This is a largely faithful decompilation of the final release of Sonic Runners (version 2.0.3). It was initially sourced from the Android version, but will build to any platform that Unity supports.
Some components have been removed for quality-of-life purposes, such as Facebook integration, Google Play Games integration, and Noah (Sega ad service) integration. Additionally, some libraries cannot be included in this repository for legal reasons. You must acquire them yourself - see the "Getting Started" section for more details.
Sonic Runners depends on CriWare Unity SDK v1.20.3.0 and NGUI v3.0.2 in order to function correctly. Other versions may work but it isn't guaranteed. Both of these packages are available on the Unity Asset Store.
It's recommended to place these in the project directory before opening the project for the first time:
- Place your CriWare plugin into
Assets\Plugins. - Place your NGUI plugin into
Assets\NGUI.
By doing this, you will prevent scenes from losing component references related to these plugins.
For this project, it's highly recommended to use Unity 4.6.9. That was the version of Unity that was last used by Sega for this project, and later versions are known to cause compatibility issues.
Unity versions before 5.x have been "soft-delisted" from the website, however there are still direct links available here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/early-unity-versions-downloads.1483758/
By default, Unity will be in personal/free mode, but unfortunately some parts of Runners (notably CriWare and AssetBundles) require "pro" mode. Legally, we cannot provide this, you'll need to acquire a Unity Pro license key yourself for Runners to function correctly.
Sonic Runners relied on Unity AssetBundles to deliver gameplay components (e.g. stages, characters, etc.) from the server to the client. These have been decompiled into a separate repository that can optionally be installed inside this repository. The client can be modified and compiled completely independently from the AssetBundles, and can even be run in Unity to an extent, however the AssetBundles available from the production server have only been built for Android and iOS, and will not function correctly on Windows/Mac/Linux.
Sonic Runners has a development mode that allows loading the assets locally rather than from compiled server AssetBundles. To enable this:
- Clone the asset bundles repository into a folder called
AssetBundlesin the project's Assets folder. If the folder is cloned asRunnersAssetBundleDecomp, it must be renamed toAssetBundles. - In Unity, open the project's build settings (File > Build Settings) and add all of the scenes from the AssetBundle repository.
- Open
Env.csand set the variablem_useAssetBundletofalse. This will tell the game to load scenes locally rather than attempt to download them.
When building the client, the AssetBundle scenes should be unchecked and m_useAssetBundle should be set back to true so it operates with servers again. While it is theoretically possible to build a completely local copy of Sonic Runners as-is by leaving this mode on and keeping all of the scenes included, the build is likely to be very large, and will obviously not be able to receive any new content without rebuilding and redistributing the entire project.
While in many cases building Runners is straightforward, at least for low-maintenance platforms like Windows/Mac/Linux, for Android and iOS, some extra work is required due to how old Unity 4.6.9 is, and how rapidly smartphone APIs have evolved since then (especially iOS).
- In order to target Android, Unity will need the Android SDK installed, but the latest version of the Android SDK is incompatible with Unity 4.x. You'll need to install Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) SDK, which is the last version that will work correctly.
- In Unity's settings, ensure the Android SDK path is pointing specifically to 6.0.
- Android SDK 6.0 is technically still slightly too new for Unity 4.x, namely its "tools" folder, which we'll need to downgrade. Download an older version of the tools here.
- Replace the
toolsfolder in your Android 6.0 SDK with the one you downloaded above. - Done! Building for Android should now work as expected.
- For iOS building, Unity produces an Xcode project rather than a finished executable. This project must be compiled with Xcode which is only available on macOS, so ensure you have access to a Mac before building this.
- Go to the Player Settings for iOS in Unity.
- Ensure that the Graphics API is set to Metal.
- Build the Xcode project through Unity (This could take upwards of an hour).
- While you can build with the latest Xcode, you will need some assets from Xcode 9 so install both for now.
- Add libstdc++ libraries from Xcode 9 into your Xcode installation. After this, you can uninstall Xcode 9.
- Open the Xcode project with Xcode.
- Set the project to use the Legacy Build System in "Project Settings".
- In "Build Settings", add
-fdeclspecas a C build flag. - In "Info", under "Custom iOS Target Settings", add
App Transport Security Settings, and then addAllow Arbitrary Loadsand set it to YES. - Also in "Info", add
Application supports iTunes file sharingand set it to YES. - In "General", under "Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content", add
VideoToolbox.framework,Metal.framework,MetalKit.framework, andMetalPerformanceShaders.framework. - If you get a permissions error upon building, ensure that you give permission to
MapFileParser.shto execute by runningchmod +x MapFileParser.sh - Compile the Xcode project and deploy to your iOS device.
This repository is intended to be as faithful of a decompilation of the original game as is reasonably possible. Therefore we will not be accepting features/requests/bug fixes that are not present in the original game. If you notice a decompilation inaccuracy or any other issue that prevents using or building this repository as-is, feel free to let us know, or submit a pull request to fix it.