Pharaoh, Zeus...on widescreen

[Loretta]

Hi ! Thanks a lot for the update, crudelios. The new Pharaoh.exe works like a charm !

Just a small request : your exe works really well with the French Gold Edition, except for the accented letters, which are unaligned with the other letters. Chuck Boris and Olibrius wrote about that and MadPianist had the same problem (now corrected) with Zeus. Is there a way to easily fix that ?

Thanks again !

[crudelios]

Hello!

I don't really know if the problem is easy to fix, if the French exe's internal file structure is similar to the English version, it should be trivial to change it.

If not, it's still very possible to change the exe, just not as simple/fast to do.

In either case, can you please upload the french exe so I can have a look at it?

Thanks in advance!

[Loretta]

Sorry, I thought Chuck Boris' link was still up.

I've toyed with a lot of .exe from this topic but I think that's the original french Pharaoh Gold exe. I'm hoping to play in 1920x1080.

Thanks !

[crudelios]

Humm this is very strange, the exe you sent me is exactly the same as the one I used to make the changes to the game, so it should work without any issues.

Can you please send me a screenshot of the problem you're having?

[Loretta]

Here's some screenshots of the issue.





é, ô, à and others accented letters are weirdly higher that the others.

I've tested a little and I've noticed that the issue occurs even without the widescreen exe. There's no problem with Pharaoh alone (I also have a CD vanilla version), but when I install the Gold Edition (i.e. with Cleopatra), the letters are messed up.

[crudelios]

It that case it makes sense that it doesn't work, you're using the English exe and not the French one! I have no idea why the game installed an English exe for the French version.

Anyway, if you manage to obtain the French exe, test it out to see if it works at the original resolution. If you upload it here, I'll then try to make it work at 1080p res!

[Loretta]

Ok, you were right : the exe I uploaded was an english exe. I don't know why. So, I've made a clean install from my french CDs : first, Pharaoh + patch 1.1 then Cleopatra + patch 2.1.

So here's the Cleopatra french exe :

BUT... there's a problem with Windows 10. This exe won't run, even in compatibility mode. In version 2.0, the following error appears. In version 2.1, there isn't any message, the game just doesn't start.

So my question is : does anyone know what's the difference between CD exe and digital exe and why, for exemple, the GoG version run without problem ? If so, is it possible to modify my french exe to apply the widescren patch AND the Windows 10 "compatibilty patch" from GoG ?

Thanks again.

[crudelios]

Is that the original french 2.1 exe? Try this one instead: (link removed)

If it doesn't work at first, try setting the compatibility mode to Windows 2000.

[Loretta]

Is that the original french 2.1 exe?

Can't be more original : french CDs and french patch for Pharaoh and Cleopatra.

With your new exe, the game's now launching but crashes every time I start a map/mission. I can go through the menus and the missions' briefings but when I click "Go to the city", it crashes.
Same issue with every compatibility mode available in Windows 10 (Win 2000 compatibility is no more available in Win 10, there's just Win 98/ME).

[Chuck Boris]

Hello everyone,

I'm glad that finally someone cares about the french version of Pharaoh
I uploaded again my french version of the .exe

I also have Windows 10 and the game works without any compatibily mode.

[Loretta]

Yeah ! Thanks, this one is working for me : no crash, no compatibility mode required and no issue with accented letters ! If crudelios can make a 1920x1080 version of this exe, I'm a happy man !

What's your french Pharaoh edition ? CD, digital, Gold Edition ?

[Chuck Boris]

Cool
I hope Crudelios can make it !

I have the originals CD of Pharaoh Gold ^^

[crudelios]

Thanks Chuck Boris, I was trying to find a French exe that worked, but I had no luck so far.

I'll do it as soon as I have some time!

[crudelios]

Just a heads up, the french version of the widescreen patch is coming along nicely and should be ready in the next few days.

As it will also support custom resolutions (up to 8k), I can create a french version of the resizer.

Chuck Boris or Loretta, would you be interested in helping me translate the Pharaoh Resizer to french? It's a rather small translation, I'd place the phrases that need translating here and you would translate them to french for me.

Thanks!

[Loretta]

Awesome ! And of course I'd be happy to help for the translation

[crudelios]

The patched french version of the game is ready!

You can get it at: http://public.josecadete.net/Pharaoh-fr-1920x1080.exe

Please check for bugs or crashes!

The text for the translation will be coming up soon, thanks for the help!

[Chuck Boris]

Thank you Crudelios ! The game seems to work perfectly

[crudelios]

Glad it works! These are the translations I need for the french version of the resizer. Please keep the number next to each text, so I may now where things go

1. Set resolution to: 1920 x 1080
2. (This will replace the 1024x768 resolution)
3. Save to File...
4. Exit
5. Error
6. Error loading resource! Error number:
7. The inserted width is not a multiple of 4. A multiple of 4 must be used for the width.
8. The inserted width is outside of the allowed range. Please insert a number between 1024 and 7680.
9. The inserted height is not a multiple of 4. A multiple of 4 must be used for the height.
10. The inserted height is outside of the allowed range. Please insert a number between 720 and 4320.
11. Executable (*.exe)
12. Save executable as...
13. There was a problem creating the file. If the problem persists, try redownloading this program.
14. The file could not be saved. You may need administrator privileges to save the file to the selected folder.
15. There was an error while saving the file. The saved file may be corrupt. Please try saving the file again.
16. The file was successfuly saved. Do you want to save another file with a different resolution?
17. Great Success!
18. French Edition

[Chuck Boris]

Hi Crudelios, here is the French translation:

1. Fixer la résolution à : 1920 x 1080
2. (Cela remplacera la résolution 1024x768)
3. Enregistrer sous...
4. Quitter
5. Erreur
6. Erreur lors du chargement de la ressource ! Erreur numéro :
7. La largeur saisie n'est pas un multiple de 4. Un multiple de 4 doit être utilisé pour la largeur.
8. La largeur saisie dépasse la limite autorisée. Veuillez saisir un nombre entre 1024 et 7680.
9. La hauteur saisie n'est pas un multiple de 4. Un multiple de 4 doit être utilisé pour la hauteur.
10. La hauteur saisie dépasse la limite autorisée. Veuillez saisir un nombre entre 720 et 4320.
11. Exécutable (*.exe)
12. Enregistrer l'exécutable sous...
13. Un problème a eu lieu lors de la création du fichier. Si le problème persiste, essayez de télécharger à nouveau ce programme.
14. Le fichier ne peut pas être enregistré. Vous avez peut-être besoin de privilèges administrateur pour enregistrer le fichier dans le dossier sélectionné.
15. Une erreur s'est produite lors de l'enregistrement du fichier. Le fichier enregistré peut être corrompu. Veuillez essayer à nouveau d’enregistrer le fichier.
16. Le fichier a été enregistré avec succès. Voulez-vous enregistrer un autre fichier avec une résolution différente ?
17. Terminé avec succès !
18. Version française

Again a big thanks for all your work!

[orost]

Hi, thank you so much for working on a resolution fix for this game. It's hugely appreciated!

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. The game does switch resolution, but it seems to try to switch to resolution higher than 1080p. Large portions of the screen on the right and bottom are cut off (the right control panel is completely gone), everything is shifted bottom right and visible mouse position doesn't match actual position (for example, the "do you want to keep this resolution" popup appears on the bottom-right instead of the middle, but to hit the OK button I have to click in the middle of the screen, where the button should have been)

I have windows 8.1 64-bit and the GOG edition of the game (with expansion, version 2.1). And, just to be 100% clear, I am completely sure I am using the 1080p version of the fix and my monitor is 1080p.

Edit: Ah, I figured it out! My DPI is set to 125%, and it was breaking the game. After ticking "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" in properties of the .exe it works perfectly!