Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hello, I started working on a NOLF2 widescreen fix and im looking for people to test it.
My ultimate goal is to make the game work on widescreens without manual editing but im not sure if i will get that far.

This is the first version, it allows you to pick widescreen resolutions in the display options: mediafire
To install, put the "WidescreenResolutions" Folder into the "Custom\Mods" directory and activate it under "Custom" in the launcher.

The original cshell.dll displayed only 4:3 resolutions in the options menu. I simply removed the check and recompiled it.
Next i will try to align the subtitles and tooltips etc. for 16:9 resolutions.

Wobak

Thanks for sharing your work! Do you have plans to support resolutions besides 16:9?

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.rez file should be placed into "Custom\Mods\widescreen\widescreen.rez"
Because if .rez file placed in "Custom\Mods\widescreen.rez", then the Custom button does not appear in the game launcher:

When .rez file is located in the correct folder, Custom button appears:

yes, the rez file needs to be in a folder within "Mods", thats why i wrote the folder containing the rez file should be put into mods. i will formulate it differently in the first post to make it more understandable.

on another note:
ive moved the subtitles etc. and scaled down most texts in the menus. except for a few lists the elements dont go off the screen anymore and that should work with 16:10 aswell.

for multi monitor setups im not sure. most interface elements are positioned relative to the screen top ignoring the aspect ratio, so with a bigger width a larger portion is cut off at the bottom.

Edit:
I found the 1st person fov variables and the code was easier to edit than i expected. The game now saves the (horizontal) FOV in the display.cfg and it can be edited there. the vertical fov is calculated automatically.
Here is version 2 of the widescreen patch:

Features:
-Pickable widescreen resolutions ingame.
-Set horizontal field of view in display.cfg, vertical fov is calculated automatically.
optimized for 16:9:
-Interface texts scaled down so they dont overlap anymore.
-Subtitles etc moved up and are now visible in widescreen.



Known problems:
-The cutscene FOV is still the same
-Some lists in menus still go off the screen
-The "Back" button is still not visible even though it should be
-The popups (notes, intel etc.) have the wrong aspect, i havent found another way to prevent them from going off the screen yet

Download from here

I only tested the patch on 16:9 aspect, so i would appreciate feedback on how it works with 16:10 or other aspect ratios

Hey Wobak

Really cool to see some love for those old games! I even found my old NOLF2 CD case and it's still working.

As for some testing, whenever I try to start the game with 1920x1200 (16:10) it crashes on the loading screen. It works when using 1920x1080.

Cheers
- Revy

thanks for the feedback. the loading, especially of cutscenes seems to be a little unstable to me. maybe thats because im making "release" and not "final" builds...
can you try to load/start a game with 16:10 a few more times?
if it still crashes can you try manually setting the resolution in the display.cfg and launch a game without the patch?

status update:
i got the cutscenecameras to adjust to the fov so there is no more stretching.
im now messing around with the menu fov, i corrected it so that the backgrounds arent stretched anymore but it now has black bars on the side :-/

Well I tried it multiple times and also with a save after all the cutscenes but that didn't work either. I've also already changed the resolution through display.cfg. When I use 1920x1080 it works fine by using letterboxing.

Cheers
- Revy

ok..thats weird :-/ i only removed the 4:3 check of the resolutions the game gets from the renderer, so they must all be valid.
I can play with all the resolutions the game suggests, even the weird ones like 5:3. when i set a 16:10 resolution in the display.cfg its reset ingame because the renderer doesnt support it so i cant test if it works for me.
do all the other non 16:10 resolutions work for you?

Hey Wobak, did you try contacting redrain85 ? He's the author of the Killer App Mod for Tron 2.0, and has extensive knowledge of the LithTech engine. He hasn't visited here in a while, but you could probably reach him through LDSO.net or ModDB.

All the links in the DR: http://www.wsgf.org/dr/tron-20

Nice going anyway

thanks for the info! i didnt know about that because i never played tron.

status:
i changed one global variable to remove all stretching issues. sadly its also used for positioning so i now have to manually change the basepositions of all elements.


has anyone else tested the fix with 16:10 resolution?