Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch

The Fallout2 High Resolution Patch by Mash is a major leap from the now defunct and very buggy high resolution patch of old (who was that by? links appreciated). It allows you to play F2 in higher resolutions, now with SFall compatibility. Unfortunately you cannot use SFall software scalers with it, but you can use global.fx hardware shaders.

This patch supports several versions of the fallout2.exe they include:

• US 1.02d (U.S.A)
• UK 1.02e (United Kingdom)
• FR 1.02d (French)
• GR 1.02d (German)
• CH ? (Chinese).

Links

Download V1.8 - 11/10/08

Changelog

v1.8 11/10/08

• Fix for black rectangle over Hakunin Movies bug.
• Fixed and re-enabled auto scrolling. Home-Key now works again.
• Fixed the 'Saved Game Image' when using Quick Save.
• New setting in the f2_res.ini file -IFACE_BAR_MODE- This setting can be used to raise the viewable map area to the top of the Interface-Bar if desired.

v1.7 23/09/08

• Full Screen Movies.
• Added a couple of settings for movie subtitles in the f2_res.ini
• Changed the layout of the f2_res.ini to make it easier to use.
• Corrected the spelling of SCR_HIGHT to SCR_HEIGHT for no particular reason.

v1.6 02/09/08

• Fixed a bug where the map edges data wasn't loading because the internal names of some maps were in lower case.
• Set background colour to black for the Help Screen and Ending Slides.
• World-Map background now retains the image of the map you left from.

v1.5 23/08/08

• Disabled auto scrolling which was causing view to become stuck in some maps
• Fixed - NPC should now appear in the dialogue view window unless they are off the screen.

v1.4a 18/08/08

• Fixed an error in the French, German and UK versions of the patch affecting player start position when entering from the worldmap.

v1.4 14/08/08

• Map loading has been overhauled again and is now working well.
• Original Map blockers have been disabled and replaced my own functions.
• New files map_edges.ini, map_edges_RP.ini and map_edges_MM.ini which contain data for new map borders.

v1.3 24/06/08

• Improved map loading (still far from perfect) more details in the read-me.
• Full screen credits.
• Dock map now hidden when displaying Ending Sideshow.
• Maps now hidden when displaying Help Screen.
• .res files are now stored in "f2_res" folder (to reduce the clutter in the fallout2 folder).

v1.2 31/05/08

• Memory Mismatch errors are now sent to a log file "f2_res_error.log"(This was present in v1.1 but I forgot to mention it)
• Fixed a bug in the f2_res_patcher.exe that caused a crash when trying to use an unsupported version of fallout2.exe
• Dialogue-Panel General NPC picture now working (fix found by "Weak-ling" NMA forum member)

v1.1 27/05/08

• Added ability to turn CD-ROM detection on or off, for UK, French & German versions.
• Added ability to turn on or off the scroll limit from player.
• Centred Elevator Panel
• Added compatibility for other regional versions of the fallout2.exe.
  • Current supported versions are:
    • US 1.02d (U.S.A)
    • UK 1.02e (United Kingdom)
    • FR 1.02d (French)
    • GR 1.02d (German)
    • CH ? (Chinese).