Spellforce: The Order of Dawn Widescreen problem

[Oubadah]

Hi, I tried the 1920x1080 exe and it 'works' with my Spellforce Universe copy of Spellforce. However, as mentioned by MSxDOS there is a pretty significant issue with stretching after every cutscene. In fact I thought this fix was completely useless to begin with, because I tried it with a brad new install and character, and there is a cutscene when you first enter the game, so everything was stretched off the bat.

If this cutscene issue could be resolved, that would be excellent. This solution is better than the other widescreen 'fix' involving borderless windowed mode (that method caused a glassy ripple effect over the whole screen), but It still needs work.

[Sinbad]

I'm unable to use any of the widescreen fixes above 1366x768 or it immediately crashes out with the error below. My video card is an AMD Radeon 6870 with the latest Catalyst drivers.

Update: I installed a Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT and the game runs fine at 2560x1600 with the widescreen fix. I uploaded screenshots to my Steam profile. I can even get into 'Options' without it crashing out. The problem might be with AMD Radeon cards or Catalyst drivers, or both. Has anybody successfully run this with a DX11 card from Nvidia? If it works then it would narrow down the problem.

[Sinbad]

It might be helpful to mention the type of video cards you're using.

I'm almost finished with the 'Order of Dawn' campaign with the 2560x1600 fix (still using a Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT) and the game has run flawlessly so far. I've uploaded a bunch of screenshots to my Steam profile.

I don't even notice that the game is stretched; it looks perfectly fine to me and anyone who has never played it won't know the difference.

[Oubadah]

No, it is noticeably distorted after running any cutscene, and you must restart the game to revert it:

Good:



Bad (after cutscene):



Good:



Bad (after cutscene):



This is unacceptable distortion, and a major inconvenience to be restarting the game after every cutscene. I'll stick to 4:3 until this is resolved. And to answer your question, I'm using a GTX 580 3GB.

And on a side note, why does no one ever complain about the shadow bug in this game?

http://youtu.be/FJttmzT8FAg

One of the most amazing things about Spellforce when it came out was it's beautiful real-time dynamic shadows, but the shadows have been broken for ages now. They're only rendered properly on less than half the screen, see them being drawn and undrawn on the right hand side? I see plenty of Spellforce vids on YouTube where the issue is evident, but no one ever seems to acknowledge the problem. If you ask me, this is a bigger issue than the widescreen thing. I'm sick of having to use ugly blob shadows (normal).

[Oubadah]

Something worth noting is that this widescreen method uses Vert-.

16:9:

4:3:


Just as the screen is extended vertically for 5:4:

5:4:


But it's also interesting that the HUD is distorted for 5:4 - pretty sloppy considering 1280x1024 is an officially available res.

[MSxDOS]

Oubadah
You can remove the stretching after a cutscene by double switching resolutions i.e. to 1152x864 and then back to 1280x1024. Sucks, but better then restarting the game.
The shadows are buggy for some people, including me. Switching them from Very High to High solves the problem partially.
The game is optimized for 4:3 only, so other screen ratios will result HUD stretching and other issues.

[Sinbad]

The vert- is not because of the widescreen fixes. It occurs with the original exe. Below you'll see caps in both 1600x1200 and 1920x1200 (reduced 50%). I moved the screen so that the glowing eyes of the monument were top-center. In the widescreen cap, the building at the bottom is almost completely gone. I don't know how to increase the FOV. There is a console command to make the camera free-floating (which is how I took some of my screenshots), but it makes the game unplayable.

Attached files

[Oubadah]

Would anyone happen to know the name of the font used in SpellForce?

[Rid]

Hi, I can't play SF of widescreen, even with fix because I can set only 800x600 and 1024x768. So there I have small request, can someone edit 800x600x32 to 1366x788x32? Here is my spellforce.exe - http://www14.zippyshare.com/v/95747863/file.html
Thanks in advance

[Gaurthurt]

HELP i also have maximum at 1024 and i cant use zip file for 1248\

pleas make for me exe file for 1600:900
PLEAS

[Celne]

Can the game be made to work at 2560x1080?

The original game is stretched and the modified exe launches with black screen.

[p3p1]

hmm, downloaded 1920x1080 spellforce.exe, but seems it doesnt work? Graphics looks same as higest possible
Do i need to change it in game to 1920 somehow? Can you please upload 1920 again

[Drakon]

Hello,

I tried several .exe files, but none changed anything. I'm still stuck with 800x600 and 1024x768 resolutions.
I'm using Spellforce Platinum v1.52, this is my exe. Can you please fix it so I can play SF in 1366x768?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Drakon

[jackfuste]

Hello,

I tried several .exe files, but none changed anything. I'm still stuck with 800x600 and 1024x768 resolutions.
I'm using Spellforce Platinum v1.52, this is my exe. Can you please fix it so I can play SF in 1366x768?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Drakon

1366x768 - available from the PC Gaming Wiki Community Files (search there)

          

[Sinbad]

jackfuste, that widescreen pic looks H+. Did you fix the FOV or did that screenshot just come out that way?

[jackfuste]

jackfuste, that widescreen pic looks H+. Did you fix the FOV or did that screenshot just come out that way?

I fixed FOV, and a bug when the aspect ratio was changed to 4:3 after cutscene.

[Sinbad]

Last year you uploaded a .7z file with a bunch of widescreen fixes. Could you please provide another with 2560x1600, 1920x1200, and 1920x1080 fixes with corrected FOV?

[Myromax]

jackfuste, that widescreen pic looks H+. Did you fix the FOV or did that screenshot just come out that way?

I fixed FOV, and a bug when the aspect ratio was changed to 4:3 after cutscene.

Hi

Could you make a fixed version for 1920x1080? Here is my exe file.

Thanks in advance.

Myromax

[Apolodoro]

Last year you uploaded a .7z file with a bunch of widescreen fixes. Could you please provide another with 2560x1600, 1920x1200, and 1920x1080 fixes with corrected FOV?

Is there someone here who can continue jackfuste's awesome work? The last one is changing AR after every cutscene. If anyone here can fix it i'll upload the spellforce platinum exe (v1.54) I need one for 1920x1080 resolution.

http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/24146161/file.html

[Kosh]

jackfuste, that widescreen pic looks H+. Did you fix the FOV or did that screenshot just come out that way?

I fixed FOV, and a bug when the aspect ratio was changed to 4:3 after cutscene.

Awesome work, Jackfuste! However, the H+ and the AR bug fix were only included in your 1366x768 exe, right? Or were there any updates for other resolutions (here) I may have missed? I tried all of your 1680x1050 exes, but they all were V- and had the AR switching back to default (stretched) after in-game cutscenes