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CorsixTH

CorsixTH is an open-source reimplementation of the game engine for Theme Hospital, the classic hospital management simulation game by Bullfrog Productions (1997). It is written in Lua and C++ and requires the original game data files to play. CorsixTH adds modern features such as higher resolutions, widescreen support, updated graphics, custom music and bug fixes. This system scrapes metadata for the “ports” group(s) and loads the corsixth set from the currently selected theme, if available. Grouped with the “ports” group of systems.

Quick reference

BIOS

No CorsixTH emulator in Batocera needs a BIOS file to run.

ROMs

You need the original Theme Hospital game data files. You can purchase the game from GOG.com. Copy the extracted game folders with their contents into /userdata/roms/corsixth/. If using the GOG version, you can use innoextract to extract the installer. Then create an empty file called corsixth.game in /userdata/roms/corsixth/.

Required data folders

The following folders from the original Theme Hospital installation are required: 

/userdata/roms/corsixth/
               ├── ANIMS/
               ├── DATA/
               ├── INTRO/
               ├── LEVELS/
               ├── QDATA/
               └── corsixth.game

Custom music

If you want to listen to custom music or remastered versions of the original soundtrack, create a MP3 folder inside /userdata/roms/corsixth/ and add your MP3 files. To change the names of songs displayed in-game, create a file called names.txt inside the MP3 folder. Write the file name on one line, followed by the desired in-game name on the next line. 

/userdata/roms/corsixth/
               ├── ANIMS/
               ├── DATA/
               ├── INTRO/
               ├── LEVELS/
               ├── QDATA/
               ├── MP3/
               |    ├── track01.mp3
               |    ├── track02.mp3
               |    └── names.txt
               └── corsixth.game

Saves

Save location saves/corsixth/

Emulators

CorsixTH

Standardized features available to all cores of this emulator: corsixth.videomode, corsixth.padtokeyboard

ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all cores of this emulator
USE NEW GRAPHICS corsixth.cth_new_graphics Use new graphics created from the CorsixTH project.
⇒ Enabled (Default) true, Disabled false.
ENABLE SANDBOX MODE corsixth.cth_free_build_mode Free Build or Sandbox mode. You cannot win or lose custom made maps if this is set to true. You also don't have to worry about money.
⇒ Disabled (Default) false, Enabled true.
PLAY INTRO MOVIE corsixth.cth_play_intro Enable or disable the intro movie.
⇒ Enabled (Default) true, Disabled false.

Controls

Here are the default CorsixTH controls shown on a Batocera Retropad:

Gamepad button Action
Left analog stick Mouse cursor
Right analog stick up/down Zoom in/out (x5)
Right analog stick left/right Zoom out/in
D-pad Move camera
B (East) Select (left click)
A (South) Rotate object (right click)
X (West) Hire staff
Y (North) Edit room
L1 Open build room menu
R1 Open furnish corridor menu
L2 Set speed normal
R2 Speed up the game
L3 Cheat menu
R3 Lua console
START Start / Confirm
SELECT Show/hide menu bar
HOTKEY + D-pad Up Town map
HOTKEY + D-pad Down Casebook
HOTKEY + D-pad Left Research
HOTKEY + D-pad Right Manage staff

Troubleshooting

My game does not launch

Further troubleshooting

For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.