Make New Game File
The easiest way to make a new DefaultLG game file, is to turn on the ‘Enable New Game File Creation’ in settings. Bring up the Hook of the Reaper program to the desktop. Then click on the ‘Edit’, and the click on the ‘Settings’ at the bottom. This will bring up the Hook of the Reaper settings. Click on the 6th setting, which is the ‘Enable New Game File Creation’. There should be a check mark in the box next to it. Also, make sure the 1st setting has a check mark in the box too. This setting chooses DefaultLG over MameHooker INI. If the 1st setting didn’t have a check, it would make a MameHooker INI game file. Please see picture below.
Now that the settings are good, click the ‘Update + Close’ button in the bottom right. Now start the game with any needed tools, like DemulShooter. Hook of the Reaper, will create a generic DefaultLG game file that is named the same name that was given it from the emulator or a tool like DemulShooter. Also, it will add all output signals to the game file that it observed during the game play. When the game has been played enough, close the game, and the new DefaultLG game file will be ready for modifications. It will be found in the ‘defaultLG’ directory, where Hook of the Reaper is installed. Open a file in your text editor, and edit the top section first. Starting with the ‘Players’. The generic game file is 2 players, if it is different, then it needs to be changed. Once completed, move onto the ‘Recoil & Reload’ section. Enable and disable the recoil methods that are supported in the game. Then move onto the ‘[States]’ section which might not need to be edited. As it has the most common setup. All that is left is the ‘[Signals]’ section. Now you must fill in all the needed output signals with player(s) and command(s). Make sure that the commands in ‘Recoil & Reload’ that are used, have a ‘#’ instead of the ‘>’.
After you complete the new DefaultLG game file. Now you can test it in Hook of the Reaper. You don’t have to load up the game again, to test the new game file. Hook of the Reaper has a game file test, that is really detailed checking. It is located in the ‘File’ menu. Click on the ‘File’ and then click on ‘Test DefaultLG Game File’. Please see the picture below.
This will bring up a normal file open window in the 'defaultLG' directory. Select the file you want to test. Also, you can select multiple files to test, if needed. Then click the 'Open' button, and Hook of the Reaper will test load the game file. If it failed, it will tell you the reason it failed, along with the line number. If everything is good, it will then say the file passed. Once completed making new game files, make sure to go back to 'Settings' and uncheck the ‘Enable New Game File Creation’ setting. Then make sure to update and close the settings window. Your are now done.