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Armored Hunter Gunhound EX

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Armored Hunter Gunhound EX
Armored Hunter Gunhound EX cover
Developers
DRACUE Software
G.rev
Publishers
AGM PLAYISM
Release dates
Windows May 1, 2014

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

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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

This game was removed from digital distribution services as of October 16, 2018.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273240/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam <Steam-folder>\UserData\<user-id>\273240\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273240/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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.
General settings from the overseas version.

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Input settings

Controller configuration menu from the overseas version.
Controller configuration menu from the overseas version.

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Audio settings

Audio settings in the overseas version.
Audio settings in the overseas version.

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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)[4]
  1. Right-click the game's title from the Steam library, and click Properties from the drop-down menu.
  2. In the General tab, uncheck the Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game option.
  3. Close the Properties window and play the game. The game should display properly without Steam Overlay.
Disable anti-aliasing settings[5][6]
  1. Go to your video card's control panel such Nvidia Control Panel for Nvidia users.
  2. Select Manage 3D settings and go to the Programs Settings tab, then added the game by clicking the Add button and find the game's executable (GunHoundEX.exe) found in <path-to-game> to add its own profile in your video card's control panel.
  3. Find Antialiasing - Mode on the game's list of setting features and set this to Off from the drop-down menu.
  4. Click Apply to save the changes and launch the game. The game should be able to play normally in fullscreen.
Run the game in borderless fullscreen windowed[7]
The game's graphics may be distorted depending on your display's aspect-ratio.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
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>[8]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
System memory (RAM) 2 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. 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/273240/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (273240) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. A List of GUNHOUND EX Issues, Steam Community Forums
  2. Key Bindings, Steam Community Forums
  3. Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX :: Notice: Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX Distribution Ending - Steam Community Announcements - last accessed on October 18, 2018
  4. Black screen on start up??, Steam Community Forums
  5. Steam Community :: Guide :: How to fix black-screen for NVIDIA users on PC - last accessed on December 28, 2018
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Verified by User:AmethystViper on September 20, 2015
    Tested by deleting the neko.jpeg file from the installation folder.