Posted January 24, 2015
Sorry I had to withdraw the Patch as it undid everything GOG.com applied to the xwingallinace.exe, meaning it removed check CD and playing briefing voices from the HD instead of the CD
Post edited January 24, 2015 by TonyDS
TonyDS
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ShadowOwl
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Posted January 24, 2015
The post marked as solution to the OP's question has been heavily edited to remove some false information. Sorry guys, but the renderer is NOT related to the resolution lock of 800 x 600! XWA Hacker can still be used change the resolution though. Here's the updated post.
TonyDS: Sorry I had to withdraw the Patch as it undid everything GOG.com applied to the xwingallinace.exe, meaning it removed check CD and playing briefing voices from the HD instead of the CD Any chance to see a fix just removing the undo the changes from the force800mode.bat? And thanks again for your and JeremyaFr's hard work! Another big "thank you" goes to the rest of the XWAU Project team!
Edit: Never mind, didn't even notice the noforce800mode.bat from XWA Hacker...
Edit: Never mind, didn't even notice the noforce800mode.bat from XWA Hacker...
Post edited January 24, 2015 by ShadowOwl
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Posted January 24, 2015
tfishell
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Posted January 25, 2015
If you think that info will be helpful to a lot of people, you should consider posting it in a separate thread and suggesting a mod/"bluetext" sticky it to the top of the page.
pykman
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Posted January 25, 2015
Also provided is a new renderer by JeremyaFr to fix several problems. This new renderer is being discussed in the forums of the XWA Upgrade project. The ddraw.cfg in the XWA root folder allows you to change some settings such as Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering (which are enabled by default). If you remove the files of the renderer from the XWA root folder (ddraw.cfg and ddraw.dll) you can use original rendering method. Try this at your own risk.
As I said before deleting ddraw.dll couses problems on my hardware and I'd like to play XWA as vanila as posible so I will have to disable those options in ddraw.cfg, right?
ShadowOwl
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Posted January 25, 2015
As I said before deleting ddraw.dll couses problems on my hardware and I'd like to play XWA as vanila as posible so I will have to disable those options in ddraw.cfg, right?
farlan
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Posted January 26, 2015
The renderer in this version just allows you to run with 3d acceleration enabled (And I think it allows for anisotropic filtering and antialiasing as well) so in a way, it is upgraded but it still mostly looks like the original. if you want an upgraded version download the xwing alliance upgrade project pack from the website and install it and it gives it totally new life.
gregawil
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Posted February 04, 2015
Let me just take this opportunity to say Thank You! Great work on XWA through the years. I've used your installers with my disc versions, and thanks for posting on GOG.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Greg
spare_ribs
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Posted December 21, 2015
The XWA release of GOG has indeed been locked to a resolution at 800 x 600.
HOW TO UNLOCK THE RESOLUTION:
Get XWA Hacker, read the readme, drop the XWA Hacker files into the game's root folder, run the noforce800mode.bat. You should now be able to use any of the preset resolutions from the options menu.
HOW TO ADD WIDESCREEN RESOLUTIONS:
Run the changeres.bat, select the resolution select one of the preset resolutions and enter your desired vertical and horizontal resolution data. Your new resolution will replace the preset resolution you have just selected, be sure to select that one in the options menu. Keep in mind that the text in the menu won't reflect the changes you have made (e.g. if you have edited 800x600 to 1920x1080 it will still say 800x600 in the options).
ABOUT THE CUSTOM RENDERER:
Also provided is a new renderer by JeremyaFr to fix several problems. This new renderer is being discussed in the forums of the XWA Upgrade project. The ddraw.cfg in the XWA root folder allows you to change some settings such as Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering (which are enabled by default). If you remove the files of the renderer from the XWA root folder (ddraw.cfg and ddraw.dll) you can use original rendering method. Try this at your own risk.
If you keep using renderer you should update to the latest version since it fixes the messed up briefings:
http://www.xwaupgrade.com/phpBB3008/viewtopic.php?p=147818#p147818 The GOG installer should be updated to include this small but important fix. EDIT: The installer has been updated!
EDIT 2: Removed the part about removing the renderer to fix the resolution lock, these issues are indeed not related to each other. Sorry guys!
EDIT 3: Added information about how to unlock the resolutions.
Infuriation
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Registered: Dec 2015
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Posted March 01, 2016
Seems like this doesn't work with Steam updates version?
Reimar
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From Sweden
Posted March 02, 2016
I suspect if you install one of the upgrade packs (xwaupgrade, DSUCP) this issue gets fixed along with it.
Otherwise I think most of us don't feel like buying the game twice given the price and thus the tools usually won't work on the Steam version (I don't know if anyone ever found a sane reason why they differ at all).
Otherwise I think most of us don't feel like buying the game twice given the price and thus the tools usually won't work on the Steam version (I don't know if anyone ever found a sane reason why they differ at all).
mkh321
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Registered: Dec 2011
From United States
Posted April 09, 2020
The XWA release of GOG has indeed been locked to a resolution at 800 x 600.
HOW TO UNLOCK THE RESOLUTION:
Get XWA Hacker, read the readme, drop the XWA Hacker files into the game's root folder, run the noforce800mode.bat. You should now be able to use any of the preset resolutions from the options menu.
HOW TO ADD WIDESCREEN RESOLUTIONS:
Run the changeres.bat, select the resolution select one of the preset resolutions and enter your desired vertical and horizontal resolution data. Your new resolution will replace the preset resolution you have just selected, be sure to select that one in the options menu. Keep in mind that the text in the menu won't reflect the changes you have made (e.g. if you have edited 800x600 to 1920x1080 it will still say 800x600 in the options).
ABOUT THE CUSTOM RENDERER:
Also provided is a new renderer by JeremyaFr to fix several problems. This new renderer is being discussed in the forums of the XWA Upgrade project. The ddraw.cfg in the XWA root folder allows you to change some settings such as Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering (which are enabled by default). If you remove the files of the renderer from the XWA root folder (ddraw.cfg and ddraw.dll) you can use original rendering method. Try this at your own risk.
If you keep using renderer you should update to the latest version since it fixes the messed up briefings:
http://www.xwaupgrade.com/phpBB3008/viewtopic.php?p=147818#p147818 The GOG installer should be updated to include this small but important fix. EDIT: The installer has been updated!
EDIT 2: Removed the part about removing the renderer to fix the resolution lock, these issues are indeed not related to each other. Sorry guys!
EDIT 3: Added information about how to unlock the resolutions.
ShadowOwl
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Posted April 09, 2020
Make sure to read the readme.txt.
Also, you should install the latest version of the DirectX 11 renderer:
https://github.com/JeremyAnsel/xwa_ddraw_d3d11/releases/tag/v1.3.8.1
You can also try one of the mighty upgrade packages by https://xwaupgrade.com/ - they take a lot of work from your hands. But be warned: Installing the ship package messes with the game balance. Some missions will be much harder.
May the force be with you! And feel free to come back if you have more questions.
Post edited April 09, 2020 by ShadowOwl
mkh321
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Posted April 23, 2020
Make sure to read the readme.txt.
Also, you should install the latest version of the DirectX 11 renderer:
https://github.com/JeremyAnsel/xwa_ddraw_d3d11/releases/tag/v1.3.8.1
You can also try one of the mighty upgrade packages by https://xwaupgrade.com/ - they take a lot of work from your hands. But be warned: Installing the ship package messes with the game balance. Some missions will be much harder.
May the force be with you! And feel free to come back if you have more questions.