UniWS Fix for NFS:Most Wanted Retail?

dafrety · Post by **dafrety** » 27 Apr 2008, 03:34

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a UniWS fix for NFS Most Wanted. I recently found the one for Carbon and it is much nicer than having to type the resolution in every time the game starts up.

Post by **Abram** » 27 Apr 2008, 04:36

Had you looked around a bit you would've seen this:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Master_Games_List_-_A

and found this
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4379

dafrety · Post by **dafrety** » 27 Apr 2008, 17:47

I know, that's what I've been using. But a would like something else that works a little better. The problem with nfsmwres is that it starts up in a lower resolution, then it fixes itself. This would work okay exept sometimes windows end up squished when the game is quit.

Sweetz · Post by **Sweetz** » 27 Apr 2008, 20:56

As far as I know, Racer_S's memory hack is the only solution available. The people here are pretty well on top of things, if there another solution was found I'd expect someone would have been listed it.

Inconveniences are unfortunate, but to be expected when the game was never designed to work with widescreen in the first place.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 28 Apr 2008, 00:16

since the codes are identical for nfs underground 2, nfs mw and nfs carbon, you just have to either edit the uniwis data file to copy the nfs u2 into one for mw with the right.exe or just rename your existing nfs mw .exe to patch and rename it back afterwards, best just to copy so you keep an original though.

Sweetz · Post by **Sweetz** » 28 Apr 2008, 06:03

since the codes are identical for nfs underground 2, nfs mw and nfs carbon, you just have to either edit the uniwis data file to copy the nfs u2 into one for mw with the right.exe or just rename your existing nfs mw .exe to patch and rename it back afterwards, best just to copy so you keep an original though.

Wait a second; so UniWS works on NFS: Carbon? Most Wanted as well? Sorry I must have missed that info. I suppose it's not inconceivable that they'd have the same pertinent hex strings to edit as Undergound as they probably kept recycling the same basic engine.

It would be a rather simple matter of updating the patches.ini to support these games "officially" through UniWS if that's the case.

Post by **skipclarke** » 28 Apr 2008, 07:26

It would be a rather simple matter of updating the patches.ini to support these games "officially" through UniWS if that's the case.

If it can be updated to add "official" support, we would certainly want to have that done. I don't have any of the NFS titles to test on.

dafrety · Post by **dafrety** » 28 Apr 2008, 17:57

NFS Carbon UniWS
If it makes any difference, That's the fix I found for Carbon. It works just as well as the one for NFS Underground 2.

Sweetz · Post by **Sweetz** » 28 Apr 2008, 18:09

NFS Carbon UniWS
If it makes any difference, That's the fix I found for Carbon. It works just as well as the one for NFS Underground 2.

GASP! http://www.widescreengaming.net I never knew such a site existed. Having grown attached the site here, I kind of irrationally hate them as copiers and charlatans! ;)

Anyway, assuming the hex edits are the exact same as NFSU2 as reported here, then you would merely add the following to UniWS's patches.ini. I don't know the filename of the games' executables so fill in where is says "" as appropriate. Whether the comment about the exe needing to be cracked still applies - I have no clue, I'm assuming it does.

At the top section:

Code: Select all

a17=Need for Speed: Most Wanted

   a18=Need for Speed: Carbon

At the bottom of the file:

Code: Select all



   [Need for Speed: Most Wanted] 

   details=Patches any game version, but only works on a cracked game13101310Select the 640x480 resolution in game to use your custom resolution. 

   checkfile=&lt;whatever the game's exe is&gt; 

   modfile=&lt;whatever the game's exe is&gt; 

   sig=80020000C701E0010000 

   sigwild=0000110000 

   xoffset=0 

   yoffset=6 

   occur=1 

   

   [Need for Speed: Carbon] 

   details=Patches any game version, but only works on a cracked game13101310Select the 640x480 resolution in game to use your custom resolution. 

   checkfile=&lt;whatever the game's exe is&gt; 

   modfile=&lt;whatever the game's exe is&gt; 

   sig=80020000C701E0010000 

   sigwild=0000110000 

   xoffset=0 

   yoffset=6 

   occur=1

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 29 Apr 2008, 00:14

I had modified my copy of uniwis with:

[Need for Speed: Most Wanted]
details=Patches any game version, works on any SPEED.EXE13101310Select the 640x480 resolution in game to use your custom resolution.
checkfile=speed.exe
modfile=speed.exe
sig=80020000C701E0010000
sigwild=0000110000
xoffset=0
yoffset=6
occur=1

[Need for Speed: Carbon]
details=Patches any game version, works on any NFSC.EXE13101310Select the 640x480 resolution in game to use your custom resolution.
checkfile=nfsc.exe
modfile=nfsc.exe
sig=80020000C701E0010000
sigwild=0000110000
xoffset=0
yoffset=6
occur=1

not sure if the .exe change but they can be just about any name I think, I have about a dozen nfsmw_widthxheight.exe in my folder which I made to play depending which monitor I'm using.

DoctorM · Post by **DoctorM** » 08 May 2008, 17:53

Can anyone confirm this works for NFS:MW?
What versions?

dafrety · Post by **dafrety** » 10 May 2008, 08:35

Sadly it didn't work for me. Thanks for posting it though? I still hope someone figures this out. :)
Edit: Speel check.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 10 May 2008, 17:06

The codes I posted above work for me. I forget where I got the .exe to patch but it shows v1.3 and is 6,029,312 bytes large. I also know it works with the original .exe as I used it with a cd image, since it crashed more I ended up going with a nocd.

I also know that at some point UniWis simply stopped working and I modified the .exe myself with xvi32 (hex editor) after I compared 2 already patched .exe to see what offset were changed.

dafrety · Post by **dafrety** » 11 May 2008, 01:23

Do you think it would be okay if you shared yours (that is if you use 1440x900)?

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 11 May 2008, 01:46

One of the .exe I made while I had my 19" ws is 1440x900. I remember there was another post about this with the offsets instead of the non-functionnal uniwis with someone else's general purpose offset patcher, couldn't find it with search anyone know where it is? it would let you make your own .exe.

DoctorM · Post by **DoctorM** » 11 May 2008, 05:50

Is there even a working verison of UniWS around?
As far as I can tell the most recent version has self destructed.

dafrety · Post by **dafrety** » 11 May 2008, 09:51

You should be able to get it from here.
Edit, if anyone wants to try it I added NFS-MW and NFS-Carbon to the .ini file. I'm only able to test Carbon right now as that's all I have installed, but it seems to work. I really need someone to try Most wanted.

Download Here

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 11 May 2008, 16:20

I've tried uniwis and for whatever reason it no longer functions, can't seem to see the .exe. Even with the version of it I've used previously.

DoctorM · Post by **DoctorM** » 11 May 2008, 21:49

Confirmed for Need For Speed: Most Wanted.
1920x1200 works fine.
Thanks, that's much better than the launcher.

Now all we need is an FOV fix on these games.

dafrety · Post by **dafrety** » 11 May 2008, 22:38

Wow, that's great. I can't wait till I can get home so I can reinstall MW. Will the wiki and/or the UniWS page be updated?

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