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Hello. I've a little problem with this mod. The widescreen is working great BUT I think u changed something with the encoding or its different in my executable. I've a polish language version of the game and there are missing characters from polish alphabet. Could you please take a look into it?

Hey all,

Just wanted to let you know that when I click on the widescreen patch I get a big red screen saying that google found a threat and i can't actually download the thing.

No idea if it's just me, but thought you might want to know.

Can someone reupload this widescreen fix? I'm getting 404 error "Page not found".

It´s the same for me, I always get a red screen. It´s telling me it´s to dangerous to download the file and nothing happens then. Can´t download it! Pls fix it soon.

Hope this thread is not dead.
First off all, GREAT JOB! It's working.
But...Free Play option (don't remember in game name) is "unclickable" Clicking it backs You to the previous menu.
But there is more!I guess you used standard Eng fonts (that's all right, I understand it) but it generates problem.
The problem is, lack of my native fonts (Yeah, I'm from Poland, and as I see there is another guy with same problem), I seriously don't want to play Eng version, due to great Polish Localization.
So putting it all together, first problem may occur due to me not installing patch first,but solving of second One is all up to You (and Your mercy ^^),
is there ANY option for You to make another version of Your patch ?
If You need any file I can send it to You.
Hope You will answer.

"But...Free Play option (don't remember in game name) is "unclickable" Clicking it backs You to the previous menu." - I got same problem as you, but there is a workaround!

1. copy the original *exe again
2. start the original 4:3 Version
3. create a Free Play map and save once your ingame
4. copy the widescreen *exe agian
5. enjoy the game in 16:9

I wrote that script, because it´s quite annoying if you want to play a random game

edit: ups, i wrote a second script with the option: unpatch but this is the old one here, I will upload it soon as possible

First off, it's awesome to see this game supported like this all these years later. I've always thought it was the best of the city builders, but yesterday when I dug out my copy to play again the tiny resolution made feel like my eyeballs were being squeezed in a vice.

I'm having trouble with the widescreen patch. I copied the .exe and DATA file as instructed, and made sure my game version is the patched 1.0.1

When I launch the game it defaults to the smallest resolution possible no matter which resolution I use. When I use 1980x1020 (native monitor resolution) the game crashes when I load to a mission screen. All the others just stay stuck at 640x480. Sometimes the option bar at the top of the screen displays a sky pattern texture from the global map, othertimes not.

I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on. This seems like it should be a very simple process. I've reinstalled four times and get the same issue every time.

Note that I have a later edition of the game from Sold Out games (still on CD) that comes with the patch pre-installed. Maybe there's a setting in a config file that's conflicting?

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Ok quick update: I was able to get the resolution working. For anyone running into the same problem, you have to load a mission and then set the display option to the highest resolution. It will then default to the widescreen setting you installed. I don't think I ever saw that instruction anywhere.

This patch works only for the English version. Any chance to provide a patch for non-English games?
Currently, there is a problem with encoding.

thanks

So probably a silly question but isn't there a way to make it work in other AR like 21:9?
I would literally kill or pay for it, whichever someone chooses if it can be done

But as I understand it's hardcoded right? Thx for info.

Also YAY! for GOG.com release finally!

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Pls ppl watch out carefully, there is also in chrome a button that says: more details and there u can still download even if there is a red screen. Its just like a warning. The file is still there like it was all the time.

Hey, I know this thread is was pretty much absent for a long time but I've been having trouble getting this to work.

I have the GOG version of Emperor and I have no idea if that has any effect on whether or not the widescreen fix works for this version.

Anyhow, I downloaded emperor.7z and extracted 11 folders, each with their respective resolution number. So I chose one that fit my aspect ratio, 16:9.

What I did to "install" the widescreen patch was to copy the files from the respective resolution folder to the Emperor installation directory.

I backed up the original emperor.exe and stored it away, outside of the installation directory and I backed up the original DATA folder as well and put it outside of the installation directory.

However, when I started up the game, nothing seemed to change except for the menu screen. The menu screen was now black.

I also noticed that when I ran the game, the .exe would try to resize itself many many many many times.
I *did* try to change the resolution from the display menu to the highest option (only 3 options, 2 of which are resolution options) and it did not change a thing.

Please help me? Also, regarding the earlier .cmd program, it doesn't work unless the installation directory has no spaces in its name. For example: I chose 3 directories.
1. D:\GOG Games\Emperor - Rise of the Middle Kingdom
2. C:\Program Files (x86)\Sierra\EmperorROTMK
3. C:\Sierra\EmperorROTMK

Of these 3, the .cmd only ran the last directory. For all others, the .cmd failed to read the directory.

Also, for some reason, there are times when I tried to change the resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768 (in the display menu so the purpose was to change from 4:3 to 16:9) and what happened was that the screen just went completely black. It had a mouse and I could hear my mouse clicks having some sort of interaction but it was just completely black.

Again, its been a while but I can't seem to get it to work. I don't think I'm the only person who couldn't get the widescreen fix to work.

Edit: I also noticed that when I ran the game with administrator, the game just turns completely black when I try to run it in 1024x768.

When I ran it using a specific gpu (I have 2), I end up with a 1024x768 resolution but can't go any higher.

This patch works great for the English version of the game. Thank you very much for providing it.
However, there's a little but pretty annoying problem in the Polish version of the game. The Polish diacritical signs are not displayed correctly.
For example:

ą isn't displayed at all
ę is displayed as ł
ś is displayed as Ą
ć is displayed as ń
I didn't capure all the Polish chars which are żółćęśąźńŻÓŁĆĘŚĄŹŃ.
Is there a way to fix this? I coldn't send the original Polish EXE as an attachment so I've uploaded it here: (links removed)
I know there are some exes for Polish version available but unfortunately there are meant for resolutions that are not supported by my display. I also tried to play around with exes with Reource Hacker but it didn't work.

I was wondering if someone would take the time to modify EmperorEdit.exe to use 1449x860 (1600x900 playing window) Empire maps, rather then standard 800x600, in generating custom campaigns for Widescreen users. There are two custom campaigns presently that have custom Empire Maps for the standard 800x600 system.
http://emperor.heavengames.com/download ... fileid=516
http://emperor.heavengames.com/download ... fileid=431

thanks for your time in reading this request
-user3

edit to correct the desired 3/4HD size

Hello,

Thank you for making this patch, it helps me play at modern day screensizes. However I ran into a problem of not being able to play in OpenPlay. In this menu, if I click the 'To the City' button it returns me to the Main Menu. I am using the EN-1920x1080 patch. Can you look into this and release an update please?

(Game purchased through GoG.com, they have no Widescreen patch themselves.)

Hey Greeves;
Can you choose/specify the City Map? Are you getting the list of Maps after clicking 'Random City' button?

Is the 'Historical Campaign' & 'Custom Campaign' buttons seen above the 'Open Play' button?

I am thinking the shortcut 'Start In' setting got mangled because of the GOG path. Editing the shortcut 'Start In' to reflect GOG's path might fix it.

Hello Urser3,

I can choose which ever setting I want in the OpenPlay menu, no buttons not related to this menu are seen.
As to the 'Start In' setting, I would not know where that might be hidden.

PS: There is no R in Geeves, also Greaves go on your legs.

Greetings Geeves;
Sorry for the name mangling.
'Right Click' the "Shortcut" you use to start Emperor.
a. If the shortcut is in Win10 Start; select More > 'Open File location'. find the real shortcut(has an arrow in lower left corner) at that location.
b. Right Click the shortcut. Select 'Properties'. From the Popup dialog select the "Shortcut" Tab. There you will find the "Start In" setting. It should be very similar to the "Target" setting but without "Emperor.exe". You may try to copy the 'Target' and paste it into 'Start In' remove "\Emperor.exe".

or get someone you trust to do it for you.
I won't rule out a conflict with GOG install virtualization, but the issue wouldn't be the widescreen patch(IMO).

-happy gaming
Urser3
aka user3

I think you are mistaken on where I am inside the game menu's. There is nothing wrong with the shortcut. I am, as stated before, able to play the campaigns without issue. The sole issue here is that on this menu:
http://my-palace.wikia.com/wiki/File:Em ... ptions.png
when I click on the 'to the city' button, it does not load the open-play map selected, but instead goes back to a previous menu. (as if I right clicked)

Since you can click the "to the city" button and get a response then there is no issue with the provided Emperor.exe. The 1920x1080 version works fine with my original CD install, so it is your unique individual problem. The replacement EXEs are all 5 years old so I imagine someone would of complained before the GOG distribution.

Some info on how the Open Play gets you to the city.
'Bronze Age.pak', 'Iron Age.pak' or 'Steel Age.pak' has to be in the expected location of ".../EmperorRotMK/Campaigns" as defined by the Shortcut's "start in:' path.
Same goes for the '*.map' but its expected path is ".../EmperorRotMK/Cities"

But hey, your welcome to wait for someone elses opinion.
-good luck
user3

Thank you for that answer. I have had some contact with the GoG support team and suggested that maybe they make an update simular to this one to avoid such problems for other people in the future.

Swapping the exe files around will allow me to play open play, using the old exe to start and save a map, and then restarting the game with the new exe to play at 1920x1080 resolution.

Howdy
Great patch! I love city-building games, so I am happy to see that people still play them and make them more pleasant via modding.
However, I am playing on Polish version and - as mentioned before by other users - Polish letters are not displayed correctly. Can I ask for a 1440x900 patch for Polish version of the game? Thanks in advance.

Why 1280x720 is not available? Pharaoh & Zeus solutions have 1280x720...

Hello!
This is clearly the best thing that could happen. I got this longing for relaxing city-building, but wanted to use capabilities of my screen.

Is there ANY chance that you could make a Polish version work under 1680x1050???
Or at least refer to thread that explains how to edit .exe file in that game??
I would be very thankful for providing that info.
Thanks!!!