Unofficial Xenia: Femtofork for Fable II - Build 3

Based on 3ab5ba5_canary_experimental.

Differences from Xenia Canary summarised

• The black-texture-bug no longer occurs for the player-character nor their dog.
  • This applies even when resolution-scaling is active.
  • This applies only to the D3D12 renderer. The black-texture-bug still occurs with the Vulkan renderer (the ground is transparent with the Vulkan renderer, regardless).
• There are a few additional patches included in the 4D5307F1 - Fable II (GOTY_Platinum Edition).patch.toml file.
• Save files are automatically backed up, to guard against save file corruption.
  • Just before the game overwrites a save file, a copy of that file will be made beside it, with a file-name of <original-name>.<date-and-time-in-UTC>.bak.

Caveats

This has been tested only with Fable II's GOTY/Platinum Edition, some fixes/features may not work for other versions of the game.
Please file an issue if you find that a fix/feature does not work in your version of the game.

Usage

Do not report bugs experienced when using this fork to the Xenia team, without first verifying that they also occur in the latest version of Xenia Canary.
Similarly, do not request support from the Xenia team for features specific to this fork.

Avoid playing games other than Fable II with this fork—who knows what the game-specific-hacks could do elsewhere?

Step-by-step

1. Download this build of this fork.
2. Follow Xenia Canary's Quickstart guide.

Pre-existing save files affected by the black-texture-bug

If your Fable II save file is already affected by the black-texture-bug, loading the save file in this fork will not immediately fix it.

To fix the bug for the player-character, do something that will cause the game to regenerate the player-character's textures, such as changing the player-character's makeup, or altering their morality/purity significantly.

To fix the bug for the player-character's clothing (such as gloves), unequip and reequip the affected clothing.

The bug should be fixed for the player-character's dog simply by loading the save. If not, significantly alter the player-character's morality, or use a dog-breed-changing potion.

Unofficial Xenia: Femtofork for Fable II - Build 2

Based on e85c239_canary_experimental.

Differences from Xenia Canary summarised

• The black-texture-bug no longer occurs for the player-character nor their dog.
  • This applies even when resolution-scaling is active.
  • This applies only to the D3D12 renderer. The black-texture-bug still occurs with the Vulkan renderer (the ground is transparent with the Vulkan renderer, regardless).
• There are a few additional patches included in the 4D5307F1 - Fable II (GOTY_Platinum Edition).patch.toml file.
• Save files are automatically backed up, to guard against save file corruption.
  • Just before the game overwrites a save file, a copy of that file will be made beside it, with a file-name of <original-name>.<date-and-time-in-UTC>.bak.

Caveats

This has been tested only with Fable II's GOTY/Platinum Edition, some fixes/features may not work for other versions of the game.
Please file an issue if you find that a fix/feature does not work in your version of the game.

Usage

Do not report bugs experienced when using this fork to the Xenia team, without first verifying that they also occur in the latest version of Xenia Canary.
Similarly, do not request support from the Xenia team for features specific to this fork.

Avoid playing games other than Fable II with this fork—who knows what the game-specific-hacks could do elsewhere?

Step-by-step

1. Download this build of this fork.
2. Follow Xenia Canary's Quickstart guide.

Pre-existing save files affected by the black-texture-bug

If your Fable II save file is already affected by the black-texture-bug, loading the save file in this fork will not immediately fix it.

To fix the bug for the player-character, do something that will cause the game to regenerate the player-character's textures, such as changing the player-character's makeup, or altering their morality/purity significantly.

To fix the bug for the player-character's clothing (such as gloves), unequip and reequip the affected clothing.

The bug should be fixed for the player-character's dog simply by loading the save. If not, significantly alter the player-character's morality, or use a dog-breed-changing potion.

Unofficial Xenia: Femtofork for Fable II - Build 1

Based on 9f8fad7_canary_experimental.

Differences from Xenia Canary summarised

• The black-texture-bug no longer occurs for the player-character nor their dog.
  • This applies even when resolution-scaling is active.
  • This applies only to the D3D12 renderer. The black-texture-bug still occurs with the Vulkan renderer (the ground is transparent with the Vulkan renderer, regardless).
• There are a few additional patches included in the 4D5307F1 - Fable II (GOTY_Platinum Edition).patch.toml file.

Caveats

This has been tested only with Fable II's GOTY/Platinum Edition, some fixes/features may not work for other versions of the game.
Please file an issue if you find that a fix/feature does not work in your version of the game.

Usage

Do not report bugs experienced when using this fork to the Xenia team, without first verifying that they also occur in the latest version of Xenia Canary.
Similarly, do not request support from the Xenia team for features specific to this fork.

Avoid playing games other than Fable II with this fork—who knows what the game-specific-hacks could do elsewhere?

Step-by-step

1. Download this build of this fork.
2. Follow Xenia Canary's Quickstart guide.

Pre-existing save files affected by the black-texture-bug

If your Fable II save file is already affected by the black-texture-bug, loading the save file in this fork will not immediately fix it.

To fix the bug for the player-character, do something that will cause the game to regenerate the player-character's textures, such as changing the player-character's makeup, or altering their morality/purity significantly.

To fix the bug for the player-character's clothing (such as gloves), unequip and reequip the affected clothing.

The bug should be fixed for the player-character's dog simply by loading the save. If not, significantly alter the player-character's morality, or use a dog-breed-changing potion.