Peter Jackson's King Kong PC Port v1.9.8
What's new
- Fixed: settings not being kept (#37). If the path to the game's folder, or to your Windows user folder, had a letter like á, é or ñ in it, the game couldn't read its settings file (
king_kong.toml), so every start went back to the default settings, the language included, and saved them over yours. The same problem could also stop achievement names and your unlocked achievements from loading. Thanks to ulyssesaot for the report and the video.
Full changelog
- The exe's manifest makes UTF-8 its code page (Windows 10 version 1903 and later), so the runtime's text paths are UTF-8. It opens its settings and achievement files with toml++, which reads a path as UTF-8, and in the system code page a path with an accented letter couldn't be opened.
- The settings migration no longer saves over a settings file it couldn't read; it keeps a copy (
king_kong.toml.bak) and logs an error. rexruntime.dllandrexgpu-xenos.dllare the same as in v1.9.5 to v1.9.7.
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-v1.9.8-windows-x64.zip below and copy everything in it over your KingKong folder. If your settings were reset by this problem, set them again once after updating; from then on they stay.
New install (Windows)
- Unzip KingKong-v1.9.8-windows-x64.zip anywhere and run king_kong.exe. The shader pack downloads by itself.
- Choose Select disc image and pick your own King Kong disc image (USA/Europe, title ID
555307D3, version0.0.0.1). - 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.