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Revision as of 22:14, 15 February 2022
This page is for the 2013 remake. For the original 2009 game, see Armored Hunter Gunhound.
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| Developers | |
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| DRACUE Software | |
| G.rev | |
| Publishers | |
| AGM PLAYISM | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 1, 2014 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Scrolling, Side view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Shooter |
| Vehicles | Robot |
| Art styles | Anime |
| Themes | Asia, Sci-fi |
| Series | Gunhound |
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| Gunhound | |
|---|---|
| Armored Hunter Gunhound | 2009 |
| Armored Hunter Gunhound EX | 2014 |
Key points
- A remake of Armored Hunter Gunhound that was previously released only in Japan in 2013 for the PlayStation Portable and was formally a free update for owners of the original 2009 PC game prior to the developer's temporary suspension.
- The game has occasional visual and audio issues along with some game-breaking bugs, and does not feature the ability to remap keys.[1][2]
- Its exclusive fullscreen mode can cause the game screen go black, especially when played under Windows 10. See here for potential fixes.
- As of October 16, 2018, this game is no longer available for purchase from Playism and Steam due to temporary suspension of the DRACUE Co., Ltd.[3]
General information
- Official website (Japanese)
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Publisher website (unavailable) | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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- This game was removed from digital distribution services as of October 16, 2018.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\ex2data.cfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\padconfig.dat[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273240/pfx/[Note 2] |
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ex2data.cfgalso stores configuration settings. -
padconfig.datstores controller configuration settings.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\ex2data.cfg[Note 1] |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\UserData\<user-id>\273240\remote\ex2data.cfg |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273240/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
- In the Japanese version of the game, the Options menu is accessed by pressing ↵ Enter, whereas the overseas version has its Options menu in the title screen.
General settings from the overseas version.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | The game's base resolution is 960x544. Fullscreen scaling modes includes Original (no scaling), Zoom (pillarboxed), or Full (stretched). | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggled with Alt+↵ Enter. Window can be resized by dragging the edges. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming, but the game will be stretched to your monitor's display resolution. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | A smoothing filter can be found in the Options menu, but the setting does not work in the overseas version. Pressing F8 or F9 however disables and enables the smoothing filter respectively with Bilinear interpolation. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Game is capped between 60, 30, and 15 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Controller configuration menu from the overseas version.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Uses a pre-defined set-up of A, S, Z, X, ⇧ Shift, Ctrl, and Cursor keys for keyboard. See this guide to remap keys with AutoHotkey. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse not used at all. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Mouse not used at all in-game. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Controller is not configured by default. | |
| Full controller support | There is no exit option in the game. It must be forcibly closed by pressing Alt+F4, pressing Esc in windowed mode, or closing the game window. | |
| Controller remapping | A visual guide can be used for the recommended controller set-up. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | Xbox prompts are used in the overseas version. | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | Game registers DualShock 4 controller as a generic DirectInput controller. | |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | Only for the Japanese version. | |
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wired V2 controllers work natively; V1 controllers require the in-game controls to be configured with another controller since remapping does not work properly.[4] |
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| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts | Xbox prompts are shown in the overseas version and PlayStation prompts in the Japanese version, regardless of input method. |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | Controller must be plugged in before starting up the game. | |
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings in the overseas version.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects, Voice-overs | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | In-game dialogue are text-based and voiced-over. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | All dialogue is spoken in Japanese. | |||
| Japanese |
Issues fixed
Black game screen in exclusive fullscreen mode
This game's exclusive fullscreen function can cause the game screen to go black/gray that prevents the game from being playable, especially when played under Windows 10.
| Disable Steam Overlay (Steam version)[5] |
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| Disable anti-aliasing settings[6][7] |
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| Run the game in borderless fullscreen windowed[8] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c | |
| Shader Model support | 3.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Remove exclusive fullscreen background image (overseas version)
- The overseas release of the game features a background image for exclusive fullscreen mode that is otherwise obscured by the game screen itself when upscaled with the pixel-perfect for stretched scaling.
Delete or rename neko.jpg found in <path-to-game>[9]
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 | Intel Core i3-530 |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
| Controller | Gamepad 8 or more buttons | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/273240/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (273240) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ A List of GUNHOUND EX Issues, Steam Community Forums
- ↑ Key Bindings, Steam Community Forums
- ↑ Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX :: Notice: Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX Distribution Ending - Steam Community Announcements - last accessed on October 18, 2018
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2022-02-15
- Tested a V1 controller and it would not function in-game.
- ↑ Black screen on start up??, Steam Community Forums
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: How to fix black-screen for NVIDIA users on PC - last accessed on December 28, 2018
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on December 28, 2018
- Tested turning on and off anti-aliasing setting from my video card's control panel and can confirmed that turning it off by adding a profile for Nvidia Control Panel fixed the black screen problem for exclusive fullscreen.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on November 28, 2018
- Using Borderless Gaming helped bypass the broken fullscreen on Windows 10 v1803, but the game is slightly stretched due to the game using the same aspect-ratio as the PlayStation Portable version and my display 16:9.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on September 20, 2015
- Tested by deleting the
neko.jpegfile from the installation folder.
- Tested by deleting the