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Brother None · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:19 Post subject: Fallout 2 resolution patch

The low resolution on the Fallout games has long been a bother and an oft-requested thing for our modders to look at. We've long since had a highly bugged Fallout 2 resolution patcher, but now Mash comes in swinging with a relatively bugfree (not fully tested yet) patch to increase Fallout 2's resolution. From the readme.

As the title suggests this program modifies "fallout2.exe" in memory for the purposes of increasing the visual resolution. It also allows for movement of the taskbar and most, if not all menus and panels by way of variables listed in the included "f2_res.ini" file.

This Mod was made for Version 1.02d of the "fallout2.exe".
It was compiled with "Visual C++ 6.0 -sp6" and should work on most versions of Windows.

Some screenshots thanks to killap.

Link: Fallout 2 resolution patch v1.0.
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iridium_ionizer · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:40 Post subject:

It looks good. This will probably help a lot in getting around some of the more cluttered towns/levels such as New Reno. Here's to hoping that this eventually ends up in Killap's patch or the Megamod.

Simeon · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:13 Post subject:

Pardon my dumb, but how do I use it?
There's just a file called fallout2 with no extension that I can see and no readme.

Thanks.
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simdude · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:37 Post subject:

I just downloaded the stuff and it has an installer and a readme file inside the "Fallout2 Resolution Patch v1.0" archive. I thought the redame wes pretty explicit. You might want to redownload from here:

http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dload.php?action=file&file_id=1114

shihonage · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:44 Post subject:

This is awesome. Any chance of a Fallout 1 version ?
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Bofast · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:06 Post subject:

Looking good! I find it a bit funny that the "Level" sign ends up at the top, but I can live with that if I can play FO2 in high resolution Very Happy

Simeon · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:06 Post subject:

Ah, ok, I had to force-open it with winrar. All good now.
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radnan · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:30 Post subject:

excellent
the perfect excuse to play the game again
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killap · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:38 Post subject:

MrBumble · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:19 Post subject:

Awesome... Applause

And yeah, a Fallout 1 version would be really appreciated !

Tails · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:02 Post subject:

Great news after so long time, good job Mash. Doing such modification for first Fallout and Mapper would be nice.
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ZiggyMeister · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:48 Post subject:

Great stuff!

I'll try it some day...

Does this works with Killap unofficial Patch?
I imagine it doesn't... but if it does, please say something...
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Jesterka · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:54 Post subject:

Nice try, but also unapplicable on some oversized maps (like the NCR centre).

...just wanted to point out this. Don't mind me

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junkevil · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 13:45 Post subject:

just tried this out for a couple minutes. (running killaps latest patch). anyways, i started a new game and made it through the temple of trials with no problem, then i tried to load an old game i had saved at the sierra army depot, and it crashed. i was running it at my native desktop resolution which is 1600x1200. going to play with this some more for sure, looks very promising.
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Mash · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 15:17 Post subject:

Lexx · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 15:28 Post subject:

No, he doesn't mean crashs or something like this. The problem is, that there are many maps, that aren't build for a higher resolution then 640x480px. These maps will look shitty, because you can see the void outside of the map.
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Cold Zer0 · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 16:22 Post subject:

I'm playing with it. Using the latest version of megamod and a resolution of 1280x1024. It's running smooths and for now I have no problems.

Outdoor canyon encounters look silly but I really don't have any problems with that Smile

Mash · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 16:38 Post subject:

Mad Max RW · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 16:47 Post subject:

AWESOME. Just tried it and I'm happy. It runs with the unofficial expansion pack AND fixes the gamestopping glitches I was having with previous resolution mods. No black screens or house of mirror effects on certain maps (I'm looking at you Modoc Ghost Farm). What's even better is it automatically sets up to match the desktop. Brilliant stuff. Been waiting years for this.

Yeah, all we need is a Fallout 1 version.

ZiggyMeister · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 16:53 Post subject: