The House of the Dead III

The House of the Dead III is a 2002 light gun arcade game with a horror zombie-survival theme, and the third instalment to the House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Wow Entertainment and Sega.

Setup Guide

The best way to play this game is using Argonlefous launcher bellow.

You must use a EU version of the game.

Downloads

Download Daemon tools from Daemon Tools website

Download Argonlefous no crosshair patch from Mega.nz

Download Argonlefous ArcadeMod from his github.

Download Genjuro's texture fix patch from PC Gaming Wiki

Argonlefous ArcadeMod

Argonlefou has released a launcher that will start the windows game and modify the memory on the fly to make it look alike the original arcade version. Amongst other things:

• Credits handling
• Configuration tool (game options and SERVICE MENU options)
• Removed game menus
• Few graphics enhancements (Title Screen, Arcade Logo)
• Portable game (no more Registry access or AppData saved files)
• etc..

Download and installation instructions are available in Argonlefou's github page.

• Extract the downloaded zip file into a folder inside of the HOTD3 game folder. (e.g. D:\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\Hotd3pc_ArcadeMod_v2.0\)
• Run Hotd3Arcade_Config.exe (you might have to run as Administrator).
  • Set the path to your hod3pc.exe file.
  • Set P1 and P2 Controls to KEYBOARD

• Press Save and the Hod3Arcade.ini file will be generated.

Hotd3Arcade_Config.exe

Default Controls:

Action	Button
Shoot (Trigger)	Left Mouse
Reload	Right Mouse
P1 Start	1
P2 Start	2
Coin	5
Path Selection	Arrow Keys

Example AHK Script using Argonlefou's ArcadeMod:

• Run Hotd3Arcade_Launcher.exe to start the game (you might have to set this to run as Administrator)
• Run DemulShooter as Administrator if you have issues with it hooking.

  RUN, "D:\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\Hotd3pc_ArcadeMod_v2.0\Hotd3Arcade_Launcher.exe" 
  Sleep, 5000
  
  RUN, "D:\DemulShooter\DemulShooter.exe" -target=windows -rom=hod3pc -noautoreload -noguns
  
  down::
  Process,Close,hod3pc.exe
  Run,taskkill /im "hod3pc.exe" /F
  ExitApp
  
  return
  

AutoHotkey Scripts (No Longer needed with Argonlefous Launcher)

Example AHK script:

RUN, C:\DemulShooter_v10.1.3\DemulShooter.exe -target=windows -rom=hod3pc -noautoreload -noguns
RegWrite, REG_DWORD, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE\SEGA\hod3\Settings, Played, 1
RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE\SEGA\hod3\Settings, SavePath, C:\\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\\saves\\HOD3.DAT
RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE\SEGA\hod3\Settings, SavePath1, C:\\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\\saves\\save.DAT
RUN, C:\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\exe\hod3pc.exe

down::
Process,Close,hod3pc.exe
Run,taskkill /im "hod3pc.exe" /F
ExitApp

return

Alternative AHK script:

RegWrite, REG_DWORD, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SEGA\hod3\Settings, Played, 1

RUN, C:\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\exe\hod3pc.exe
sleep, 10000
RUN, C:\DemulShooter\DemulShooter.exe -target=windows -rom=hod3pc -noautoreload -noguns

down::
Process,Close,hod3pc.exe
Run,taskkill /im "hod3pc.exe" /F
ExitApp
return

Download autoloader (ONLY IF AHK METHOD DOES NOT WORK!) from Grandis.nu website

If your gun works fine in the menus but not in-game, you may need to edit your AHK script to launch DemulShooter after launching the game. This example script launches DemulShooter ten seconds after launching HOTD3.

run, C:\Games\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\HotD_3_AutoStart.exe
sleep 10000
run, C:\DemulShooter\DemulShooter.exe -target=windows -rom=hod3pc -noautoreload -noguns

Another AHK example script made by Matthieu, which also does a check for how many guns are connected and starts either 1 or 2 instances of the Sinden software:

#SingleInstance force
#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

RIDI_DEVICENAME := 0x20000007
SINDEN_TYPE := 0

SizeofRawInputDeviceList := A_PtrSize * 2
SizeofRawInputDevice := 8 + A_PtrSize
DetectedSindenCount := 0

Res := DllCall("GetRawInputDeviceList", "Ptr", 0, "UInt*", Count, UInt, SizeofRawInputDeviceList)

VarSetCapacity(RawInputList, SizeofRawInputDeviceList * Count)

Res := DllCall("GetRawInputDeviceList", "Ptr", &RawInputList, "UInt*", Count, "UInt", SizeofRawInputDeviceList)

Loop %Count% {

   Handle := NumGet(RawInputList, (A_Index - 1) * SizeofRawInputDeviceList, "UInt")
   Type := NumGet(RawInputList, ((A_Index - 1) * SizeofRawInputDeviceList) + A_PtrSize, "UInt")
   if (Type != SINDEN_TYPE) {
     Continue
   }

   Res := DllCall("GetRawInputDeviceInfo", "Ptr", Handle, "UInt", RIDI_DEVICENAME, "Ptr", 0, "UInt *", nLength)
   If (Res = -1) {
     Continue
   }
   VarSetCapacity(Name, (nLength + 1) * 2)
   Res := DllCall("GetRawInputDeviceInfo", "Ptr", Handle, "UInt", RIDI_DEVICENAME, "Str", Name, "UInt*", nLength)
   If (Res = -1) {
      Continue
   }
   if (InStr(Name, "HID#VID_16C0&")) {
     DetectedSindenCount++
   }
}

if (DetectedSindenCount > 0) {
   RUN, D:\SindenLightgun_P1\Lightgun.exe ; Set your sinden software path for P1
}

if (DetectedSindenCount > 1) {
   RUN, D:\SindenLightgun_P2\Lightgun.exe ; Set your sinden software path for P2
}

if (DetectedSindenCount > 0) {
   RUN, D:\DemulShooter_v10.1.5\DemulShooter.exe -target=windows -rom=hod3pc -noautoreload -noguns ; Set your demulshooter path here
   RUN, D:\Games\THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD3_EU\HotD_3_AutoStart.exe ; Set your game's autostart exe path here

   down::
   Process,Close,hod3pc.exe
   Run,taskkill /im "hod3pc.exe" /F
   Run,taskkill /im "Lightgun.exe" /F
   ExitApp

   return

} else {

   MsgBox, No Sinden guns detected.
   return

}

DemulShooter HOTD 3 instructions.

Run the game in HD resolutions

• Go to the exe folder inside the game folder
• Make a backup copy of hod3pc.exe
• Use your Hex editor of choice to open the file (for example HxD)
• Find one of the following hex values (640x480 is used in this example)

Original Resolution	Hex Values
640x480	80 02 00 00 C7 86 04 01 00 00 E0 01
800x600	20 03 00 00 C7 86 04 01 00 00 58 02
1024x768	00 04 00 00 C7 86 04 01 00 00 00 03

HxD1

• Substitute 80 02 (which is 640) and E0 01 (which is 480) for your desired resolution:

Resolution	1st value	2nd value
640x480 (original values)	80 02	E0 01
800x600 (original values)	20 03	58 02
1024x768 (original values)	00 04	00 03
New Resolutions:	Replace with:	Replace with:
1440 x 1080	A0 05	38 04
1920 x 1440	80 07	A0 05
(720p) 1280 x 720**	00 05	D0 02
(1080p) 1920 x 1080**	80 07	38 04
(2K) 2560 x 1440**	00 0A	A0 05
(4K) 3840 x 2160**	00 0F	70 08

**for 16:9 widescreen resolutions replace all instances of AB AA AA 3F with 39 8E E3 3F

[NOTE: using widescreen will make your aim slightly off]

For example replace this:

HxD found value

To make it look like this (for 1440x1080)

• Save the file.
• Make sure that in the launcher you choose 640x480 (or whichever resolution you changed) as the game resolution to get the desired resolution in game.

HotD3 Launcher