github santiquiroz/gears-of-war-2-pc-port v0.3.11

6 hours ago

What's new

  • The update checker remembers what it found (PC). It never saved its state, so it asked GitHub on every launch and Skip this version was forgotten. It now keeps update_check.json in the player data folder. Found thanks to the log in issue #24. Tested on PC (RX 7800 XT).
  • Android: no changes besides the version number.

Not tested yet

  • Frame counter (Display → Frame counter, new in 0.3.10), on PC and Android.
  • 0.3.10's two Android changes (draw source default and finger scrolling): no reports from a phone yet.

Known issues

  • Smearing on some AMD cards (issue #26): on an RX 7900 XT and an RX 9070 XT the native renderer leaves smears and dark patches that follow the characters, with or without an upscaler. It does not happen on the RX 7800 XT we test on. Graphics → Renderer → Emulated (EDRAM) avoids it. A gow2.log from a run where it happens helps a lot.
  • Vulkan on Radeon Vega (issue #34): after quitting to the main menu, the menu text can turn invisible. Not reproduced on an RX 7800 XT yet.
  • SteamOS / Proton: one Direct3D 12 crash while firing was reported. If it happens to you, please attach gow2.log and gow2_crash.log from the game folder to a new issue, and try Graphics → Graphics API → Vulkan meanwhile.
  • Turnip on Adreno (issue #33): one report of the game closing with Turnip; we are waiting for the log of that run. The phone's own driver works.
  • Every player in a System Link or co-op session should run the same release.

Downloads

  • gow2-recomp-0.3.11-win64.zip: Windows 10/11 x64. Bring your own game files: your .iso or an extracted folder (see QUICKSTART.txt).
  • gow2-recomp-0.3.11-android-arm64.apk: Android 10+ arm64, experimental.

Both files were scanned with Microsoft Defender before upload. Windows 11 "Bad Image ... 0xc0e90002" is Smart App Control blocking the unsigned DLLs (see the README).

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