What's new
Fixed: your own music stuttered (#66). Since v0.2.28 the songs followed the game's music volume 100 times a second, so the dips between beats made them choppy. They now follow it smoothly: in a test of the menu and a race, the song no longer jumped in volume. They still wait during loading and a new song starts with each race.
Fixed: about 30 FPS feel on 59.95 Hz monitors (#67). With VSync on and a 60 FPS limit, the game drifted against a monitor at 59.95 Hz (common on Dell screens), and every few seconds frames took two refreshes. Now, with VSync, a frame limit close to the monitor's refresh rate runs at the monitor's exact rate. Thanks @goyetus for finding the 59.95 Hz link.
Fixed: the game did not start from Armoury Crate (#78, ROG Ally). Armoury Crate starts games with a Windows protection that blocks the folder links the port uses to combine the game, its update and mods ("untrusted mount point"). The port now detects this and uses real folders with hard-linked files instead (a few seconds longer at start, only then). Tested by turning on the same protection.
Fixed on Proton / Steam Deck: the game crashed with the update in a separate folder (#39, #75). Under Proton the port now always uses real folders with hard-linked files, which the game can read.
Known issue: Zone mode can crash above 60 FPS (#79). Until it is fixed, set the Frame rate limit to 60 for Zone events.
All features
New here? This is everything the port can do, from every version so far.
The game
- A native PC port: the game's own code runs on your processor, with no emulator. WipEout HD, HD Fury and 2048 are all in.
- Works with the US (CUSA07671, update 01.07) and EU (CUSA05670) versions. You need your own dump of the game from your own PS4. No game files are included.
- Correct game speed at any frame rate, and the shield, effects and camera shakes behave above 60 FPS as they do at 60.
- Saves work, and the launcher makes a backup of them at every start (Game → Save backups → Restore).
Picture
- Render resolutions: Native (1080p), 1440p, 4K, 2560x1080, 3440x1440, 5120x1440 (32:9, beta) and 5120x2160. On wide screens the HUD and menus stay 16:9 in the middle. 4K and the 5120-wide sizes need more than 8 GB of video memory.
- Windowed, Borderless or Fullscreen; VSync; HDR (when Windows has HDR on for your screen).
- Anisotropic filtering, sharpening (RCAS), and a switch for the game's multisampling.
- FSR 3.1 anti-aliasing (experimental): smoother edges, F10 to compare in the game.
- PS4 Pro mode (experimental): Graphics → PS4 Pro mode.
- F12 saves a screenshot.
Performance
- Up to 240 FPS. Frame rate limit 30, 60, 100, 120, 240 or Unlimited, also changed live in the game.
- Performance overlay: FPS, frame time, GPU, CPU, RAM and video memory.
- Options for frames queued, shader loading in the background, the graphics card to use, and stream buffer memory.
Sound and music
- The game's music and its 3D sound effects.
- Your own music: MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV or M4A files (subfolders too) replace the game's music. Launcher Music page, and Insert → Music in the game: pick a song, skip, shuffle, volume. Each song is leveled, and the songs follow the game: they wait during loading, fade out with the game's music, and a new song starts with each race. Turn Play my music off for the original music.
Controls
- Gamepad, or keyboard and mouse. Every button can be remapped. Vibration strength and stick deadzone.
Cheats (launcher → Cheats page)
- Unlock all HD and HD Fury events.
- Top rank in 2048 (rank 50).
- Unlock all ships: every HD and HD Fury ship and livery (Tigron too), and all 20 WipEout 2048 ships.
- Van Über team: the Van Über team in WipEout HD and HD Fury.
- VR ships outside VR: the VR HD and VR Fury liveries can be picked on a normal screen, once they are unlocked.
- The cheats only work while they are on; your save keeps your own progress.
Launcher and menus
- In the game, Insert (or R3 + L2) opens the port's menu: Game, Image, Performance, Overlay and Music tabs.
- The launcher in 13 languages. The game language list matches your game version.
- Mods: change textures, sounds and text without touching your game files, with a load order and presets.
- Updates itself: a pop-up at start shows a new version and installs it with one click, and Check for updates sits next to PLAY.
- Desktop shortcut and Add to Steam (with pictures).
Not yet
- Linux: build from source (no package yet). No VR. Not every event is tested.
Download
New here: download wipeout-windows.zip, extract it and open WipEout.exe.
Already have the port: a pop-up at start shows the new version; click UPDATE NOW. Or click Check for updates (next to PLAY; on versions before v0.2.32 it is on the Advanced page) → Update. Your saves and settings stay.
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