Spellforce: The Order of Dawn Widescreen problem

[Terraviper-5]

Hi all!

I too wanted to take advantage of my widescreen monitor and play at full resolution. So I followed this tutorial: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1963433 (which works btw), but I encountered a few problems:
-> text is much smaller
-> healthbars are missing on gui (!!) http://shrani.si/f/2o/UA/2Acp8aF5/untitled.png

The second problem is most pestering, I can live with the first. It happens on all resolutions I tried above 1280x1024. 1280x800 works.

So, has anybody any idea why this is happening or how would I get the health bars back? I found out that without health bars my heroes quickly die without me noticing. That big blue bar that has taken all the place is mana bar btw.

Thanks for any help!

[jackfuste]

Send me your spellforce.exe, I'll try to fix it.

[Terraviper-5]

http://speedy.sh/NzBJD/spellforce.rar

pass: yxcv (had to do it, exe files are not allowed)

Thank you for trying to help!

[Terraviper-5]

Man, you're a genious! Everything works now :D A big thanks to you! May I ask how did you do that if its not a secret?

[GeneralAdmission]

May I ask how did you do that if its not a secret?

Indeed. The file size difference indicates more than a quick hex edit. I would be very interested to hear about your process, even if just a basic overview.

[kodgias]

- Resolution 1280x1024 changed to 1680x1050.
- GUI and fonts is now displayed properly.

Hi,
Could you do it for 1920x1080 resolution with my spellforce.exe?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8253405/SpellForce_steam.7z
Thanks in advance...

[thales100]

- Resolution 1280x1024 changed to 1680x1050.
- GUI and fonts is now displayed properly.

Awesome, thanks !
Game's Detailed Report was created.

[skipclarke]

Can we get the DR completed with info using this fix?

[thales100]

That would be nice, can someone please edit the Detailed Report and add some screenshots plus required information ? I can help if necessary, just drop me a PM, i cant complete the DR cause i dont own this game.

[Sinbad]

Using the -window switch in the Steam launch options, it's possible to run the game windowed at 1920x1200 or 2560x1600, but everything is stretched and the green health bars are missing from the units and buildings. Without the -window switch, the game runs at a max 1600x1200, even if you manually change the resolution in the config.lua file.

I tested the modified exe with SpellForce Platinum on my Steam account and it asks for the CD.

[Qwatr]

Here's a solution if anyone wants one: http://bit.ly/Hcdjlo

That trick works pretty good but you don't play in fullscreen so memory management could be faulty but at least the mouse won't appear all sketchy because you play at 1600x1200 or some other 4:3 resolution and nothing is really stretched as far as I know.

[Qwatr]

I forgot about the HUD issues that arise from the solution I posted and used but is there anyone that could help me fix that?

I own the game on GOG and I haven't it installed ATM but I could send the .exe to make it work for 1920x1080 at least? :)

[jackfuste]

Fix for SpellForce - Platinum Edition v.1.54 - available from the PC Gaming Wiki Community Files (search there)
-Resolution 1280x1024 changed to widescreen.

Supported resolutions:
16:9
1280x720
1360x768
1366x768
1600x900
1920x1080
2048x1152
2560x1440

16:10
1280x800
1440x900
1680x1050
1920x1200
2560x1600

[MSxDOS]

jackfuste Works great. Thanks a lot.
Too bad there still a bug occurs, after any cutscene the picture gets stretched. I have to switch resolutions or restart the game to fix that.

[Sinbad]

I tested 2560x1600 res and the fonts and green health bar are fixed. jackfuste, thank you for fixing this.

The game still requires the -window switch for non-native resolutions, otherwise it crashes out with an error. Taking screenshots in Steam works, but it truncates 13 lines so that the screenshots are 2560x1587. I noted this previously in the Steam forums.

An AutoHotkey script that maximizes the game window can be downloaded from a link in the Steam forums: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1963433

[MSxDOS]

The game still requires the -window switch for non-native resolutions, otherwise it crashes out with an error.

No crashes for me on full screen.

[Sinbad]

MSxDOS, can you please explain how you're getting this to work? Are you setting the resolution in the game or in the config.lua file? What resolution are you choosing?

[MSxDOS]

1280x1024 in game. Exe file for 1920x1080. That's all.

[Fallven]

Hi

By using -window mode and changing config.lua file I managed to force Spellforce to work with 1680x1050 resolution. However it has all annoying issues You described like no health bar, tiny font etc.
I was happy to find out that there is a solution for this, but exe files attached to this topic are not working with my Spellforce Platinum Edition version and I am not able to patch game to 1.54 version.
I would be very grateful for fixing my exe file.

Here it is: SpellForce.7z

Thanks for help!

[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.