FelipePrado0/gow3_pc windows-v2.1.7-test1

God of War III Remastered for PC 2.1.7 (test build 1)

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Test build. Not offered by the launcher's update check. Please test it if you have the full 01.02 update (eboot.bin sha256 6e72330e…), the European release (CUSA01715) or any other region, and report back in #6.

What changed

Patches and cheats no longer depend on one exact eboot.bin. Each patch site and each cheat hook is now found by its original code (a signature), so they apply to any release whose code matches, wherever that code sits in the file:

• Resolution, 120/240 FPS, Skip Intro, Skip Any Video With X Button and the texture fix.
• All cheats, the enemy health bar and the damage/orb multipliers.
• Relative jumps and data references inside the patches are recomputed for the build that was found.
• If a site is not found, only that patch or cheat stays off and the log says which. The game never writes to the wrong place.
• The engine frame rate now follows the patches that were actually applied, so the game cannot speed up when the frame rate patch is missing.

Before this build, everything was turned off on the full 01.02 update (#6, #9, #12, #13, #17, #25, #26, #29, #30, #40, #42, #48). That is why the game ran fast above 60 FPS, or stayed at 60 FPS, at 1080p, without skips or cheats.

How to test

1. Download, extract and start the game from the launcher as usual.
2. Open the Log tab in the launcher (or user/last_run.log) and check these lines:
   • Patches: CUSA0xxxx 01.02, eboot.bin sha256 ...
   • Patches: ...; N writes from [...], and any Patches: ... skipped line
   • Engine frame rate: ...
   • Cheats: ... ready or Cheats: ... unavailable
   • Health display: ... and Multipliers: ...
3. In game: try 120 or 240 FPS (the game must not speed up), a resolution above 1080p, Skip Intro and one cheat.
4. Post the log and what worked in #6.

Validation so far

• Reference eboot.bin (d85c8135…): the signatures write exactly the same bytes as before, and everything was checked in game.
• A simulated build with the code moved the way the full 01.02 update moves it: every patch and hook found at the new place.
• Original bytes published for the 6e72330e… eboot.bin (70 patch lines from PR #34, 5 cheats from the GoldHEN cheat repository): all match the signatures.
• Not yet run on a real 6e72330e… eboot.bin, which is what this test build is for.

Thanks to @LuizDev1 (#34) and @mateussmeneses (#47) for the measurements of the full 01.02 update that this builds on.

You still need your own God of War III Remastered game files. No game files are included.