griches/EternalDarknessRecomp v0.9.6

Eternal Darkness Recomp 0.9.6

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Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem as a native game for the Mac, Windows and Steam Deck / Linux. The game's files (its program, graphics, sound and music) come from your own disc.

European disc only (GEDP01, an .iso or .gcm). The USA disc is not supported.

What's new in 0.9.6 (Steam Deck / Linux only)

• Fixed: heavy slowdown in some areas on Linux and the Steam Deck (#8), such as the cathedral in chapter 9 and Pious's first enemies. The first start used to build most of the game's code unoptimised to save time, and busy rooms then ran at 23-42 fps on a Deck. It now builds all of it optimised: the same chapter 9 room holds 60 fps.
• The first start now takes a few minutes (about 4 on a Steam Deck) instead of about one, and only happens once. A window shows what it is doing and how long is left.
• Fixed: the first start failed in a folder with a : in its name (such as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem).

If you have an earlier version, unpack the new folder over your old one: your saves, settings, disc and textures stay. The game builds again on its next start.

The Mac and Windows downloads below are the 0.9.5 builds, unchanged: nothing in this release affects them. The PlayStation 5 version is unchanged too.

Download

• Steam Deck / Linux: EternalDarkness-linux-x86_64-....tar.gz. x86-64. Unpack it (Ark in Desktop Mode on a Deck) to get an EternalDarknessRecomp folder, put your disc image in it and run play.sh. On a Deck, add play.sh to Steam as a non-Steam game and play it from Game Mode. The first start translates your disc and builds the game (about 4 minutes on a Deck); after that it starts straight away.
• Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 13 or later): EternalDarkness-mac-....zip. Unzip it, move Eternal Darkness.app to Applications, right-click it and choose Open the first time (it is not notarised), then drop your disc image on its window. The first start builds the game from your disc (a minute or two).
• Windows: EternalDarkness-windows-x64-....zip. 64-bit. A ready-made game: unzip it somewhere you can write to (Documents or a Games folder, not Program Files), put your disc image (any name) in the dump folder and double-click play.bat (or start EternalDarkness.exe itself). If SmartScreen appears, choose More info, then Run anyway. The first start reads the game's program from your disc (a second or two).
• PlayStation 5: a ready-made title from PS5_EternalDarkness; you add your disc.

HD textures

• Eternal Darkness HD Texture Pack by Zombie (DDS, 2.9 GB, Google Drive)
• PAL supplement (DDS, 13.2 MB, Google Drive): the European disc's screens and words the pack misses, and highlights without hard edges

Put both folders side by side in the game's textures folder; the README's set-up steps show where that is on each system.

See the README for setting it up, the controls and how it all works.