ARMORED CORE 4 PC port 0.6.0

A native Windows version of ARMORED CORE 4 (PS3, USA, BLUS30027). The game's own PS3 code is translated into a real Windows program, built on your PC from your own copy of the game. This project contains no game data, no game code and no keys, and it decrypts nothing.

Changes

Fixes

• The mouse now turns and looks in the SIMULATOR (#1).
• No more heavy frame drops in ELIMINATION (Hard) when the Normals' missiles explode (#2). The port copied the depth buffer for every explosion effect, up to 433 times in one frame; now once.
• On PCs with 2 cores, movies (intro, briefings) play at full speed with working sound. Before they ran at 20 to 30 fps with broken sound there.
• Very short key taps (pressed and released within one frame) are no longer lost.
• Right after loading a save, Enter or a click in the postgame MISSION LIST opened the KEY GUIDE instead of choosing.
• PC SETTINGS: long captions and the render-scale resolution are no longer cut off.

Mouse and keyboard

• The mouse now works like a precise right stick. This is the new default, MOUSE MODE: STICK. Your AC turns exactly as far as you move the mouse, as fast as it can turn. A quick flick turns the whole way instead of a few degrees.
• The free mouse camera is still there as MOUSE MODE: CAMERA:
  • Only the camera moves freely. Lock-on, firing and movement stay with the AC as in the game, so it no longer locks on to or shoots at targets behind it.
• New actions with no key until you set one: purge right / left / shoulder weapon.
• Keys keep their actions under every control type (TYPE B, or your own CUSTOM A / B). PC SETTINGS shows which PS3 button each key presses.

Menus

• The mouse now works in ACSIS: WEAPON and ASSEMBLY (click a slot, go through the parts with ◀ ▶ or the wheel, click a part to equip it), PAINT, the SIMULATOR, and the ◀ ▶ arrows of option rows.

Install

What you need

• Windows 10 (1903 or later) or Windows 11, 64-bit, a CPU from Intel Haswell or AMD Ryzen onward (AVX2, the launcher checks) and a Direct3D 11 graphics card.
• Your own copy of ARMORED CORE 4 (US disc, BLUS30027, disc version 01.01). You need the disc's files, meaning the folder that contains 'PS3_GAME'.
• RPCS3, used once during setup to decrypt a few of your game files.
• The PS3 system software 4.93 file 'PS3UPDAT.PUP' from Sony's PS3 system software page.
• About 4 GB of free disk space and an internet connection.

Steps

1. Download AC4-Port-0.6.0.zip below.
2. Right click the zip, choose Extract All..., and pick a folder with enough space, for example 'C:\Games\AC4-Port'.
3. Open that folder and start 'AC4-Launcher.exe'. If Windows says "Windows protected your PC" (the launcher is not code-signed), click More info, then Run anyway.
4. Under Game folder, choose the folder that contains 'PS3_GAME'.
5. Click Prepare files and choose your 'rpcs3.exe' and 'PS3UPDAT.PUP'. The launcher uses your RPCS3 to decrypt the files the port needs. When RPCS3 asks "Install firmware?", click Yes. This takes under a minute and doesn't change your RPCS3.
6. Click Set up. It downloads the build tools and builds the game. This takes a few minutes and is only needed once.
7. Choose whether you want a desktop shortcut and a Start menu entry.
8. Click PLAY.

From now on, the shortcut opens the launcher; click PLAY.

Note

Already decrypted the files yourself? Skip step 5 and choose their folder under Decrypted files instead. More... > Which files does the port need? lists them.

Update

Unzip the new release into a new folder or over the old one, start its launcher and click Set up. It finds your earlier install and rebuilds only what changed; your settings and saves stay. If your game data is in the old release's folder, keep that folder, or choose Move it beside this launcher.

Community

For more ports, questions, discussion and help join the Discord.

Not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by FromSoftware, SEGA, Sony Interactive Entertainment or any other rights holder. ARMORED CORE is a trademark of its owners.

ARMORED CORE 4 PC port 0.5.0

A native Windows version of ARMORED CORE 4 (PS3, USA, BLUS30027). The game's own PS3 code is translated into a real Windows program, built on your PC from your own copy of the game. This project contains no game data, no game code and no keys, and it decrypts nothing.

Install

What you need

• Windows 10 (1903 or later) or Windows 11, 64-bit, a CPU from Intel Haswell or AMD Ryzen onward (AVX2, the launcher checks) and a Direct3D 11 graphics card.
• Your own copy of ARMORED CORE 4 (US disc, BLUS30027, disc version 01.01). You need the disc's files, meaning the folder that contains 'PS3_GAME'.
• RPCS3, used once during setup to decrypt a few of your game files.
• The PS3 system software 4.93 file 'PS3UPDAT.PUP' from Sony's PS3 system software page.
• About 4 GB of free disk space and an internet connection.

Steps

1. Download AC4-Port-0.5.0.zip below.
2. Right click the zip, choose Extract All..., and pick a folder with enough space, for example 'C:\Games\AC4-Port'.
3. Open that folder and start 'AC4-Launcher.exe'. If Windows says "Windows protected your PC" (the launcher is not code-signed), click More info, then Run anyway.
4. Under Game folder, choose the folder that contains 'PS3_GAME'.
5. Click Prepare files and choose your 'rpcs3.exe' and 'PS3UPDAT.PUP'. The launcher uses your RPCS3 to decrypt the files the port needs. When RPCS3 asks "Install firmware?", click Yes. This takes under a minute and doesn't change your RPCS3.
6. Click Set up. It downloads the build tools and builds the game. This takes a few minutes and is only needed once.
7. Choose whether you want a desktop shortcut and a Start menu entry.
8. Click PLAY.

From now on, the shortcut opens the launcher; click PLAY.

Note

Already decrypted the files yourself? Skip step 5 and choose their folder under Decrypted files instead. More... > Which files does the port need? lists them.

Update

Unzip the new release into a new folder or over the old one, start its launcher and click Set up. It finds your earlier install and rebuilds only what changed; your settings and saves stay. If your game data is in the old release's folder, keep that folder, or choose Move it beside this launcher.

Community

For more ports, questions, discussion and help join the Discord.

Not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by FromSoftware, SEGA, Sony Interactive Entertainment or any other rights holder. ARMORED CORE is a trademark of its owners.