Ship of Gadeguion 1.2.0 installs Ocarina of Time on HEN PS3 from a single PKG, with a menu and save states

A Ship of Harkinian port for PS3

Gadega released the project on November 8 under GPL-3.0. It is a native port of Ship of Harkinian, the PC version of Ocarina of Time, for PS3 consoles with HEN or CFW. Version 1.1.0, from November 9, focused on performance: most areas run at a steady 60 fps at 1080p, and Kokiri Forest went from 40 or 50 fps to 60.

A single PKG

Version 1.2.0, from November 13, removes the PC packager. You install Ship.of.Gadeguion.v1.2.0.pkg with HEN's package manager and, on first boot, a setup screen looks for a FAT32 USB stick with the oot.o2r file, which Ship of Harkinian 9.2.x makes on a PC from your own ROM. The XMB icon is drawn from that game's data. Updating means installing another PKG over it, and your game file, settings and saves stay.

What changes in the game

The environment system now runs as on PC: different music by day and night, birds and crickets, rain, storms, lightning, light transitions and the sun's lens flare. First-visit cutscenes return for places like Kakariko or Death Mountain, time travel now swaps Link's age and equipment properly, and the DualShock 3 rumbles, including with the Stone of Agony. A freeze in the Gohma fight is fixed.

SELECT opens a menu with three save states, volumes, rumble, reset and quit to XMB. R3 opens a debug menu with warping, 137 cutscenes, items, age switching and PNG screenshots to the USB stick. If the game crashes, a log is saved and shows up in the root of any plugged-in USB stick.

Limits

An occasional audio stutter remains. It does not support mods, nor the randomizer or texture packs of the PC version. Only the NTSC-U 1.0 ROM has been tested, and save states last until you quit the game.

It includes no game data: you need your own legally obtained copy. It is a fan project with no relation to Nintendo, Sony or HarbourMasters.