Swap Force Recompiled 0.4.0-beta.2

Swap Force Recompiled, 0.4.0-beta.2 (test version).

• Music layers: music tracks with several layers in one track (the interactive music) play each layer again, not the first one on all of them, so the game's switches between them can be heard.

• Extras page: Nightmare from the start moved there from the Game page.

• Extras page: the settings menu (F4) has a new page for unlocks and cheats. While a cheat is on, achievements don't unlock, so an unlocked one still means you earned it.

• The setup on a PC without the Visual C++ runtime: on a fresh Windows the setup couldn't set up a disc: extracting an ISO stopped with "VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found", and the disc check with "VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found". Both fixed. An unattended install (/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES) also no longer waits on an error box.

• Starting without the disc: the message now says the disc belongs in the rom folder in the game's folder and how to set it up.

• Menus over a loading game: the portal menu that comes up while a save loads no longer stutters.

• AMD: a shader case that can make AMD drivers lose the device is avoided (fix from xenia-canary).

The easy way: install Core of Light, the launcher. It sets this game up from your disc and keeps it up to date by itself.

On its own: run SwapForceRecompSetup-0.4.0-beta.2.exe and point it at your own Xbox 360 disc (an ISO file or an extracted folder). It's not signed, so Windows may show "Windows protected your PC": "More info" > "Run anyway". The README says which disc version it needs.

The game's data (graphics, sound, levels, movies) doesn't come with it: the setup takes it from your own disc.

Problems: F4 > Game > "Report a problem" in the game, then a new issue.

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