Widescreen Gaming Forum

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CZARMAN aka 彼得爸爸

So... I've been looking into making this game run in widescreen mode without stretching. Oddly enough, GOG version seems to be really easy to get running just fine (although with Vert- FOV), by finding 1.33333 in float in EXE file and changing it to other aspect ratio.

Steam version however doesn't seem to stand any changes in its EXE file, even if it's like a latter in a string and outright results in Steam error if you try to hex edit it.

So I went and played a bit with CheatEngine. I have some limited knowledge of assembly and some theoretical knowledge about video games, but still lacking in many areas. Anyway...
I played a bit, I found 1.33333, turned out it affects aspect ratio (but sadly instructions can not be broken in a way that would prevent them to writing into that address at all, cause this way you'd break the zoom function.

So I went and analysed the instruction and wrote a code injection script. Didn't help, cause it turned out, it was crashing during cutscenes. Fortunately it turned out, there is other value which is responsible for displaying aspect ratio. So I analysed the instruction that writes to it. And wrote a script around it. Turned out, this time it wasn't crashing the game (although it had a downside of FOV scaling being Vert-).

However I also stumbled upon a way to scale the FOV, so I wrote other script which would increase it. And it worked.

So here's my monster of a creation:


Notice lines:
mov edi,3FAAAAAB
movd xmm1,edi

Basically, I move 1.3333334 to xmm1 and multiply original aspect ratio by it (I do a similar thing for FOV).
This is however something only for 16:9 aspect ratio. For other aspects you'll probably need to calculate another one. I'm not completely certain if this is the way of doing it, but, here's how I calculated 1.3333333.
The original value is 1.0, so:
1.0 divided by 1.3333333 (4:3) = 0.75
0.75 * 1.7777778 (16:9) = 1.3333333

I hope I made it clear enough.

If anyone has any way how to convert this into an easier fix, please go ahead. I would write a fix for Flawless widescreen, but I get completely lost in its code. Plus this is still a really half-assed way of making it run in widescreen mode.




Since why I don't have an Eyefinity set-up (or a good PC, while we're at it), here's my attempt at a screenshot in eyefinity aspect ratio (using my 2 screens) just to see if it works. It kinda does, although there are some glitches:

WOW looks AWESOME - i only found via HEX the right Aspect Ratio but it was VERT-

But with your FOV Solution (i changed some Values) its now Perfect - GREAT JOB

I hope Aquanox 2 is on your List



I put the 21:9 Solution here -> http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=30251

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Well currently I wrote to HaYDeN if he can help me convert the script to Flawless Widescreen. So it's a bit more automated and easier to use. But yeah, I'll look into increasing FOV in Aquanox 2 (cause the aspect ratio can be just hex edited by exe (fine, it's a dat file) file, unlike the one in AquaNox on Steam).

Yup thats right, the Aspect Ratio for Aquanox 2 (AN2.dat) is here:


But ist VERT-

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http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.ph ... 08#p161008

Hopefully it works.

Anything special to get this to work with Steam, or is it incompatible? When I run it, the screen goes black and causes an error.

I've rewritten the script using some of the tricks I've learnt while figuring out Aquanox 2 - it should be more flexible and easier to modify. Here's a new CheatEngine table:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SuiMachine/CheatEngine-Scripts/master/Aquanox_widescreen/Aqua.ct (right click and save as).

Not sure about the crashes - works fine for me (yes, Steam version), although I'm using windowed mode (with AHK script, to force a higher resolution).

EDIT: Seems to work fine in fullscreen mode as well. Check the new table. I'll try to look into it further on Friday.

I can confirm 21:9 on Steam Aspect Ratio and FOV - great JOB - the Hud is slightly streched thou.


Edit:
Now its Perfect:
newmem:
VALUE_FOV_Multiplier:
dd (float)2.1 //Keep the same as AspectRatio multiplier for Hor+ FOV

VALUE_ASPECTRATIO_Multiplier: //To get the value calculate: (width/heigh)/2.0
dd (float)2.0

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I placed your Aqua.exe and Aqua.ct in the game directory, and ran the game, but it produces the following error. Is there something else I'm supposed to do?