K0NL/B2recomp v0.3.0

B2recomp v0.3.0

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B2recomp v0.3.0 fixes a rare crash when a cutscene starts. Normal play is unchanged. As always, this download contains no game files: the game is built on your PC from your own dump.

Opening an issue on GitHub: it must be written in English and have b2recomp-report.zip attached (press Report... in the launcher). An issue opened without both will be closed promptly.

Fixed

• A rare crash when a cutscene starts. A cutscene picks its characters once when it starts and keeps using them. If the game removed one of them while the cutscene was still playing, the cutscene kept using the removed character and the game closed. It was seen once, at 120 fps, in the cutscene after Verse 10 "Run from the Enemy!" (Loki's chase). Now a cutscene lets go of a character the game removes and takes the one that replaces it. This works at every frame rate.

How to update from v0.2.x

1. Close B2recomp.
2. Unzip B2recomp-builder-e090b0e.zip to the same place as your old version, so that its B2recomp folder goes over your old B2recomp folder. When Windows asks, choose to replace the files.
3. Start B2recomp.exe, press Build (about a minute or two), then Play. Your settings, saves and mods stay.

New install

1. Unzip B2recomp-builder-e090b0e.zip into a new folder.
2. Start B2recomp.exe, choose your dump folder and press Build (about 5 minutes on a 16-thread PC).
3. When the build is done, choose your settings and press Play.

Windows SmartScreen may warn about B2recomp.exe because it is not signed: choose "More info", then "Run anyway".

Status

Tested on Windows: with the cutscene's character removed on purpose while it played, the game crashed before this fix and now plays the cutscene to its end with the character's replacement. A v0.2.10 install updated by unzipping v0.3.0 over it rebuilt in 1 min 23 s (3 files compiled). The standard test run and a 30-minute play through the same part of the game with the fix showed no change in normal play.

Reporting a problem

Press Report... in the launcher. It makes b2recomp-report.zip in the B2recomp folder with the logs and your PC's details (Windows version, CPU, graphics card and driver), nothing of the game. Never attach game files.

Issues must be written in English and must have b2recomp-report.zip attached. An issue opened without both will be closed promptly.

SHA-256 of the zip: 1fef3c3c6f62bcf9ff79e48851876234a6ae182a1ca3dbc4694f05774c79eb08