Risen 2: Dark Waters - No Eyefinity/Surround Support (yet?)

[Falcon1]

Risen 2 - the successor to Risen, which worked very well in Eyefinity/Surround except some minor flaws - doesn't support Eyefinity/Surround. It even won't run in these resolutions when manually editing the Config File.

However, I have made some progress in editing one more Config file. The results were still quite disappointing: The game started in 5040x1050 Window mode, videos and main menu were streteched and when trying to start a new game, it crashed.
The Config files seem to be written in LUA, from what I can tell. So this is what I was able to do, I hope someone with more knowledge can progress further:

C:UsersAppDataLocalRisen2ConfigConfigUser.xml
Change your resolution here: (Line 65 for me)

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<Window

            Top="0"

            Right="5040"

            RefreshRate="60"

            Left="0"

            Bottom="1050"

            AdapterNumber="0"

         >

..SteamSteamAppscommonrisen 2datainiConfigDefault.xml
Starting from Line 26 there is a section with common aspect ratios. I added 48x10 aspect ratio:

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<Aspect48x10

           VirtalWidth="1728"

           VirtalHeight="1080"

           EnableDrawScale="True"

         >

Needless to say, I'm very disappointed of this step backwards :(

//*Edit:
Here is a screenshot of the results after editing the .xml files:
[spoiler][/spoiler]

[valcan_s]

Damn it I have been trying as well it just doesn't work, no reg edit and no launcher, those config files just don't work, I may try a bit more but I have almost given up, I think its a dead end.

[Update] I have made progress! 5760x1080 aspect is a bit messed up it may actually work...

5760x1080 in progress

[Update] never mind it will not work through configs, game clearly only knows aspects 4x3 16x9 16x10 5x4 5x3 and the menus in game a totally jacked. Sigh :( another one down, this one going to need memory hacks or a official patch.

[Haldi]

official patch ? Rofl :D Don't think that will ever happen :(

ah man :( Loved Risen. Why would you do this Pyranha Bytes ? -.- Hope there is a way to fix that with a memory hack !

[helifax]

Damn it I have been trying as well it just doesn't work, no reg edit and no launcher, those config files just don't work, I may try a bit more but I have almost given up, I think its a dead end.

[Update] I have made progress! 5760x1080 aspect is a bit messed up it may actually work...

5760x1080 in progress

[Update] never mind it will not work through configs, game clearly only knows aspects 4x3 16x9 16x10 5x4 5x3 and the menus in game a totally jacked. Sigh :( another one down, this one going to need memory hacks or a official patch.

Everything can be fixed:) So even this can be fixed:) Waiting for "another" release type and I will give it a try:) if people are interested:) or maybe somebody else fixes it in the meantime;))

[EvilEngineer]

Need to add a at the end of that setting in the ConfigDefault.xml

As of right now I can't even get the game to launch... click risen2 icon... nothing.

[valcan_s]

Just hooked you up helifax, check your Steam account, good luck m/

[valcan_s]

Need to add a at the end of that setting in the ConfigDefault.xml

As of right now I can't even get the game to launch... click risen2 icon... nothing.

I did that it makes no diff it does not know what that aspect ratio is, the game probably has a list(switch statement or what ever), we need to override the current aspect ratio while playing like the guys do with mem hacks.

[EvilEngineer]

Lol. After doing the edits to the xml files, now my game starts in German >.<

[helifax]

Lol. After doing the edits to the xml files, now my game starts in German >.<

HAHAHAHAHA this was the most awesome thing I read today!!!;))

[helifax]

Just hooked you up helifax, check your Steam account, good luck m/

Wow....interesting proposition there:)) Will give my best;)) thank you for your support!

[EvilEngineer]

First thing's first though.... the annoying Piranha bytes movie must die.

Rename the following and the game will skip straight to the menu.

.../steamapps/common/risen2/data/extern/videos/logo_ds.vid
.../steamapps/common/risen2/data/extern/videos/logo_pb.vid

[HaYDeN]

Trying to fix the HUD.

[helifax]

Looking Very nice!!! Does it also run in fullscreen on 3 Monitors? or just in Window Mode?:) I will also give it a look later on this evening;))

[Toothless Spoon]

Cool, just getting this game now. It's got average reviews, but hopefully it will be good.

[aussieburger]

Love the orginal Gothic series and Risen 1 and disappointed this one does not support multi-monitor res out of the box ... hopefully looking forward to a Helifax / Hayden fix! Many thanks guys, just signed up to say you guys rock - having saved many games for me already (Skyrim & ME3 in particular ;) ) !

[valcan_s]

Holly shit you fixed it! :) man I can not wait to play this in multi its a real great game played it after work yesterday for a very long time its basically Skyrim but pirates, if you have played the Gothic 3 this game will make you think as to what Gothic 5 could be like.

Awesome work.

[valcan_s]

BTW here is a graphics fix if you want it pimped with massive draw distances and not much pop up:

Go to you Steam install dir: D:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscommonrisen 2dataini

Back up and open the file : ConfigDefault.xml

Look for this section:

ProcessEntitiesEnabled="true"
TemplateLoading="1"
ViewRangeQuality="High"
>

Replace all the values in the tags

With this content here is a example of the one

Item_Small="4000.0"
Item_Medium="8000.0"
Item_Large="12000.0"
NPC_Small="4000.0"
NPC_Medium="8000.0"
NPC_Large="12000.0"
Level_Small="7000.0"
Level_Medium="12500.0"
Level_Large="18000.0"
Object_Small="3000.0"
Object_Medium="9000.0"
Object_Large="14000.0"
SpeedTree_Small="6000.0"
SpeedTree_Medium="14000.0"
SpeedTree_Large="25000.0"
Events_Small="3000.0"
Events_Medium="5000.0"
Events_Large="7500.0"
Effects_Small="3500.0"
Effects_Medium="7500.0"
Effects_Large="12500.0"
Lights="14000.0"
Terrain="100000.0"
>


These values will deck out the LOD, minimal pop up and a bunch of other settings makes it look crazy good. Best thing is use this content for the low, medium and high

One more tweak look for:

Quality="High"
WindBase="1.0"
WindFactor="1.5"
WindBendWeight="0.002"
WindWaveSpeed="2.0"
>
Set all the low medium high ultra to this:

Example

ViewRange="15000.000000"
Enabled="True"
Density="1"
>


I have attached my config file in case you do not want to tweak it your self, not this is max setting ULTRA

Attached files

ConfigDefault.rar (5.8 KB)

[Toothless Spoon]

Thanks Valcan! I'll use this and play it once Hayden has fixed it :)

[helifax]

Hello all,

I managed to Fix the game to run in FULLSCREEN:

- No need of manually editing I don't know what configuration files
- Fixed the correct render on 3 Screens.
- Hud is spanned on all 3 Screens, but with an incorrect AR. (The engine is highly volatile and crashes alot which made it nearly impossible to fix this AR)
- Workaround provided for menus to properly scale them on the left monitor (if for some reason the AR doesn't do it for you)
- Also works with 3D Vision Surround.
- Haven't tested it on Eyefinity but it should work.


How to:

Important:
- Start the game.
- Select from Options the resolution of your 1 monitor Ex: for 5760x1080 select 1920x1080. If this is not done, the game will crash when the fix enabled!!!

Then:
- Get the plugin and put it in WideScreen Fixer/Plugins folder.
- Configure the plugin.
- Start the game.
- The fix stars automatically starts so no need to manually enabled it.
- [b]Once you are in the main menu, ALT+TAB[b] out of the game and back to make it render on 3 Screens.
- Use the workaround key if needed
- Play the game:)

Let me know how it works for you:)

Best Regards,
Helifax

Attached files

Plugin.Risen 2 - Dark Waters.rar (149.9 KB)

[HaYDeN]

Oh interesting - turns out it works on the SKIDROW exe... so I can infact release mine, was waiting for you because I dont have retail.