Heavy Fire

Heavy Fire is a series of on-rails arcade shooter video games developed by Polish video game developer Teyon between 2010 and 2013.
Two of them are playable with the Sinden Lightgun and can be purchased very cheaply from Steam. They are Heavy Fire Afghanistan and Heavy Fire Shattered Spear.

Setup guide

Both of the heavy fire games need to be patched to work correctly with the Sinden Lightgun.

To do this navigate to the games install directory:

Defaults are eiither:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\HeavyFireAfghanistan

Or

C:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Heavy Fire Shattered Spear

Depending on the game.

Once in the correct location simply extract the contents of the relevant patch (listed below) to overwrite the existing files.

*This step is for HF Afghanistan only*

Then you need to set the resolution, Go into the Data folder and find the resolution.txt file and open it up.

At the top is the screen resolution (Default 1920x1080?) change this if required.

Next you need to create a new folder in the games root directory called old dll.

In the root directory you will find a file called "d3dx9_43.dll" you need to move this into the folder you just created.

The games need Demulshooter to work correctly, if you dont know how to use Demulshooter check out the Demulshooter page.

You will need to load the Demulshooter GUI and select the relevant game from the drop down menu.

Within the Demulshooter GUI point it to the games install directory and press the button to install the DLL file.

You can now launch the game via the below AHK scripts (included in the patch) but remember to adjust the file paths to suit your demulshooter installation!

You may also want to adjust the button input bindings if you wish.

Once done you can run the game from the AHK file.

Its worth noting if you use the Dpad left like in the script its worthwhile turning the "hold left to calibrate" option in the sinden software or you may loose calibration!

Requirements

DemulShooter (DS)

• DemulShooter is required to enable lightgun support.
  • Follow the DemulShooter wiki and configure your lightguns.
• Please see the DemulShooter github wiki for 2-player details.
  • NOTE: 2-player using the Sinden lightguns has not been tested and has been reported to be problematic.

Multiplayer Quirks

As noted in the DemulShooter github wiki, these games auto-recognize gamepads that are connected to your system.

• For Afghanistan, follow the DemulShooter github wiki setup to install .dll files to combat the forced gamepad recognition
• For Shattered Spear, you can hit the 'Escape' key to cancel selecting a profile for Players 2, 3 or 4 (depending on the number of gamepads attached)

Heavy Fire Afghanistan

Windows Game
Download:	Steam
License:	Commercial
Game info
Developer:	Teyon
Released:	15 Aug, 2014
Players:	2 Players
Type:	Rail shooter
Note: Requires demulshooter

Default Controls
Shoot (trigger):	Left mouse
Reload:	Right mouse
Grenade:	E Key
Hide Left:	A Key
Hide Right:	S Key
Hide Down:	D Key
QTE JumpOver:	W key
QTE Button:	Space Key
Menu:	Esc key

Sinden Patch File

Download the Heavy Fire Afghanistan patch file from Mediasite

• Follow the steps outlined in the included Instructions.txt file.
  

No-Crosshair Patch

• Download the No-Crosshair Patch from Mega.nz

• Copy & paste files into the hud folder => data\menu\hud

AutoHotkey Launch and Remap Script

Example AHK Script to launch and remap buttons:

#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.
#SingleInstance force

Run, D:\DemulShooter\DemulShooter.exe -target=windows -rom=hfa, D:\DemulShooter

sleep 1000					;1s Delay for Demulshooter to load 1st
Run %comspec% /c START steam://rungameid/305980

#IfWinActive ahk_exe HeavyFire3_final.exe

LButton::LButton	;FIRE (Trigger)
RButton::RButton	;RELOAD (Pump Action)
1::E			    ;GRENADE
LEFT::A		        ;HIDE LEFT
DOWN::S				;HIDE DOWN
RIGHT::D			;HIDE RIGHT
UP::Space			;QTE-JumpOver
MButton::W			;QTE Button

;FOR EXITING THE GAME
Q::				    
    Process,Close,HeavyFire3_final.exe
    Run,taskkill /im "HeavyFire3_final.exe" /F
    Run,taskkill /im "DemulShooter.exe" /F
    ExitApp
return
#IfWinActive

Heavy Fire Shattered Spear

Windows Game
Download:	Steam
License:	Commercial
Game info
Developer:	Teyon
Released:	23 Oct, 2015
Players:	2 Players
Type:	Rail shooter
Note: Requires demulshooter

No-Crosshair Patch

• Download the No-Crosshair Patch from Mega.nz

• Copy & paste files into the menu folder => data\menu

Default Controls
Shoot (trigger):	Left mouse
Reload:	Right mouse
Grenade:	E Key
Hide Left:	A Key
Hide Right:	S Key
Hide Down:	D Key
QTE JumpOver:	W key
QTE Button:	Space Key
Menu:	Esc key
Note: Player 2,3,4 Profile Select Cance in using the ESC menu.

AutoHotkey Launch and Remap Script

AHK Download

Download Heavy Fire Shattered Spear AHK from Mediafire

Example AHK

Another example of AHK Script

#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.
#SingleInstance force

Run, D:\DemulShooter\DemulShooter.exe -target=windows -rom=hfss, D:\DemulShooter

sleep, 1000
Run %comspec% /c START steam://rungameid/385600

#IfWinActive ahk_exe hf4.exe

LButton::LButton	;FIRE (Trigger)
RButton::RButton	;RELOAD (Pump Action)
UP::G			    ;GRENADE
LEFT::A		       	;HIDE LEFT
DOWN::S				;HIDE DOWN
RIGHT::D			;HIDE RIGHT
1::W				;QTE KEY

;FOR EXITING THE GAME
Q::				    
    Process,Close,hf4.exe
    Run,taskkill /im "hf4.exe" /F
    Run,taskkill /im "DemulShooter.exe" /F
    ExitApp
return
#IfWinActive