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Hey guys. :)

Baically ive just bough empire earth 2 & the expantion pack. Installed it only to find it dont support my monitors native 1920x1200 res!

Now ive downloaded both the "uniws" & "patches" and ran uniws, Selected Empire earth 2 from the "game" list and clicked "find it for me" ... It finds the game fine & i click patch.

But it still seems to run in 1600x1200 res. Colud somebody please help me out and say where i could be going wrong plese?

Thank you. :)

First things first...
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Thanks ;)

Secondly...
UniWS works great here with the SP demo of Empire Earth 2. Keep in mind you must first set the resolution to 1280x960 (not 1600x1200) :!:
So try this:
-'Undo patch' in UniWS
-Launch EE2
-Select 1280x960, 32 bits from the Settings menu
-Exit and re-do the patch for 1920x1200.

Finally...
You can also mod the camera and enjoy Hor+ gameplay 8)
Simply add these lines to C:Program FilesSierraEmpire Earth IImyconfig.cfg:


4:3, default


16:10 (UniWS) = Vert-


16:10 (UniWS) + modded fov = Hor+


And the same method works like a charm for 16:9 and multi-monitor resolutions, too ! I'll post a detailed update to the Confirmed Solution... later.

I've updated the Confirmed Solution, let me know if there's sth unclear.

Further details:
You can mod a number of other camera settings to your liking, see config.cfg for a list of all variables and their default value.

As you may or may not have noticed, this is not a pixel-perfect Hor+ solution as far as the main game window is concerned: it is "vastly Hor+/slightly Vert-" although it's hard to notice in non-surround resolutions. The PIP camera (bottom right) on the other hand is strictly Hor+.

Why is that ?
It seems the default FOV values apply to the PIP camera, which in turn affects the main camera's behavior. However the PIP's frame is a square (i.e it's 1:1 at 4:3 resolutions) that stretches in wider aspect ratios. It's never as wide as the main game window, so the correct FOV values for MAINCAM should be a tad higher than those for PIPCAM.

Resolution AR // PIP AR
1.33:1 // 1:1
4.8:1 // 3.7:1
1.77:1 // 1.38:1

Someone keen on math could easily calculate the right FOV values for the main cam, so that it is as strictly Hor+ as the PIP cam. Seeing how easy it is to mod the FOV to any value, and how satisfyingly Hor+ the game is even in Wide TripleHead, I hereby confess that I won't bother.





Did anybody really read through all of this ? You have my thanks.

Ok i don as you said an un-patched the game, Started the game and set the ingame res to 1280x960 32bits.

Closed the game down and re-patched, Still didnt work! .... The game ran at 1280x960!

Does the patcher support the "The Art of Supremacy" expantion pack?

No idea. Does this expansion use its own executable ?

Yes it does.

Then rename this one to EE2.exe and try to patch it... That's all I had to do with the demo: renaming EE2SPdemo.exe to EE2.exe did the trick.

Ahh good idea, Ill try that whne i get home from work. Ill let you know how i get on. :wink:

Thanking you support of knowledge Empire earth 2 help and nice all post,,,,keep it ,,,,up!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Guys,
I got Empire Earth 2 today and am really excited to play it, but once installed i was very dissapointed to see that the resolution was poor.
I downloaded UniWS and ran it, selected EE2.exe, put in the desired rsolution, but when i click Patch, i get an error message that says i need to close all other programs, but there are no other programs running :(
Can anyone please help, Thanks!