Aliens Vs Predator - Source code update

Page last updated - 7th March 2012

What is this?

This is an enhancement to Aliens Vs Predator that aims to fix bugs and add new features to the game while keeping it compatible and playable on modern operating systems.

Downloads:

Latest executable release: 24th February 2010
AvPx.zip

The source code is hosted at: http://www.assembla.com/spaces/AvP/trac_subversion_tool

Supported operating systems:

• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

List of improvements:

• Direct3D9 renderer for improved compatability with modern graphics cards
• Numerous bug and crash fixes
• Ogg Vorbis music playback as an alternative to inserting the game's music CD
• Theora video support as an alternative to Bink and Smacker FMV playback.
• Support for correctly saving profile, savegame and log files on Windows Vista and Windows 7 (UAC aware)
• Xbox 360 control pad support
• Resolution independant menu rendering (can render menus at resolutions other than 640x480)

Requirements:

• A copy of Aliens Vs Predator - Gold Edition. (Standard edition should work but isn't extensively tested. Steam "Aliens Vs Predator Classic 2000" should also work.)
• An up to date DirectX runtime - You can update your runtime using the application here
• If you're using the Non-Gold/Standard version of AvP, you'll need to extract and place the following file in your AvP game folder. Extract the file english.txt from the archive, rename it to language.txt and place it in your AvP folder along with my .exe file. The language was originally created by relnev I believe. The link to where he was hosting it now seems to be dead, so i'll host it here
  english.txt.gz

Credits:

Big thanks to Melanikus (who is techically part of the "team"), blueshogun96, bassquake, Plagman, Visper, Clockface, l11l1VeNoM1l11l, dla and relnev, and everyone else who helped (sorry if I forgot anyone!)

Interesting/Important Links:

relnev's Linux port of AvP - http://icculus.org/avp/

dla's source code mod - https://www.assembla.com/code/avp_mod/git/nodes?rev=master

Compiling the source code

Requirements:

• Visual studio C++ 2010 - Express, Standard or greater edition - Express is available for free at http://www.microsoft.com/express/
• The latest DirectX SDK - available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b66e14b8-8505-4b17-bf80-edb2df5abad4&displaylang=en
• libogg and libvorbis for Ogg Vorbis playback, and optional FMV playback using libtheora - all available at http://www.xiph.org/

Steps:

1. Install Visual Studio C++ 2010
2. Install the DirectX SDK
3. Compile libogg, libvorbis and libtheora, as a Release build, with Runtime Library type set to Multi-threaded DLL
4. Point Visual Studio to the .lib files you built above