BLACK XBERecomp V3

Textures

• Texture Dumping - Saves every texture the game uses into the textures\dumps folder beside the exe when enabled.
• Texture Replacement - Replaces the game's textures with the .dds or .png images in the textures\replacement folder.
• Dump Format - Allows the user to choose between PNG or DDS formats.

Input

• Mouse Sensitivity - Mouse sensitivity is now split into Horizontal and Vertical, instead of one setting handling both.
• Sensitivity Ranges - Improved the ranges of the sensitivity settings so they're now between 0.1 and 20.0 instead of 0.1 and 5.0.
• Aim Sensitivity - Added Aim Horizontal and Aim Vertical Sensitivity for weapons, instead of one setting handling both.
• Invert X Axis - Added an option to invert the horizontal look.
• Invert Y Axis - Added an option to invert the vertical look for the mouse.
• Controller Sensitivity - Controller sensitivity is now split into Horizontal and Vertical, instead of one setting handling both.
• Deadzone - Added a controller Deadzone setting.
• Gyro Aiming - Various improvements to gyro aiming, including a choice of axis, a gyro button, a recentre button and calibration.

Display

• Colour Blind Mode - Added Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia modes.

General

• Saves - Profiles are compatible between languages.

Fixes

• High FOV - Effects no longer disappear in front of the player at wide fields of view.
• Voice Filter - Fixed the Xbox's per voice low pass filter being missing.
• PC Wording - The PC wording now applies in every language.
• Menu Offsets - Fixed the new menus having wrong offsets.
• Voice Filter - Fixed the Xbox's per voice low pass filter being missing.

BLACK XBERecomp V2

Graphics

• Draw Distance - Added 12x and 16x options.

Input

• Controller - Added a Controller page with Hold to Aim, Sensitivity, Rumble Intensity and Aim Assist options.
• Gyro Aiming - Added gyro aiming for controllers with motion sensors, such as the DualSense, DualShock 4 and Switch Pro Controller, with adjustable sensitivity. Works together with the right stick.

General

• Language - Added Automatic, the new default, which follows the Windows display language. English is used when the game files lack that language.
• Menu Animations - Toggles the sliding transitions of menu pages and the pause menu.
• Pause Menu - All option pages, including Mouse and Keyboard and Controller, are now available in the pause menu.
• Recomp Settings - Recomp settings in the options menu are now split into categories.

Fixes

• Weapon Sway - Mouse movement now sways the weapon.
• Aim Toggle - Aim toggle no longer stays on for weapons that cannot aim.
• EA Intro FMV - Always stays at its original 4:3 aspect ratio, so its text is no longer cut off.
• Ambient Occlusion - No longer draws over translucent surfaces or under fog.
• Viewmodel Field of View - Above 70, the first-person weapon and arms are no longer cut off by the near plane.
• Render Targets - Effects that read render targets now follow the console's pixel offset, fixing lights being misaligned.
• Mouse Zoom Sensitivity - Now follows the zoomed view.
• Walk to Stop Animation - Matches the game's 30 FPS timing at high frame rates.
• Glass Shards - Breaking glass sounds count down at 30 FPS, as on the Xbox, at any frame rate.
• Audio Mixing - Fixes many sounds playing too quiet, and stereo and mono downmixes now match the Xbox.
• 5.1 Surround - 5.1 output and in-game panning now follow the Xbox.
• Crackling - The audio output queue grows when it runs short, removing crackling.
• Exit Button - Fixed the exit button playing wrong sounds.

BLACK XBERecomp V1

Installation

• Put your game files in the assets folder. This can be an ISO, or the extracted data files, of the USA or Europe release.
• Run BLACK.exe.
• Recomp settings can be adjusted in the in-game options menu while the game is running, or through the Settings overlay, which is opened with F10 by default.

Features

Display

• Monitor - Picks the monitor the game shows on, for Fullscreen and Borderless (and where Windowed opens). Lists every connected monitor by its Windows number and desktop resolution.
• Display Mode - Switch between Fullscreen, Borderless and Windowed.
• Resolution - Lists every mode your monitor reports and defaults to your desktop resolution, replacing the original 640x480 resolution.
• Render Resolution - Renders the game at 20% to 200% of the output resolution, allowing supersampling or downscaling independent of the window size.
• Field of View - Sets the horizontal field of view during gameplay from 45 to 140 degrees, with 70 being the game's default.
• Viewmodel Field of View - Adjusts the first-person weapon and arms field of view.
• Max Frame Rate - Caps the frame rate to your monitor's refresh rate or a custom value, or removes the cap entirely, replacing the Xbox's 30 FPS limiter.
• V-Sync - Reduces screen tearing.
• HDR Output - Enables HDR10 output on displays with Windows HDR turned on, detected automatically. Highlights extend up to the display's peak brightness.
• FPS Counter - Displays the frame rate on screen.
• FMV Scale - Choose between Fill, which zooms the 4:3 FMVs to fill widescreen displays, and 4:3, which keeps them at their original aspect ratio.

Graphics

• Multisample Antialiasing (MSAA) - Enables 2x, 4x or 8x MSAA to smooth jagged edges while preserving a sharp image.
• Subpixel Morphological Antialiasing (SMAA) - Enables SMAA to smooth jagged edges across the whole frame with a softer image. SMAA also smooths alpha-tested edges such as fences and foliage, and can be combined with MSAA.
• Anisotropic Filtering - Forces the selected anisotropic filtering level on all textures.
• Draw Distance - Increases the level of detail and draw distances past the game's values: 2x, 4x or 8x.
• Ambient Occlusion - Adds screen space ambient occlusion, creating soft contact shadows where surfaces meet. Choose between SSAO and GTAO.
• Reload Blur - Toggles the blur effect while reloading.

Input

• Mouse and Keyboard - Full keyboard and mouse support with raw input, adjustable sensitivity, inverted look and rebindable controls.
• Controller - Controller with SDL3 support.

General

• Skip Intro - Skips the intro logos.
• Pause On Focus Loss - Pauses the game and its sound while the window is in the background or minimized.

Miscellaneous

• Custom Menu Cursor - Place a cursor.png (or cursor.dds) beside the exe to replace the Windows arrow in the game's menus.