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Hill Climb Racing Vita
Hill Climb Racing Vita
General
Author	MemoryHunter
Type	Racing
Version	Beta 2
License	MIT License
Last Updated	2025/11/05
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

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Revision as of 02:25, 7 November 2025

Port of the Android release of Hill Climb Racing for PS Vita.

Installation

Install Kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (usually ur0:tai) and adding two entries to your config.txt under *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ur0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

Note: Don't install fd_fix.skprx if you're using rePatch plugin.

Make sure you have libshacccg.suprx in the ur0:/data/ folder on your console. If you don't, follow this guide to extract it.

Legally obtain your copy of Hill Climb Racing version 1.18.0 for Android in form of an .apk file.

Open the .apk with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract assets folder from the .apk into ux0:data/hcr. Also, extract libgame.so from lib/armeabi-v7a/ in the same directory.

Place the .apk< itself inside ux0:data/hcr and rename to base.apk. Your final folder layout should look like:

 └── hcr/
  ├── assets/
  ├── libgame.so
  └── base.apk

Install hcr.vpk (from Releases).

Note: Remove ux0:data/hcr/gxp and ux0:data/shader_cache/HCR00000 folders after installing the new version.

Controls

L/R - Brake/Accelerate

Circle - Back

Screenshots

Known issues

Before the game jumps to the loading screen after launching it, or after finishing a play session, don't quit the game immediately.
- Wait for around 3 seconds and then quit, otherwise your game may crash or your save data may be corrupted.
- If you still happen to crash/corrupt your save file, there is a backup inside ux0:/data/hcr folder with the name SharedPreferences.bin.bak. Simply remove the .bak by renaming and the game should work again, but some progress may be lost.
When selecting levels or cars, wait until it responds, because it's loading things in the background.
There is a moment after lots of gameplay, that when you get to the death screen, the game will start lagging and you will have massive FPS drop. It is yet to be figured out why does this happen.
- It is recommended to patiently wait until you can proceed to the selection menu, and restart the game.
- Else, just restart the game in the middle of the laggy sequence, but progress will be lost.

See Issues for currently know problems.

Changelog

beta2

Fixes #2.
Before the start of the game, the savedata is backed up in the ux0:/data/hcr folder as SharedPreferences.bin.bak. If you happen to crash the game while a load/save happens, and then you try entering the game again but it crashes, delete the current SharedPreferences.bin file, copy over the .bak file and remove the .bak from the name.
New livearea assets.

beta1

First Release.

Credits

Andy "The FloW" Nguyen for the original .so loader.
Rinnegatamante for VitaGL and lots of help with understanding and debugging the loader.
PatnosD for giving me the motivation to do this game as my first .so loader port.
gl33ntwine for the SoLoBoP (.so loader boilerplate), help with the SharedPreferences parsing functions, this README.md as a template copied from Baba is You! port and overall help.
Everybody who has helped me in Vita Nuova discord while asking questions.

External links

GitHub - https://github.com/memory-hunter/hill-climb-racing-vita
VitaDB - https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/1340

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 |description=Port of Hill Climb Racing for PS Vita.
 |author=MemoryHunter
-|lastupdated=2025/10/21
+|lastupdated=2025/11/05
 |type=Racing
-|version=beta 1
+|version=Beta 2
 |license=MIT
 |download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/HillClimbRacingVita.7z
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 Install hcr.vpk (from [https://github.com/memory-hunter/hill-climb-racing-vita/releases/latest Releases]).
+'''Note:''' Remove ux0:data/hcr/gxp and ux0:data/shader_cache/HCR00000 folders after installing the new version.
 == Controls ==
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 ==Known issues==
-* Engine sound doesn't play.
+* Before the game jumps to the loading screen after launching it, or after finishing a play session, don't quit the game immediately.
-* Some menus may not work, to get out, just press the circle button..
+** Wait for around 3 seconds and then quit, otherwise your game may crash or your save data may be corrupted.
-* Don't quit the game too quick after finishing your gaming session, wait around 3 seconds and then quit.
+** If you still happen to crash/corrupt your save file, there is a backup inside <code>ux0:/data/hcr</code> folder with the name <code>SharedPreferences.bin.bak</code>. Simply remove the <code>.bak</code> by renaming and the game should work again, but some progress may be lost.
+* When selecting levels or cars, wait until it responds, because it's loading things in the background.
+* There is a moment after lots of gameplay, that when you get to the death screen, the game will start lagging and you will have massive FPS drop. It is yet to be figured out why does this happen.
+** It is recommended to patiently wait until you can proceed to the selection menu, and restart the game.
+** Else, just restart the game in the middle of the laggy sequence, but progress will be lost.
+See [https://github.com/memory-hunter/hill-climb-racing-vita/issues Issues] for currently know problems.
 ==Changelog==
+'''beta2'''
+* Fixes [https://github.com/memory-hunter/hill-climb-racing-vita/issues/2 #2].
+* Before the start of the game, the savedata is backed up in the <code>ux0:/data/hcr</code> folder as <code>SharedPreferences.bin.bak</code>. If you happen to crash the game while a load/save happens, and then you try entering the game again but it crashes, delete the current <code>SharedPreferences.bin</code> file, copy over the <code>.bak</code> file and remove the <code>.bak</code> from the name.
+* New livearea assets.
 '''beta1'''
 * First Release.