RAC-Board

<h1 align="center"> <img src="docs/readme/logo.svg" alt="" width="120"><br> <picture> <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/readme/title-dark.svg"> <img src="docs/readme/title-light.svg" alt="RAC-Board" width="460"> </picture> </h1> <p align="center"> <strong>Jak II's JET-Board in Ratchet &amp; Clank.</strong><br> Jak II's own board code, ported from OpenGOAL, running in OpenRAC's native port. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/mateuszklysz/rac-board/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/mateuszklysz/rac-board?label=download&color=e8731f" alt="Download"></a> <a href="https://github.com/mateuszklysz/rac-board/actions/workflows/build.yml"><img src="https://github.com/mateuszklysz/rac-board/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg" alt="Build"></a> <a href="https://github.com/OpenRAC/OpenRAC"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/needs-OpenRAC-e8a317" alt="Needs OpenRAC"></a> <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/licence-MIT-blue" alt="MIT licence"></a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="#install">Install</a> · <a href="#controls">Controls</a> · <a href="#build">Build</a> · <a href="docs/how-it-works.md">How it works</a> · <a href="docs/jak2-parity.md">Jak II parity</a> </p> <p align="center"> <img src="docs/readme/grind.jpg" alt="Ratchet grinds a rail in Kerwan on the board, sparks under it" width="860"> </p>

What is it?

A mod that gives Ratchet Jak II's JET-Board.

• Jak II's real board logic. The states, physics, tricks and collision are Jak II's code, ported line by line.
• Its quirks too. Hovers, extended flips and the other speedrun glitches work as in Jak II.
• Grind any rail. Every grind rail in the game can be ridden, plus any edge Jak could grind.
• Tricks and combos. Spins, flips, grabs, boosts, with Jak II's names and points on screen.
• Ratchet's own style. He rides in clips made for him, with Clank on his back.
• Nothing from the discs. The board model, sounds and effects are made by this repo's tools.

<p align="center"> <img src="docs/readme/trick.jpg" alt="Ratchet spins the board in the air over Kerwan, Clank on his back" width="425"> <img src="docs/readme/ride.gif" alt="Ratchet gets on the board on Kerwan and does a front flip, in slow motion" width="425"> </p>

Install

1. Get OpenRAC with mod interface 1.12 or newer.
2. In the launcher, open the Mods tab.
3. Paste https://github.com/mateuszklysz/rac-board and install.
4. Play Ratchet & Clank (PAL or NTSC-U) and press D-pad Up to get on.

Controls

The board takes these buttons only while Ratchet rides. On foot the game's controls are unchanged.

• Circle, Square and Triangle keep the game's jobs.
• In a trick a faint ring under Ratchet points where the board's nose is (the light orange pointer), and a dot shows where he is going: land with the two together for the boost. Within 40 degrees counts, and the board eases straight as it lands.
• The spin, grind and duck buttons can be changed in the mod's settings (Jak II's layout too).
• Board camera (off by default) is Jak II's camera. The right stick swings it round.
• On a keyboard, B gets on and off (you can rebind it).

Build

python3 tools/fetch_sdk.py        # the OpenRAC SDK that sdk.lock pins, into .sdk/
cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja
cmake --build build
ctest --test-dir build

To build against an OpenRAC checkout instead, pass -DOPENRAC_SDK=<checkout>/sdk.

Push a tag v<version> and the build workflow publishes a release the launcher can install.

Docs

Credits

• OpenGOAL for the decompiled Jak II code the board is ported from.
• OpenRAC for the native Ratchet & Clank and its mod interface.

Licence

MIT (LICENSE). Files ported from OpenGOAL are also under OpenGOAL's ISC licence (THIRD_PARTY.md).