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Posted September 10, 2008
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Posted September 10, 2008
I highly doubt it, seeing as how they're trying to recreate the games as accurately as possible.
Posted September 10, 2008
I don't think so. If I remember correctly, one of the staff members has stated in another thread (about whether old, unsolved bugs in the games would be removed in GOG versions) that they don't have the source codes of the games, and thus cannot change anything about the game itself.
Posted September 10, 2008
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Belua: I don't think so. If I remember correctly, one of the staff members has stated in another thread (about whether old, unsolved bugs in the games would be removed in GOG versions) that they don't have the source codes of the games, and thus cannot change anything about the game itself.

ah, i assumed that if they were able to make former non-compatible games run on vista then they did have access to the source code.
Posted September 10, 2008
I would recommend going to:
www.widescreengamingforum.com
They have a complete list of games supporting widescreen resolutions including ones that have been hacked or patched to work. I know there are patches for the Fallout games and the Baldur's Gate / Infinity engine series. I am currently playing Fallout at proper aspect ratio on my 22" widescreen and it is a thing of beauty. It certainly won't work for all games, but maybe for a few.
Certain monitors have settings that allow you to adjust the aspect ratio so that you properly display 4:3 on a widescreen. The height of the picture is correct and you end up with black bars down the each side like letterboxing on movies.
Also, I believe that both Nvidia and ATI drivers support adjusting the aspect ratio as well which would allow properly displaying the image.
I did all this reseach because I REALLY hate the stretched image you get if you don't correct for aspect ratio!
Posted September 10, 2008
all of this is correct but if you are e.g. the owner of a nvidia 8800 the scaling option has been disabled for the latest driver version. so that's not a given, unfortunatley. my old 6600 nvidia and its driver can scale to almost all "old" resolutions...so maybe I gonna play the games on that pc....
Posted September 10, 2008
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shemmy: ah, i assumed that if they were able to make former non-compatible games run on vista then they did have access to the source code.

I understood it that way that the compatibility is achieved with the installer and special compatibility modes, kind of like Win95/98 compatibility mode that you can use in XP and Vista. (Wow, three times "compatibility" in one sentence :) )
I'm not exactly sure how it is achieved, but the point is: they don't (or better, can't) change the source code.
Could a GOG member perhaps confirm this or expose my stupidity my proving me horribly wrong? ;)
Post edited September 10, 2008 by Belua
Posted September 10, 2008
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shemmy: ah, i assumed that if they were able to make former non-compatible games run on vista then they did have access to the source code.
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Belua: Could a GOG member perhaps confirm this or expose my stupidity my proving me horribly wrong? ;)

...eee I'm not directly from the compatibility team. But I think that you're pretty right.
I'm not sure if, in addition, we are not doing some reverse engeenering (I know that we can, but don't know if it is allowed and If we actually do this). I'll check and come back tommorow to tell you more:)
Posted September 10, 2008
How would you remove DRM without reverse engineering?
Posted September 10, 2008
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ikantspelwurdz: How would you remove DRM without reverse engineering?

Are you serious? Do you think that GOG basically makes a crack, ensures compatibility with XP sp 2+ and Vista, packages the game all nice and sells it without any involvement from the original copyright holders and/or publishers? Come on.
Posted September 10, 2008
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Despy: I would recommend going to:
www.widescreengamingforum.com
They have a complete list of games supporting widescreen resolutions including ones that have been hacked or patched to work. I know there are patches for the Fallout games and the Baldur's Gate / Infinity engine series. I am currently playing Fallout at proper aspect ratio on my 22" widescreen and it is a thing of beauty. It certainly won't work for all games, but maybe for a few.
Certain monitors have settings that allow you to adjust the aspect ratio so that you properly display 4:3 on a widescreen. The height of the picture is correct and you end up with black bars down the each side like letterboxing on movies.
Also, I believe that both Nvidia and ATI drivers support adjusting the aspect ratio as well which would allow properly displaying the image.
I did all this reseach because I REALLY hate the stretched image you get if you don't correct for aspect ratio!

You mind telling us where you got the patches for fallout? They're not on WGF and I couldn't find anything through google.
Posted September 11, 2008
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Stick: You mind telling us where you got the patches for fallout? They're not on WGF and I couldn't find anything through google.

Not a problem! I got the patches off of the No Mutants Allowed website:
http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dload.php
Just go to the "Patches" section for whichever game and look for the higher resolution patch. There was a readme that came with the download that explained how to do it. It was very simple. My first attempt I set too high a resolution and I had a hard time seeing everything, but with some tweaking I found the sweet spot for me.
Posted September 11, 2008
thanks man, worked perfectly.
Posted September 11, 2008
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Mothra: all of this is correct but if you are e.g. the owner of a nvidia 8800 the scaling option has been disabled for the latest driver version. so that's not a given, unfortunatley. my old 6600 nvidia and its driver can scale to almost all "old" resolutions...so maybe I gonna play the games on that pc....

I have a notebook with a Go 7600 and the scaling only works in the notebook's screen, with my external monitor old games are always distorted.
-C2
Posted September 11, 2008
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Mothra: all of this is correct but if you are e.g. the owner of a nvidia 8800 the scaling option has been disabled for the latest driver version. so that's not a given, unfortunatley. my old 6600 nvidia and its driver can scale to almost all "old" resolutions...so maybe I gonna play the games on that pc....
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caos2caos: I have a notebook with a Go 7600 and the scaling only works in the notebook's screen, with my external monitor old games are always distorted.
-C2

well as I wrote (see above) I have 2 different vga cards nvidia 8800 and 6600 and different driver version but the SAME LCD display. on 6600 scaling works, on 8800 not. so it is not the display, it's the driver/model. I own a laptop as well with an 8400 and it scales proper.
this is mostly because the manufacturer makes sure that they use a driver that supports the most function (but therefore less updates).
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