HydroThunderHurricane-Recompiled-v2.0.0

2.0.0 - DLC + Initial mod support

Mods

Add content to the game without replacing any of it. Drop a mod's folder into mods/ next to the executable and start the game.

• New boats with their own handling, built on any existing boat's model: top speed, thrust, mass, hull, air control and the boat-menu bars.
• New skins for the game's boats or a mod's own, painted as a 1024x1024 PNG.
• Nothing is replaced. Mod content sits next to the originals, mods cannot collide with each other, and removing a mod leaves your save working.
• Mod content is unlocked from the start.
• F5 > Mods lists installed mods, shows why one did not load, turns mods on and off, and exports each boat's skin as a template to paint over.

See MODDING.md in the download for how to make one, and examples/mods/speedvector/ for a working example.

Also new

• Tempest Pack DLC: the three extra tracks, Whiplash, Psyclone, the six X boats and the extra skins, installed from your own copy.
• Field of view for the race camera (F5 > Game).
• Keyboard and mouse bindings in F5 > Input.
• Save editing with tools/ht_save_edit.py, which fixes the checksum the game checks.

Fixed

• The boat menu looped before reaching boats added after an existing boat's extra skins, which hid the Tempest Pack's X boats and skins.
• With the DLC installed, pressing Start no longer crashes the game.

Changed

• The window is titled "Hydro Thunder Hurricane Recompiled".
• The engine's developer overlays (F3, F4 and the console) are no longer in the release build.

Known Limitations

• Mods add boats and skins only, for now. New models, tracks and music are not supported yet.
• Changes to mods take effect on the next launch.