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Zantezuken · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 20:28 Post subject:

I have two stupid questions:

1. How do I force refresh rate, is there anyway? Since RivaTuner got broken with latest Nvidia drivers, I cannot enforce the stable refresh rate for specified resolution and it i s kind of painful to play on 60Hz on my old good CRT.
2. Win64/GTX260/296.10 - what is Sfall? It seems that I can't make hires patched version work on 16/32bit color depth.

Mash · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 0:43 Post subject:

tissi · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:07 Post subject:

Hey, I'm running fallout 2 1.2 with the latest high resolution patch & killaps restoration project 2.1.2b, and i got a problem. Arroyo and Klamath and encounters work fine, but when I try to enter the Den or Primitive Tribe, the city map is completely dark, and i cant see anything expect me and my npc follower. Running the game on winxp.

Here's the screencap. Of "The Den", that is.

Mash · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:33 Post subject:

@tissi: When you installed the latest hi-res patch did you also install the RP map edge data?
If not, open the hi-res installation zip file and copy the contents of "Extras\Edge Data Restoration Project 2.1.2b\maps\" to "your fallout2 install folder\data\maps\".

Edit:
Actually the screenshot doesn't really look like a hi-res patch issue to me. To rule the hi-res patch out, you could try disabling it by running the "f2_res_patcher.exe". Then re-enter the Den to see if the problem persists.
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tissi · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:56 Post subject:

Ookiiushidesu · Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 17:45 Post subject:

Hey. Thanks for the hi-res patch!!!!

I was having a problem with a big black bar on either side of the screen. But I remember reading about your map-edge stuff. And that sounded like.... Well, the edge o the maps Confused

So I put em in my map folder.... And voila!!!!! Applause

It works fine. But while I'm creating my character the screen there is still small. Not a problem though :p

Thanks again!

Lateralus · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 17:44 Post subject:

Hi I'm having problems with instalation. I have a steam 1.02.25 english version and the patcher gives me an error :
"unrecognized data found!
fallout2.exe may not be the correct version.
Patch has NOT been installed.
Instalation terminater."

Don't know what to do the high res patch for F1 worked well. Any advice? Thx in advance Smile

Mash · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:37 Post subject:

@ Lateralus:
The steam fallout2.exe is DRM'd so can't be patched. Your best bet is to download Killap's Unofficial fallout2 Patch(look in the files section) which among bug fixes contains an exe that is compatible. Install it then the hi-res patch and you should be good to go.
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Lateralus · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:25 Post subject:

thx it helped Smile

Mr. 1010101 · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 16:48 Post subject:

Since I don't have the patience to search this entire forum, I'm just going ask: What am I suppose to do to the black screen bug? (Man, I hate being a noob.)
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Mash · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 0:09 Post subject:

@Mr. 1010101: What black screen bug?
If you mean the problem tissi had with fallout2 several posts back. The hi-res patch seemed not to be at fault and in his case a reinstall fixed things.
There is an unresolved issue some have reported with fallout1, where a black rectangle is obscuring the view. Not sure what the problem is there but I've hopefully inadvertently fixed it in the next release.
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Mr. 1010101 · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:34 Post subject:

When I load the FO2 Mapper, I always get a black screen and can't see anything else. No Hud. No Hex grid. I know it's running, the task manager says nothing is wrong and I can quit it with ESC and then Y just like I'm suppose to, so it's like I'm running it blindfolded. I've reinstalled it several times, making sure the master_dat= and critter_dat= are set up correctly, and I still have this problem. I tried looking up the answer and I came across this discussion, thinking this is a common bug of a sort.
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Sduibek · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:23 Post subject:

Mash I've had a few users (Fallout 1) getting black screen on boot and issues during the ending slideshow, I assume it's related to

DEATH_SCRN_SIZE=1
END_SLIDE_SIZE=1
HELP_SCRN_SIZE=1
SPLASH_SCRN_SIZE=1

settings but don't have confirmation yet (since I can't reproduce). Have you had any similar reports?

EDIT: I believe this is different than the black box bug we're already aware of, but I'm not 100% on that. I'll try to grill the next person who reports it and see if I can get more info Mr. Green

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Mr. 1010101 · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 13:36 Post subject:

Actually, I have been having a problem with the game itself as well. Whenever I load FO2 (either 1.02 or 1.02.25) the game gets stuck on the last frame of the intro video that it was on, regardless if I try to skip the video or not. Atleast I can press ESC to get out of the game afterwards. Is it possible the two problems are related?
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Mash · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 0:17 Post subject:

@Sduibek:
Hopefully some of those problems will be overcome in the next release as I've made some updates to the graphic output including a Directx9 renderer and a window mode. The next version is still a while away though, probably another month at least.

@Mr. 1010101:
This may be a dumb question but are you actually using the hi-res patches? As you haven't said thus far.
I don't really know what your trouble could be. Do the games work without the hi-res patch installed?
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Mr. 1010101 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 21:57 Post subject:

It's happening with and without the patch, which is weird because I never had this problem before on the same computer. I do know it's not a problem with the disk because I can load and run it just fine on my win 7 toshiba (minus the usual color distortion). All I can think of is that I recently got the win xp completely wiped out and reformat so it could be used solely for any of my FO modding projects. Although if anyone knows of any modding tools for FO1 & 2 that can be used on a win 7 (x64) computer, that could be all I need; but that ain't likely.

To clarify what is going on, I start the game (either the 1.02 or the killam patch), it runs through the intro videos, and then this green screen comes up and does nothing. Again, I can use ESC to quit the game, but I'm seeing no menu screen here. Wish I could understand programming better. Took three different classes for it and I still feel like a noob.
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Mash · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 0:04 Post subject:

@Mr. 1010101:
If it previously worked fine on the same hardware I'd suggest updating/reinstalling Graphics Card & Monitor drivers.
With the hi-res patch installed you could also try setting the resolution manually by adjusting the SCR_WIDTH & SCR_HEIGHT vars in the "f2_res.ini"(m2_res.ini or f1_res.ini for the mapper or fallout1). I'd suggest starting with your windows desktop resolution.
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valcik · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:54 Post subject:

Sduibek · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 16:02 Post subject:

Mash:

Email from one of my users with some details on the black box issue.

Mr. 1010101 · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:06 Post subject:

Why Oh WHY did I have to get interested in a medium that required computers? Now it looks like when I reinstalled XP on the desktop, certain drivers didn't load. It might explain why I can't get sound or why I can't change the resolution or color bit... or maybe it doesn't, I REALLY HAVE NO CLUE!

Sorry, am I raging? Here's some farting noises: THRPRPRPRPRPRPRP...
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