TekRantGaming/king-kong-recompiled v1.9.11

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Peter Jackson's King Kong PC Port v1.9.11

What's new

• See how many people are playing. The top right of the launcher shows how many players are online. It's on by default: the setup screen explains it, players who already have the game are told once, and you can switch it off at any time on the About page. To count you, the launcher sends a tiny anonymous check-in every 5 minutes with just four things: a random number that isn't linked to you, the port's version (stable or beta), Windows or Linux, and whether you're in the game. No name, account, IP address or anything from your PC is kept, and switching it off deletes the random number.
• A clearer setup screen. A Supported disc card says exactly which disc image works: a full image (7,834,892,288 bytes) that you made from your own Xbox 360 disc of Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, the USA and Europe release (title ID 555307D3, version 0.0.0.1), with its SHA-1 to check it against. An Online players card beside it explains the player count, and the button prompts now show how to change each setting.
• The Steam panel stays on Home. Once the game is in your Steam library, it says In your Steam library and opens Steam, instead of disappearing.

Full changelog

See CHANGELOG.md. rexruntime.dll and rexgpu-xenos.dll are the same as in v1.9.5 to v1.9.10.

How to update

If you have v1.4.0 or later, the launcher offers this update when it opens: click Update now. Otherwise download KingKong-v1.9.11-windows-x64.zip below and copy everything in it over your KingKong folder. Your settings stay as they are.

New install (Windows)

1. Unzip KingKong-v1.9.11-windows-x64.zip anywhere and run king_kong.exe. The shader pack downloads by itself.
2. Choose Select disc image and pick the disc image you made from your own King Kong disc (USA/Europe, title ID 555307D3, version 0.0.0.1).
3. Press PLAY.

Linux and Steam Deck: the same download runs through Steam's Proton as an experimental Proton build (see the README for the steps). This is not native Linux support; a native Linux version is in development and will come in a future update.

No game files are included. See the README for details.

Requires Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) and a DirectX 12 graphics card, or Linux with Steam and Proton (experimental). Native Linux version in development.

This port was made with AI (Claude Code). See the README for details.