ahead of time to native code, and its GPU commands are translated to Vulkan (Mesa NVK, on the Switch) or OpenGL.

This is a pre-release for testing. The single-player game is playable. Please report what you find (see "Report a bug").

What is new since 0.54

• Lost input on Windows fixed (pull requests #12 and #13 by blackn0x). On some starts the game stopped reading the keyboard and the controller. A timed-out controller request could be cancelled while its completion was still running, and the game's USB polling then stopped for good. The kernel now keeps that completion in order, and the controller reports are safe between threads. Tested by the author: input kept working in 20 of 20 starts. Thank you, blackn0x!
• No other changes to the game since 0.54.

Fixed in 0.54 and 0.55 together

• Slingshot: shots fly where you aim (pull request #8 by blackn0x; issues #1, #6).
• Earth worm crash (issues #2, #4; pull request #7 by blackn0x, since 0.53).
• Menu objects (bottles, candles, fireplace) render right: more render surfaces (pull request #10 by nydal91).
• Android port (pull request #10 by nydal91) and rumble support.

Read this first

• The download contains no game data: no disc files, no textures, no sound. It does contain code made from the game.
• You need your own unpacked copy of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox. Only the retail NTSC (North America) version works. SHA-1 of its default.xbe: 2232a1b3874d67b4bb4cf53a940420d2dab59535.
• Switch: a console with Atmosphère and hbmenu, and about 6 GB free on the microSD card. This release has the Vulkan program only.
• Windows 10/11 x64 or Linux x86-64, with a GPU that has OpenGL 3.3. Linux needs SDL2, OpenSSL and libepoxy.
• Android: arm64, Android 11 or newer, Vulkan 1.3 with VK_KHR_push_descriptor and VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state, 8 GB RAM recommended, about 5 GB free.
• Not connected to Microsoft or Rare.

Download

File	For	Size	SHA-256
conker-lr-recomp-switch-v0.55.zip	Nintendo Switch	27.8 MB	d1a1ab35f17dde24f73724e0a633a5131a78f53733ed0a5976c66dc12ecead7b
conker-lr-recomp-windows-v0.55.zip	Windows 10/11 x64	13.8 MB	0eb354b65e5222ef88554dfb81defc2b4f7bfe73b8242642df8f83f432ca243c
conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.55.tar.gz	Linux x86-64	15.0 MB	5e0a5a71d9f67739dffae3210c333e5544cbd0430d8ecb06633cb91adb27220e
conker-lr-recomp-android-v0.55.apk	Android 11+, arm64	16.7 MB	dac46e3445c6c3916eb12a33f6b5271448c740c54bcfc4e81d7fcf11ab9d2917
SHA256SUMS.txt	checksums

Inside the Switch zip: switch/clx/clx-vulkan.nro, version in hbmenu 0.55.0-vk, SHA-1 79d54555efac5a1e960e0c35bcd1d104f7457238.

Install

Nintendo Switch

1. Unzip into the root of the microSD card. You get sdmc:/switch/clx/ with clx-vulkan.nro, clx_env.txt and clx_options.txt. If you update from an older test build, keep your own clx_options.txt. You can delete the old clx.nro (OpenGL).
2. Copy your unpacked disc into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/, so that sdmc:/switch/clx/game/default.xbe exists (together with the folders dvddata, media and the other disc files).
3. Start with title takeover: hold R while you open any game on the Switch's home screen, then pick clx-vulkan.nro in hbmenu. Album (applet) mode does not have enough memory.
4. First start: let it finish. The game copies its sound banks into a cache and compiles shaders. Expect stutter for a few minutes. If you quit during the copy, the next start can hang on the loading logo: delete sdmc:/switch/clx/save/Cache and start again.

Windows

Unzip anywhere and run clx.bat C:\path\to\your\disc (the folder with default.xbe). The game saves into the disc folder, so use a folder you may write to. Messages go to clx_log.txt.

Linux

tar xzf conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.55.tar.gz, then ./conker-lr-recomp-linux/clx.sh /path/to/your/disc.

Android (experimental)

1. Install conker-lr-recomp-android-v0.55.apk (adb install -r, or open it on the phone). It is signed with a test key made locally, not a store key.
2. Copy your unpacked disc to /sdcard/ConkerLR/game/, so that /sdcard/ConkerLR/game/default.xbe exists.
3. Open Conker LR, tap Allow all files access and turn it on. Then connect a gamepad and tap Start.
4. Logs: /sdcard/Download/ConkerLR-logs/<date_time>/ (one folder per start). Attach the newest folder to a bug report.
5. Optional, Adreno phones: a custom Turnip driver package (AdrenoTools .zip) can be picked in the launcher.

The APK contains code made from the game: share it only as you would the other builds. The first minutes stutter while shaders compile.

On a PC the settings window opens with Esc; on the Switch with −. Gamepad and keyboard can be remapped there. See docs/settings-and-controls.md in the repository.

Known issues

• Footsteps are quiet or missing in places (the starting area, cutscenes); some ambient sounds are too loud and some effects too quiet.
• The cube lady's eyes show an odd texture.
• Android: built by us, not run on a phone. Signed with a test key.
• Switch: a test build of this code ran on a console without problems found so far; this exact file differs from it only in the version number.
• Mouse camera (PC): tested by its author on Windows 11 only.
• Multiplayer and Xbox Live do not work. The target is the single-player game.
• 16:9 shows more of the world, but the HUD, menus and movies are stretched. 60 fps and the free camera are experimental.
• The first minutes of a start can stutter while shaders compile; later starts are smooth.

Report a bug

Open an issue in this repository. Tell us the platform (on the Switch: model, handheld or docked, and the version shown in hbmenu: 0.55.0-vk; on Android: phone model and the newest log folder) and what you were doing. On a PC attach clx_log.txt (and clx_err.txt on Windows) from the program folder. On the Switch attach, from sdmc:/switch/clx/:

• clx_log_vk.txt, the log of the last run, and clx_log_vk.prev.txt, the run before it. After a freeze or crash, restart the game and send both files: the problem is in the .prev file.
• clx_options.txt and clx_env.txt.
• After a crash: the newest .log file in sdmc:/atmosphere/crash_reports/.

Do not attach game files or built programs. The log has no personal data.

About this repository

The programs are built from the source at the tag v0.55.0. Building from your own default.xbe is explained in the README.

v0.54.0 (test build)

Test build 0.54 of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Nintendo Switch, Windows, Linux and Android. It is an unofficial fan port. The original Xbox game is recompiled ahead of time to native code, and its GPU commands are translated to Vulkan (Mesa NVK, on the Switch) or OpenGL.

This is a pre-release for testing. The single-player game is playable. Please report what you find (see "Report a bug").

What is new since 0.53

• Slingshot fixed at its root (issues #1, #6 and part of #4). Pull request #8 by blackn0x. The game checks the length of the aim vector with an x87 compare, and our translator lost the flags of that compare. The game then read an old value, treated every direction as zero length, and shot at yaw 0. The translator now keeps the flags. This changes the generated code, so every build is made again from a new translation.
• Mouse input is thread-safe (PC). Pull request #9 by blackn0x: mouse motion now goes only through the pad report, with locks between threads, and the unused angle path is removed.
• Android port code (pull request #10 by nydal91) is now in the source: Android arm64 build scripts, rumble, a pool of 128 surfaces (fixes the rainbow textures), a Linux controller fix, a 21:9 option, a fix for the freeze in the windmill (NaN point in the collision tree), and a build workflow for private copies. The Android APK is in this release. We built it, but we did not run it on a phone (the author of the pull request played earlier builds on a phone). Details are in android/README.md.
• Switch: the new waiting-lock change from pull request #10 touches every platform. We did not run it on a console.

Thank you blackn0x and nydal91.

Read this first

• The download contains no game data: no disc files, no textures, no sound. It does contain code made from the game.
• You need your own unpacked copy of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox. Only the retail NTSC (North America) version works. SHA-1 of its default.xbe: 2232a1b3874d67b4bb4cf53a940420d2dab59535.
• Switch: a console with Atmosphère and hbmenu, and about 6 GB free on the microSD card. This release has the Vulkan program only.
• Windows 10/11 x64 or Linux x86-64, with a GPU that has OpenGL 3.3. Linux needs SDL2, OpenSSL and libepoxy.
• Android: arm64, Android 11 or newer, Vulkan 1.3 with VK_KHR_push_descriptor and VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state, 8 GB RAM recommended, about 5 GB free.
• Not connected to Microsoft or Rare.

Download

File	For	Size	SHA-256
conker-lr-recomp-switch-v0.54.zip	Nintendo Switch	27.8 MB	daeb6fdbf5eefb0f901015744942ff58cbd80938ac22b2936fdf7197cf2f472b
conker-lr-recomp-windows-v0.54.zip	Windows 10/11 x64	13.8 MB	e68dff904aea39b95cc20753d6b55899b2d32c9e3621b05881f4cbc0540f42a8
conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.54.tar.gz	Linux x86-64	15.0 MB	e52810e8d6f00ae9b2a7e0cf7c1164368e8ea49f6b25a933772371f02d8f392f
conker-lr-recomp-android-v0.54.apk	Android 11+, arm64	16.7 MB	92af74978d2df6007f736274b2ffcded85efd3e69c7847614274ffde249fff90
SHA256SUMS.txt	checksums

Inside the Switch zip: switch/clx/clx-vulkan.nro, version in hbmenu 0.54.0-vk, SHA-1 13717fab1bdf36e38b17ee4e5284a366446a3b90.

Install

Nintendo Switch

1. Unzip into the root of the microSD card. You get sdmc:/switch/clx/ with clx-vulkan.nro, clx_env.txt and clx_options.txt. If you update from an older test build, keep your own clx_options.txt. You can delete the old clx.nro (OpenGL).
2. Copy your unpacked disc into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/, so that sdmc:/switch/clx/game/default.xbe exists (together with the folders dvddata, media and the other disc files).
3. Start with title takeover: hold R while you open any game on the Switch's home screen, then pick clx-vulkan.nro in hbmenu. Album (applet) mode does not have enough memory.
4. First start: let it finish. The game copies its sound banks into a cache and compiles shaders. Expect stutter for a few minutes. If you quit during the copy, the next start can hang on the loading logo: delete sdmc:/switch/clx/save/Cache and start again.

Windows

Unzip anywhere and run clx.bat C:\path\to\your\disc (the folder with default.xbe). The game saves into the disc folder, so use a folder you may write to. Messages go to clx_log.txt.

Linux

tar xzf conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.54.tar.gz, then ./conker-lr-recomp-linux/clx.sh /path/to/your/disc.

Android (experimental)

1. Install conker-lr-recomp-android-v0.54.apk (adb install -r, or open it on the phone). It is signed with a test key made locally, not a store key.
2. Copy your unpacked disc to /sdcard/ConkerLR/game/, so that /sdcard/ConkerLR/game/default.xbe exists.
3. Open Conker LR, tap Allow all files access and turn it on. Then connect a gamepad and tap Start.
4. Logs: /sdcard/Download/ConkerLR-logs/<date_time>/ (one folder per start). Attach the newest folder to a bug report.
5. Optional, Adreno phones: a custom Turnip driver package (AdrenoTools .zip) can be picked in the launcher.

The APK contains code made from the game: share it only as you would the other builds. The first minutes stutter while shaders compile.

On a PC the settings window opens with Esc; on the Switch with −. Gamepad and keyboard can be remapped there. See docs/settings-and-controls.md in the repository.

Known issues

• Not tested on a console by us. The Switch program is built from this source and checked to link and package. We checked on Linux that the translated slingshot code now builds the flags; we did not play the slingshot on any device. Please tell us if shots now fly where you aim.
• Footsteps are missing in the starting area and in cutscenes; some ambient sounds are too loud and some effects too quiet (tester report). Not fixed in this build.
• Mouse camera (PC): tested by its author on Windows 11 only.
• Android: built by us, not run on any phone. Signed with a test key.
• Multiplayer and Xbox Live do not work. The target is the single-player game.
• 16:9 shows more of the world, but the HUD, menus and movies are stretched. 60 fps and the free camera are experimental.
• The first minutes of a start can stutter while shaders compile; later starts are smooth.

Report a bug

Open an issue in this repository. Tell us the platform (on the Switch: model, handheld or docked, and the version shown in hbmenu: 0.54.0-vk; on Android: phone model and the newest log folder) and what you were doing. On a PC attach clx_log.txt (and clx_err.txt on Windows) from the program folder. On the Switch attach, from sdmc:/switch/clx/:

• clx_log_vk.txt, the log of the last run, and clx_log_vk.prev.txt, the run before it. After a freeze or crash, restart the game and send both files: the problem is in the .prev file.
• clx_options.txt and clx_env.txt.
• After a crash: the newest .log file in sdmc:/atmosphere/crash_reports/.

Do not attach game files or built programs. The log has no personal data.

About this repository

The programs are built from the source at the tag v0.54.0. Building from your own default.xbe is explained in the README.

v0.53.0 (pre-release): worm crash fix, Switch, Windows and Linux builds

Test build 0.53 of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Nintendo Switch, Windows and Linux. It is an unofficial fan port. The original Xbox game is recompiled ahead of time to native code, and its GPU commands are translated to Vulkan (Mesa NVK, on the Switch) or OpenGL.

This is a pre-release for testing. The single-player game is playable. Please report what you find (see "Report a bug").

What is new since 0.52

• Earth worm crash fixed (issues #2 and #4). The game searched for the node nearest to the worm's bone transform. That transform held NaN values, so the search found nothing and the game walked out of its array. Two fixes are in this build:
  • PR #7 by blackn0x repairs the search itself, for every place that calls it. Thank you!
  • A second guard (from our side) covers the one call that crashed on the console. It also writes a [node] no nearest child line to the log. With PR #7 it should stay silent, so if you see that line, please tell us.
• The README has a new section: what to send with a bug report.
• The Windows and Linux builds now include the earlier pull requests by blackn0x (mouse aim in the weapon camera, mouse options file).

Read this first

• The download contains no game data: no disc files, no textures, no sound. It does contain code made from the game.
• You need your own unpacked copy of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox. Only the retail NTSC (North America) version works. SHA-1 of its default.xbe: 2232a1b3874d67b4bb4cf53a940420d2dab59535.
• Switch: a console with Atmosphère and hbmenu, and about 6 GB free on the microSD card.
• Windows 10/11 x64 or Linux x86-64, with a GPU that has OpenGL 3.3. Linux needs SDL2, OpenSSL and libepoxy.
• Not connected to Microsoft or Rare.

Download

File	For	Size	SHA-256
conker-lr-recomp-switch-v0.53.zip	Nintendo Switch	54.0 MB	39cf9014590ecc9427246e8a40abaf7c78e0be31a698b247c351021f4b8f73fe
conker-lr-recomp-windows-v0.53.zip	Windows 10/11 x64	13.8 MB	d3e8c12d770a6bf34205301d3f60fab5b115bcd17c33abd6625a598eb895cb4e
conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.53.tar.gz	Linux x86-64	15.1 MB	3cab32bd000b885407752b1a117f6abe21b21345b49a187b6e5916adf84804d1
SHA256SUMS.txt	checksums

Inside the Switch zip (SHA-1 of each program):

File	Version in hbmenu	SHA-1
switch/clx/clx-vulkan.nro (recommended)	0.53.0-vk	517db8ca9343a02c016bb0981ffd7144e61ea9cc
switch/clx/clx.nro (OpenGL fallback)	0.53.0	ff8b12b7a7965d0efa96412d72d7606365faa7eb

Install

Nintendo Switch

1. Unzip into the root of the microSD card. You get sdmc:/switch/clx/ with the two programs, clx_env.txt and clx_options.txt. If you update from an older test build, keep your own clx_options.txt.
2. Copy your unpacked disc into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/, so that sdmc:/switch/clx/game/default.xbe exists (together with the folders dvddata, media and the other disc files).
3. Start with title takeover: hold R while you open any game on the Switch's home screen, then pick clx-vulkan.nro in hbmenu. Album (applet) mode does not have enough memory.
4. First start: let it finish. The game copies its sound banks into a cache and compiles shaders. Expect stutter for a few minutes. If you quit during the copy, the next start can hang on the loading logo: delete sdmc:/switch/clx/save/Cache and start again.

Use clx.nro only if the Vulkan one does not work for you.

Windows

Unzip anywhere and run clx.bat C:\path\to\your\disc (the folder with default.xbe). The game saves into the disc folder, so use a folder you may write to. Messages go to clx_log.txt.

Linux

tar xzf conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.53.tar.gz, then ./conker-lr-recomp-linux/clx.sh /path/to/your/disc.

On a PC the settings window opens with Esc; on the Switch with −. Gamepad and keyboard can be remapped there. The mouse camera on a PC and all controls are described in docs/settings-and-controls.md in the repository.

Known issues

• Slingshot: in 0.51 and 0.52 shots could fly the opposite way or sideways (issues #1 and #6). The camera-invert option flipped the slingshot's aim as well; since 0.48 it only changes the player camera. If the slingshot still misbehaves in 0.53, please open an issue with your log (see below).
• Mouse camera (PC): tested by its author on Windows 11 only.
• Queen Bee bridge: one player's game crashed or froze there in an older build. Not seen again; please tell us if it happens.
• Multiplayer and Xbox Live do not work. The target is the single-player game.
• 16:9 shows more of the world, but the HUD, menus and movies are stretched. 60 fps and the free camera are experimental.
• The first minutes of a start can stutter while shaders compile; later starts are smooth.
• Not tested on a console by us: the Switch programs are built from this source and checked to link and package. Please tell us how they run.

Report a bug

Open an issue in this repository. Tell us the platform (on the Switch: model, handheld or docked, and the version shown in hbmenu: 0.53.0-vk or 0.53.0) and what you were doing. On a PC attach clx_log.txt (and clx_err.txt on Windows) from the program folder. On the Switch attach, from sdmc:/switch/clx/:

• clx_log_vk.txt, the log of the last run (clx_log.txt if you use clx.nro).
• clx_log_vk.prev.txt, the run before it. After a freeze or crash, restart the game and send both files: the problem is in the .prev file.
• clx_options.txt and clx_env.txt.
• After a crash: the newest .log file in sdmc:/atmosphere/crash_reports/.
• If the save matters: the slot folder sdmc:/switch/clx/game/UDATA/4d530051/<slot>/.

Do not attach game files or built programs. The log has no personal data.

About this repository

The programs are built from the source in this repository at the tag v0.53.0, with your-own-disc scripts as described in the README. Building from your own default.xbe is explained there.

v0.52.0 (pre-release): Switch, Windows and Linux test builds

Test build 0.52 of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Nintendo Switch, Windows and Linux. It is an unofficial fan port. The original Xbox game is recompiled ahead of time to native code, and its GPU commands are translated to Vulkan (Mesa NVK, on the Switch) or OpenGL.

This is a pre-release for testing. The single-player game is playable. Please report what you find (see "Report a bug").

Read this first

• The download contains no game data: no disc files, no textures, no sound. It does contain code made from the game.
• You need your own unpacked copy of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox. Only the retail NTSC (North America) version works. SHA-1 of its default.xbe: 2232a1b3874d67b4bb4cf53a940420d2dab59535.
• Switch: a console with Atmosphère and hbmenu, and about 6 GB free on the microSD card (the unpacked disc is 4.5 GB; the game also makes a cache copy and shader caches).
• Windows 10/11 x64 or Linux x86-64, with a GPU that has OpenGL 3.3. Linux needs SDL2, OpenSSL and libepoxy.
• Not connected to Microsoft or Rare.

Download

File	For	Size	SHA-256
conker-lr-recomp-switch-v0.52.zip	Nintendo Switch	54.6 MB	dadcdf8b04e6e0ba793b84847cbcdc022cfad9022635b7b2a65b4364626e521b
conker-lr-recomp-windows-v0.52.zip	Windows 10/11 x64	13.9 MB	0681342cf86298b7f3e025c43323262e28e94185ff13c79d2d9d3c7a3ae647cf
conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.52.tar.gz	Linux x86-64	15.1 MB	a1adcbd3511f180e38d68288356d91b69cdd1834dbc05ef05ebf14fac66d6c1c
SHA256SUMS.txt	checksums

Inside the Switch zip (SHA-1 of each program):

File	Version in hbmenu	SHA-1
switch/clx/clx-vulkan.nro (recommended)	0.52.8d83d6-vk	0dd35b6d0b19dbb7ec0794aec54be47ab029e139
switch/clx/clx.nro (OpenGL fallback)	0.52.8d83d63	4f6f967103dd62b2937bef32b070b041c126064c

Install

Nintendo Switch

1. Unzip into the root of the microSD card. You get sdmc:/switch/clx/ with the two programs, clx_env.txt and clx_options.txt.
2. Copy your unpacked disc into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/, so that sdmc:/switch/clx/game/default.xbe exists (together with the folders dvddata, media and the other disc files).
3. Start with title takeover: hold R while you open any game on the Switch's home screen, then pick clx-vulkan.nro in hbmenu. Album (applet) mode does not have enough memory.
4. First start: let it finish. The game copies its sound banks into a cache and compiles shaders. Expect stutter for a few minutes. If you quit during the copy, the next start can hang on the loading logo: delete sdmc:/switch/clx/save/Cache and start again.

Use clx.nro only if the Vulkan one does not work for you. Emulators: clx-vulkan.nro does not run in them; clx.nro boots in Eden but is not supported.

Windows

Unzip anywhere and run clx.bat C:\path\to\your\disc (the folder with default.xbe). The game saves into the disc folder, so use a folder you may write to. Messages go to clx_log.txt. The game starts in borderless fullscreen (fullscreen=window in clx_options.txt turns that off).

Linux

tar xzf conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.52.tar.gz, then ./conker-lr-recomp-linux/clx.sh /path/to/your/disc.

On a PC the settings window opens with Esc. Gamepad and keyboard can be remapped there.

Controls

The layout follows the Xbox pad by position, so the lower button confirms.

Switch	Game
B (lower) / A (right) / Y (left) / X (upper)	Xbox A / B / X / Y
Left stick / right stick	move / camera
L / R	white / black
ZL / ZR	left / right trigger
+	Start
−	opens the port's settings menu (the game itself never sees it)

In the menu: up/down choose, left/right or A change, B or − close. It has aspect (4:3 or 16:9), frame rate, camera options, invert camera up/down, subtitle box size, FPS counter, button icons, volume, render scale for handheld and docked, anisotropic filter, FXAA, and Exit game (press A twice).

Skipping: during a cutscene or a movie, a first press of + (or Xbox-A, or ZL) shows "SKIP THIS CUTSCENE? PRESS AGAIN"; a second press within 3 seconds skips. This stops accidental skips. Cutscenes the game marks unskippable play to the end.

Defaults: 4:3 picture with side bars, 30 fps (the game's own cap), handheld 150% (960x720), docked 225% (1440x1080), FXAA on, 16x anisotropic. clx_env.txt also sets the Switch to the docked clock rates in handheld mode (CPU 1785 MHz, GPU 768 MHz, memory 1600 MHz) because the game is CPU-bound. This uses more battery and makes more heat. Delete the three NFSU2_*_MHZ lines to use the system clocks.

Save files

Saves are inside the game folder (on the Switch: on the SD card):

sdmc:/switch/clx/game/UDATA/4d530051/<slot>/ (4d530051 is the game's title ID)

• One folder per Game slot (three slots), named like 10C2167B1950, 10C2167B1951, 10C2167B1952.
• Each folder holds conker.bin (the save), SaveMeta.xbx and SaveImage.xbx (the slot's name and picture).
• To send a save: close the game, then zip the whole slot folder (all three files) and send the zip.
• To load a save you received: start the game once and close it (this creates UDATA/4d530051). Copy the slot folder into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/UDATA/4d530051/. If a folder with the same name is there, back it up first, because it will be replaced. Start the game and choose that Game slot.
• Do not copy the files TitleMeta.xbx, TitleImage.xbx or SaveImage.xbx that sit directly in 4d530051/. The game makes them.

PC mouse camera and fullscreen

The PC builds can steer the camera with the mouse: the mouse moves the camera through the game's own right-stick input.

Input	Action
Mouse	camera (only in the game, only for the player camera)
F8	release / capture the mouse
Esc	settings window (the mouse is released while it is open)
Alt+Enter, F11	borderless fullscreen on / off

Sensitivity and inversion are in clx_mouse_options.txt next to the program. Restart the game after you change it.

What is new since 0.51

• PC: mouse camera, borderless fullscreen and a fix for "no button works" on Windows (the window did not get the keyboard focus). This comes from a pull request by blackn0x. Thank you.
• The Switch programs have the same features as 0.51. The PC code is inert on the Switch.
• The Windows and Linux builds are updated to the same code as the Switch builds (before, they were v0.1.0).

What was new in 0.51 (Switch)

• Skip confirmation for cutscenes and movies.
• A fix for a freeze after several minutes of play. Cause: the game's DirectSound and XACT code read the processor's interrupt level and our runtime never told it, so two locks could wait for each other. Not yet confirmed on a console. If this fix makes things worse, add the line RECOMP_IRQL_MIRROR=0 to sdmc:/switch/clx/clx_env.txt.
• The camera invert and free-camera options no longer change the slingshot's aim.
• A report file is written when the game stops responding (see below).

Known issues

• Mouse camera (PC): tested by its author on Windows 11 only. Not tested by us on a real desktop yet.
• Queen Bee bridge: one player's game crashed or froze there. Turning FXAA off in the menu got past the bridge, but the game then froze later on the hill with the worms. The cause is probably the freeze fixed above; this build has not been checked on a console yet. Try FXAA off if it stops there.
• Slingshot: shots flew sideways to the tree although the crosshair was on the target (not fixed, cause not found). Please test it once with Aspect 4:3 and Frame rate 30 in the menu (the frame rate applies after a restart), and tell us whether it changes.
• Baseball bat: Conker's run with the bat looks strange (probably the 60 fps option; not confirmed).
• A rare hang: the game can stop responding. The new report file below should show why.
• Multiplayer and Xbox Live do not work. The target is the single-player game.
• 16:9 shows more of the world, but the HUD, menus and movies are stretched. 60 fps and the free camera are experimental.
• The first minutes of a start can stutter while shaders compile; later starts are smooth.

Report a bug

Open an issue in this repository. Tell us the platform (on the Switch: model, handheld or docked, and the version shown in hbmenu: 0.52.8d83d6-vk or 0.52.8d83d63) and what you were doing. On a PC attach clx_log.txt (and clx_err.txt on Windows) from the program folder. On the Switch attach, from sdmc:/switch/clx/:

• clx_log_vk.txt, the log of the last run (clx_log.txt if you use clx.nro).
• clx_log_vk.prev.txt, the run before it. After a freeze, restart the game and send both files: the freeze is in the .prev file.
• clx_options.txt and clx_env.txt.
• After a crash: the newest .log file in sdmc:/atmosphere/crash_reports/.
• If the save matters: the slot folder (see "Save files").

Do not attach game files or built programs. The log has no personal data (no names, no addresses).

About this repository

The Switch programs are built from the developer's tree at commit 8d83d63 (version 0.52), the PC programs from the same code with the PC launchers. The source in this repository is still the earlier export plus the merged pull request; the source for 0.52 will follow. Building from your own default.xbe is explained in the README.

v0.51.0 (pre-release): Nintendo Switch test build

Test build 0.51 of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Nintendo Switch. It is an unofficial fan port. The original Xbox game is recompiled ahead of time to ARM64, and its GPU commands are translated to Vulkan (Mesa NVK) or OpenGL.

This is a pre-release for testing. The single-player game is playable. Please report what you find (see "Report a bug").

Read this first

• The download contains no game data: no disc files, no textures, no sound. It does contain code made from the game.
• You need your own unpacked copy of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox. Only the retail NTSC (North America) version works. SHA-1 of its default.xbe: 2232a1b3874d67b4bb4cf53a940420d2dab59535.
• You need a Switch with Atmosphère and hbmenu, and about 6 GB free on the microSD card (the unpacked disc is 4.5 GB; the game also makes a cache copy and shader caches).
• Not connected to Microsoft or Rare.

Download

File	Size	SHA-256
conker-lr-recomp-switch-v0.51.zip	54.6 MB	58d49a2ec3d750c7852cc16d8516b85935140c2bef79b5fb12e43deda747c0c1

Inside the zip (SHA-1 of each program):

File	Version in hbmenu	SHA-1
switch/clx/clx-vulkan.nro (recommended)	0.51.e14178-vk	4ae1c0545e8892b7b21ca4746dee6f1a2eda1f75
switch/clx/clx.nro (OpenGL fallback)	0.51.e141789	c6cbb12cc513ec620c38434f55378d4bd1447349

Install

1. Unzip into the root of the microSD card. You get sdmc:/switch/clx/ with the two programs, clx_env.txt and clx_options.txt.
2. Copy your unpacked disc into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/, so that sdmc:/switch/clx/game/default.xbe exists (together with the folders dvddata, media and the other disc files).
3. Start with title takeover: hold R while you open any game on the Switch's home screen, then pick clx-vulkan.nro in hbmenu. Album (applet) mode does not have enough memory.
4. First start: let it finish. The game copies its sound banks into a cache and compiles shaders. Expect stutter for a few minutes. If you quit during the copy, the next start can hang on the loading logo: delete sdmc:/switch/clx/save/Cache and start again.

Use clx.nro only if the Vulkan one does not work for you. Emulators: clx-vulkan.nro does not run in them; clx.nro boots in Eden but is not supported.

Controls

The layout follows the Xbox pad by position, so the lower button confirms.

Switch	Game
B (lower) / A (right) / Y (left) / X (upper)	Xbox A / B / X / Y
Left stick / right stick	move / camera
L / R	white / black
ZL / ZR	left / right trigger
+	Start
−	opens the port's settings menu (the game itself never sees it)

In the menu: up/down choose, left/right or A change, B or − close. It has aspect (4:3 or 16:9), frame rate, camera options, invert camera up/down, subtitle box size, FPS counter, button icons, volume, render scale for handheld and docked, anisotropic filter, FXAA, and Exit game (press A twice).

Skipping: during a cutscene or a movie, a first press of + (or Xbox-A, or ZL) shows "SKIP THIS CUTSCENE? PRESS AGAIN"; a second press within 3 seconds skips. This stops accidental skips. Cutscenes the game marks unskippable play to the end.

Defaults: 4:3 picture with side bars, 30 fps (the game's own cap), handheld 150% (960x720), docked 225% (1440x1080), FXAA on, 16x anisotropic. clx_env.txt also sets the Switch to the docked clock rates in handheld mode (CPU 1785 MHz, GPU 768 MHz, memory 1600 MHz) because the game is CPU-bound. This uses more battery and makes more heat. Delete the three NFSU2_*_MHZ lines to use the system clocks.

Save files

Saves are on the SD card, inside the game folder:

sdmc:/switch/clx/game/UDATA/4d530051/<slot>/ (4d530051 is the game's title ID)

• One folder per Game slot (three slots), named like 10C2167B1950, 10C2167B1951, 10C2167B1952.
• Each folder holds conker.bin (the save), SaveMeta.xbx and SaveImage.xbx (the slot's name and picture).
• To send a save: close the game, then zip the whole slot folder (all three files) and send the zip.
• To load a save you received: start the game once and close it (this creates UDATA/4d530051). Copy the slot folder into sdmc:/switch/clx/game/UDATA/4d530051/. If a folder with the same name is there, back it up first, because it will be replaced. Start the game and choose that Game slot.
• Do not copy the files TitleMeta.xbx, TitleImage.xbx or SaveImage.xbx that sit directly in 4d530051/. The game makes them.

What is new since the pre-release v0.1.0

• Skip confirmation for cutscenes and movies.
• A fix for a freeze after several minutes of play. Cause: the game's DirectSound and XACT code read the processor's interrupt level and our runtime never told it, so two locks could wait for each other. Not yet confirmed on a console. If this fix makes things worse, add the line RECOMP_IRQL_MIRROR=0 to sdmc:/switch/clx/clx_env.txt.
• The camera invert and free-camera options no longer change the slingshot's aim.
• A report file is written when the game stops responding (see below).

Known issues

• Queen Bee bridge: one player's game crashed or froze there. Turning FXAA off in the menu got past the bridge, but the game then froze later on the hill with the worms. The cause is probably the freeze fixed above; this build has not been checked on a console yet. Try FXAA off if it stops there.
• Slingshot: shots flew sideways to the tree although the crosshair was on the target (not fixed, cause not found). Please test it once with Aspect 4:3 and Frame rate 30 in the menu (the frame rate applies after a restart), and tell us whether it changes.
• Baseball bat: Conker's run with the bat looks strange (probably the 60 fps option; not confirmed).
• A rare hang: the game can stop responding. The new report file below should show why.
• Multiplayer and Xbox Live do not work. The target is the single-player game.
• 16:9 shows more of the world, but the HUD, menus and movies are stretched. 60 fps and the free camera are experimental.
• The first minutes of a start can stutter while shaders compile; later starts are smooth.

Report a bug

Open an issue in this repository. Tell us the Switch model, handheld or docked, the version shown in hbmenu (0.51.e14178-vk or 0.51.e141789) and what you were doing. Attach, from sdmc:/switch/clx/:

• clx_log_vk.txt, the log of the last run (clx_log.txt if you use clx.nro).
• clx_log_vk.prev.txt, the run before it. After a freeze, restart the game and send both files: the freeze is in the .prev file.
• clx_options.txt and clx_env.txt.
• After a crash: the newest .log file in sdmc:/atmosphere/crash_reports/.
• If the save matters: the slot folder (see "Save files").

Do not attach game files or built programs. The log has no personal data (no names, no addresses).

About this repository

The binaries are built from the developer's tree at commit e141789 (version 0.51). The source in this repository is still the earlier export (see v0.1.0); the source for 0.51 will follow. Building from your own default.xbe is explained in the README.

v0.1.0 (pre-release): Switch, Windows and Linux builds

Ready-made builds of the port, made from the source in this repository (commit ea93fa1) with a retail NTSC (North America) default.xbe.

Read this first

• These programs contain code made from the game. They contain no game data: no disc files, no textures, no sound.
• You need your own unpacked copy of Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox (the folder with default.xbe). Only the retail NTSC (North America) version works. SHA-1 of default.xbe: 2232a1b3874d67b4bb4cf53a940420d2dab59535.
• This is an unofficial fan project. It is not connected to Microsoft or Rare.
• Prefer to build it yourself? The README explains how, from your own default.xbe.

Downloads

File	For	Needs
conker-lr-recomp-switch-v0.1.0.zip	Nintendo Switch (Atmosphère)	5 GB free on the microSD card
conker-lr-recomp-windows-v0.1.0.zip	Windows 10/11 x64	a GPU with OpenGL 3.3
conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.1.0.tar.gz	Linux x86-64	SDL2, OpenSSL, libepoxy; a GPU with OpenGL 3.3
SHA256SUMS.txt	checksums

Install

Switch. Unzip into the root of the microSD card. You get switch/clx/ with clx-vulkan.nro (recommended), clx.nro (OpenGL fallback) and the settings files. Copy your unpacked disc into switch/clx/game/ so that switch/clx/game/default.xbe exists. Start the app with title takeover: hold R while you open any game, then pick it in hbmenu. The first start compiles shaders and can stutter for a few minutes: let it finish.

Windows. Unzip anywhere and run clx.bat C:\path\to\your\disc (the folder with default.xbe). The game saves into the disc folder, so use a folder you may write to. Messages go to clx_log.txt.

Linux. tar xzf conker-lr-recomp-linux-v0.1.0.tar.gz, then ./conker-lr-recomp-linux/clx.sh /path/to/your/disc.

Settings: − on the Switch, Esc on a PC (a gamepad's Back button too). You can remap the gamepad and the keyboard, and exit the game, from that window. More in the README and in docs/settings-and-controls.md.

What was tested

• Windows: plays on one PC (Windows 10, NVIDIA GPU): keyboard, settings window, window close button.
• Linux: boots and renders the game (software GL, frame dumps). Not tested on a real GPU.
• Switch: both apps build from this source. This exact build is not tested on a console yet: that is why this is a pre-release.
• Sound on PC and a real gamepad on the final build are not tested yet (a Switch Pro Controller was detected in a test build).

Known issues

• Multiplayer and Xbox Live do not work. The target is the single player game.
• In 16:9 the HUD, menus and movies are stretched. 60 fps and the free camera are experimental.
• First start: let it finish. Quitting while it copies the sound banks can hang the next start (the fix is in the README, under Troubleshooting).

Bug reports are welcome: say the platform and the version, and attach the log.