Your tribe has survived over ten years of drought but now their reserves are at an end. The village elders have selected you to wear the sacred Vault-suit of your grandsire and travel the perilous Wastes in search of the holy GECK — a mythical piece of pre-collapse technology that can restore the land to bounty.
This patch has been archived by the uploader because it is out of date and no longer supported. We recommend you browse the file list for the latest patch.
The latest version of the High Resolution Patch for Fallout 2.
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V3.0 21/05/11
Major code overhaul, most of patch re-written and/or optimized.
Fixed Splash screen display.
Added scaling options for Splash, Help, Death, Ending Slides and Main-menu Screens.
Added option to load 8bit bmp's on Splash screen.
Added option to set 32bit colour output.
Text used in the Screen-Settings screen can now be edited in a msg file.
Hi-res patch art and other files have been intergrated into the fallout file system. And are now stored in f2_res.dat and can be patched in the data folder.
Added map edge clipping option to hide the unused area beyond the map borders.
Map edges are now the same no matter the resolution.
Multiple edge sets can now be set up on a single map level.
Map angled borders have been removed. All 10 000 tile and 40 000 hex positions can be utilized.
Numerous other small fixes.
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V2.3 17/08/10
Fixed a bug causing a crash if the resolution list was empty in the Screen Settings Window.
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V2.2c 16/04/10
Fixed a minor bug causing some res specific map-edge data to be skipped in favor of the default values.
Changed "Colour's" to "Colours" on the Screen settings window.
Fixed the default scroll distance from the PC to equal the original distance when using 640x480.
Added new map-edge data for the Restoration Project v2.0 created by Pixote, tweaked by me for resolutions from 640x480-1920x1200.
Added new map edge data for the Megamod v2.42 created by Nirran.
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V2.2b 14/03/10
Fixed a bug which caused the screen to go blank after one of Hakunin's dream movies played.
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V2.2a 05/09/09
Added some extra text to memory error messages and the "f2_res_error.log" so that it's clear that they come from the Hi-Res patch.
Added an option "SAFER_DISPLAY_LIST" to the "f2_res.ini". To help with crashes on some systems when using the Screen Settings Window.
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V2.2 10/08/09
Improved the code for restarting fallout via the button in the Screen Settings window.
Re-worked the code and ini files relating to hi-res map scroll boarders(edges).
Added a control in the Sfall section of the Screen Settings window for the new 'GPUBlt'setting (Sfall v1.46 by Timeslip).
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V2.1 19/06/09
Screen resolution settings are now accessed via a button on the 'Option/Game-Pref Screen' when accessed via the Main-menu.
When subtitles are enabled, a space will automaticly be created for them at the bottom of the movie screen.
Added alternate art for the Iface Side-bars 'Metal looking' created by Simon Rawlins(Pixote).
Iface Side-bar art can be switched in the Screen Settings Window.
Map-eges files can now be tweaked for best results for particular resolutions.
f2_res.ini changes:
MAP_EDGE_NAME setting now equals the name of the folder where map-edge files are stored.
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V2.0c 13/05/09
Fixed a bug with the "obj_on_screen" script function which was using 640x480 as the screen size.
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V2.0b 09/05/09
Fixed a bug causing Mr.Fixit to crash.
Added an option in "f2_res.ini" to hide the Map and Iface-bar while viewing the Dialog Screen.
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V2.0a 26/04/09
Allowed for the "Screen Set" button to be placed at any position within the Main-menu task list.
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V2.0 21/04/09
Added Support for the Russian "Lev Corp" version of Fallout 2.
Screen resolution can now be set in-game via a new button "Screen Set" on the Main-menu.
Added some side art to fill the blank areas either side of the IFace-Bar.
Changed the format of the map edges ini files (edges are now set by hex tile numbers).
f2_res.ini changes:
Added settings to set the position of the new 'Screen Set' button on the Main-menu.
Added a new section for the IFace-Bar for adjusting the way the new side art is drawn.
Removed AUTO_SCRN_SIZE setting as the resolution can now be set in-game.
Removed the [VARIABLES] section.
Added a new file "panels.ini" to the "f2_res" folder where the various window positions are set.
Removed all the "RES_*.ini" files from the "f2_res" folder and coded everything contained into the "f2_res.dll".
Re-worked alot of the code in the patch as it was getting to chaotic for me to keep track of.
Made alot of minor changes too numerous to mention that probably won't be noticed anyway.
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V1.9a 01/12/08
Fixed the Main-menu text for the Chinese Fallout2.
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V1.9 21/11/08
Full Screen Splash, Help, Death and Ending Slides.
Main-menu Background is also scaled to screen and uses a custom frm found in the "f2_res/intrface" folder.
Blackened the background when using the World-Map.
Fixed Pipboy HoloDisk Back and Done buttons.
Hacked an error message which displays when an unsupported res is used. It now lists the chosen res rather than 640x480.
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V1.8b 19/10/08
Reverted back to original map-limit boundaries as my replacement was causing some problems.
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V1.8a 14/10/08
Fixed the mouse clickable area location for the Custom button in the Combat Dialogue window.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 dialog view window unless they are off the screen.
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V1.4a 18/08/08
RES_FR_GR.ini and RES_UK.ini
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Fixed an error in the French, German and UK versions of the patch affecting
player start position when entering from the worldmap.
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V1.4 14/08/08
f2_res.dll v1.4 changes
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Map loading has been overhauled again and is now working well.
Original Map blockers have been disabled and replaced my own functions.
*.res files have been renamed and are now RES*.ini files as the extention was causing confusion.
New files
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map_edges.ini, map_edges_RP.ini and map_edges_MM.ini which contain data for new map borders.
F2_res.ini changes
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SETTINGS
3 new settings added: IGNORE_PLAYER_SCROLL_LIMITS, IGNORE_MAP_EDGES and MAP_EDGES_NAME.
2 settings removed: MAP_LOAD_DIST and IGNORE_MAP_BLOCKERS as they are no longer needed.
VARIABLES
Scroll distance from player variables SCROLL_DIST_X and SCROLL_DIST_Y now adapt to
the choosen resolution.
4 variables removed: MAP_LIMITS_YA, MAP_LIMITS_XA, MAP_LIMITS_YB & MAP_LIMITS_XB.
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V1.3 24/06/08
f2_res.dll v1.2, f2_res.ini and *.res changes
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Improved map loading (still far from perfect) more details in the readme
Full screen credits
Dock map now hidden when displaying Ending Slideshow
Maps now hidden when displaying Help Screen
*.res files are now stored in "f2_res" folder (to reduce the clutter in the fallout2 folder)
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V1.2 31/05/08
f2_res.dll v1.1 changes
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Memory Mismatch errors are now sent to a log file "f2_res_error.log"(This was preasent in v1.1 but I forgot to mention it)
f2_res_patcher.exe v1.2 changes
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Fixed a bug that caused a crash when trying to use an unsuported version of fallout2.exe
Offset file changes (*.res) all versions
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[OFFSETS]
- Dialog-Panel General NPC picture now working (fix found by "Weak-ling" NMA forum member)
f2_res_README.rtf updated
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Added Weak-Ling to the Contributors section
Re-worded a few things that were poorly written (I hope)
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V1.1 27/05/08
f2_res.dll & f2_res_patcher.exe changes
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Added compatability for other regional versions
US 1.02d U.S.A
UK 1.02e United Kingdom
FR 1.02d French
GR 1.02d German
CH ? Chinese Version
Config file changes (f2_res.ini)
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[SETTINGS] section changes
Added "CD_CHECK"- turns CD-ROM detection ON/OFF, for UK, French & German versions.
Added "IGNORE_SCROLL_LIMITS"- for turning ON/OFF scroll limit from player.
[VARIABLES] section changes
Added "ENDING_SLIDES_X" & "ENDING_SLIDES_Y" for adjusting ending slideshow x&y (Cenered by default)
Added "MAIN_MENU_W" & "MAIN_MENU_H" Experimental -Can be used with a custom sized MAINMENU.FRM
Offset file changes (*.res)
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[OFFSETS]
Added offsets for CD-ROM Check(UK.res, FR_GR.res only)
Added offsets for centring Elevator Panel
added offsets for Mainmenu when using a custom sized MAINMENU.FRM
[PANELS] section
Added ENDING_SLIDES Panel
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