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{{ii}} A demo is available from the official website and DLsite.
 
{{ii}} A demo is available from the official website and DLsite.
{{++}} Owners of this game can upgrade to [[Armored Hunter Gunhound EX]] for free by using [[#Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX upgrade tool|the upgrade tool]] supplied by the developer. An internet connection is required to download and install the necessary files, and it is not compatible with "DRACUE the BEST" budget reprints of the game.<ref>From a translation of the tool's readme file.</ref>
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{{--}} A tool was available prior to the developer's temporary suspension to upgrade the game to [[Armored Hunter Gunhound EX]], however downloads were taken down along with their website and the tool no longer works as December 8, 2019.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AmethystViper|date=2019-12-08|comment=I attempted to use this tool on a clean re-install of the original Armored Hunter GUNHOUND and kept running into the program crashing while upgrading the game, likely due to the upgrade tool no longer being able to access the servers to obtain the files to perform the upgrade.}}</ref>
  
 
==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
 
===Patches===
 
===Patches===
{{ii}} The latest official patch is available on the developer's laboratory site [http://labs.dracue.co.jp/update.html here], marked under the "{{code|最新アップデートファイルをダウンロード(ver 1.06)}}" (Download the latest update) download link.
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{{ii}} The last official patch (v1.06) can be downloaded [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1717-armored-hunter-gunhound-v106-patch/ here].
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
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==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
 
===Game does not render properly in exclusive fullscreen===
 
===Game does not render properly in exclusive fullscreen===
{{Fixbox|description=[[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed|Run the game in borderless fullscreen]]|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AmethystViper|date=November 29, 2018|comment=Like its remake, exclusive fullscreen mode is broken on Windows 10 due to sharing a similar engine, but Borderless Gaming can render the game to borderless fullscreen windowed albeit stretched to the screen. The widescreen mode can alleviate scaling issues for those with 16:9 displays, however.}}</ref>|fix=
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{{Fixbox|description=[[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed|Run the game in borderless fullscreen]]|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AmethystViper|date=2019-12-08|comment=Like its remake, exclusive fullscreen mode is broken on Windows 10 due to sharing a similar engine, but Borderless Gaming can render the game to borderless fullscreen windowed albeit stretched to the screen. The widescreen mode can alleviate scaling issues for those with 16:9 displays, however.}}</ref>|fix=
 
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===Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX upgrade tool===
 
{{ii}} Running this program through Japanese Unicode settings may be required. See [[Microsoft Windows#Non-Unicode applications might not work properly|here]] for more details.
 
This tool will allow owners of Armored Hunter GUNHOUND (retail disc or digital download) to upgrade the game to Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX.
 
{{Fixbox|description=How to use the upgrade tool|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AmethystViper|date=November 29, 2018|comment=Was able to upgrade the original 2009 game recently to the EX version with the retail disc release of the game via the upgrade tool from the developers, despite that Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX was no longer being distributed from Playism and Steam after the temporary suspension of the developer.}}</ref>|fix=
 
# Download the tool from the developer's laboratory site [http://labs.dracue.co.jp/update.html here], marked with the "GUNHOUND EX" banner, and extract it somewhere to your computer temporary.
 
# Run {{file|UpGradeEXVer101.exe}}, and then click the {{code|LNKファイル選択}} (Browse for Game Shortcut) button to point the tool to where Armored Hunter GUNHOUND is installed.<br><br>'''Note:''' If you do no have a shortcut to the game, create one by going to into <code>{{p|game}}</code>, right-click {{file|GunHound.exe}}, click {{code|Create shortcut}} from the context menu, and rename the shortcut to "{{code|機装猟兵ガンハウンド}}".
 
# Once the tool verifies the location of your Armored Hunter GUNHOUND installation folder, click the large {{code|アップデートを実行}} (Perform Upgrade) button. The installation process will take several minutes to finish.
 
# After the program finishes installing the upgrade, run {{code|GunHoundEX.exe}} to play Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX.
 
 
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Revision as of 18:16, 8 December 2019

Armored Hunter GUNHOUND
Armored Hunter GUNHOUND cover
Developers
DRACUE Software
Release dates
Windows December 18, 2009
Armored Hunter Gunhound on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

This page is for the original 2009 game. For the 2013 remake, see Armored Hunter Gunhound EX.

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Key points

Cannot remap keyboard bindings.
Exclusive fullscreen is broken on Windows 10. Use a borderless fullscreen program as a workaround, and if need, set the game to 16:9 widescreen mode.

General information

Official website (Japanese)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Digital re-release.
Windows
A demo is available from the official website and DLsite.
A tool was available prior to the developer's temporary suspension to upgrade the game to Armored Hunter Gunhound EX, however downloads were taken down along with their website and the tool no longer works as December 8, 2019.[1]

Essential improvements

Patches

The last official patch (v1.06) can be downloaded here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Controller remapping.
Controller remapping.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Japanese
Some parts of the menus are in English.

Issues fixed

Game does not render properly in exclusive fullscreen

Run the game in borderless fullscreen[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 2.0b
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX-compatible sound card

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-12-08
    I attempted to use this tool on a clean re-install of the original Armored Hunter GUNHOUND and kept running into the program crashing while upgrading the game, likely due to the upgrade tool no longer being able to access the servers to obtain the files to perform the upgrade.
  2. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-12-08
    Like its remake, exclusive fullscreen mode is broken on Windows 10 due to sharing a similar engine, but Borderless Gaming can render the game to borderless fullscreen windowed albeit stretched to the screen. The widescreen mode can alleviate scaling issues for those with 16:9 displays, however.