Rage Wars Recompiled — Beta 0.5.0 (v0.5.0-beta.1)

Windows x64 desktop and experimental PC VR by XR64 Studios.

What's new

• Local multiplayer input assignment: keyboard/mouse, gamepads and VR can be assigned to individual player ports. Keyboard/mouse plus a gamepad has been owner-confirmed in multiplayer.
• Expanded original-ROM coverage: 756 additional recovered functions, 19 generator helpers and 3 cache shims bring the guest definition count from 3,759 to 4,537; 53 switch tables accompany the recovery.
• Native first-person view and movement, animation blending, higher-refresh presentation, captured-model filtering, broader material colour support and corrected HUD text.
• Revised VR HUD, laser, weapon tracking, locomotion and turning, plus separate PC/VR settings and expanded controller bindings.
• Accepted presentation features are enabled by default, including the 80 ms body presentation delay. Existing preferences remain in the user's profile.

Install or update

Close the game and back up your whole profile. Extract the complete Windows ZIP into a fresh program folder; keep every included DLL with RageWarsRecompiled.exe. Select your own supported US v1.0 ROM and choose PC or VR. Press Escape at the start screen.

Profiles remain at %LOCALAPPDATA%\XR64\RageWars, or your XR64_PROFILE_DIR override. No populated profile, Controller Pak, ROM or extracted model asset is bundled. Keep your previous program folder and profile backup. See Setup for multiplayer and current VR-menu instructions.

Downloads and matching source

• RageWarsRecompiled-v0.5.0-beta.1-windows-x64.zip: complete portable program, DLLs, setup and notices.
• RageWarsRecompiled-v0.5.0-beta.1-source.zip: matching public snapshot, including source/ and BYO-ROM reconstruction instructions.
• SHA256SUMS.txt: SHA-256 hashes of both ZIPs.

Executable SHA-256: 7E5E22ABBEDFC8B2B3E1B8C5404B5CB2D8E78A1908FE6C0F158C61C779B1E0A2. It is the exact selected TESTING program; packaging changes its filename and documentation, not its executable bytes.

Fresh source-built generators reproduced all 60 pinned guest/audio inputs and 4,537 guest definitions. The reconstructed kit built successfully and passed 38 selected build/fixture checks. The selected build passed 47 applicable contracts, production filtering, compiler-input closure, and package/privacy checks. These results and their scope are detailed on the linked Known Issues page.

Known issues and verification limits contains unresolved damage behavior, untested scenarios and device coverage. Use the issue tracker for reproducible reports.

Beta 0.2.1, Beta 0.2.0 and Beta 0.1.0 remain available. Original copyrights and licenses are preserved in both downloads. No ROM/proprietary asset download is provided.