Crowd Control Setup Guides

1. Set Up CTR Native

• Crowd Control runs on CTR Native, a free native PC port of Crash Team Racing

• Follow the setup instructions at github.com/Esoteric-Engineer/ctr-crowd-control

• You will need your own NTSC-U Crash Team Racing disc image, placed as assets\ctr-u.bin

• Launch CTR Native once and confirm the game runs before continuing

2. Start with the App

• Open the Crowd Control Desktop App

• Select Crash Team Racing from the game list

• Click Path Selected and point it at your working CTR Native folder (the one containing ctr_native.exe and the assets folder)

• No separate mod install is needed. The build you set up already has Crowd Control built in.

• Click Launch Game. The app starts CTR Native with Crowd Control enabled.

3. Test Before You Stream

• Launch the game with Launch Game in the app

• Effects can only be tested after pressing Start Session in the app

• Always test a few effects before going live

• Skipping this can lead to broken streams and confusion!

Game Version

• Requires a working CTR Native setup with your own NTSC-U retail disc image

• The disc image must be a raw single-track BIN (MODE2/2352 sectors), named ctr-u.bin, inside the assets folder

• A cooked 2048-byte ISO does not work. Audio and video need the XA sector data.

Mod Compatibility

• No mod files are installed into your game folder

• The Crowd Control integration is built into the CTR Native build from the repo

• To update, grab the latest build from the repo and replace ctr_native.exe

Notes

• The game connects to the app automatically once the opening credits finish

• Save states: press F5 to save a quick state and F8 to load it

• The Crowd Control desktop app is Windows-only, so this build is Windows-only too

Credits

• CTR Crowd Control pack: github.com/Esoteric-Engineer/ctr-crowd-control by Esoteric-Engineer and project contributors

• CTR Native: github.com/CTR-tools/ctr-native