/SanitariumHDPatcher

A little runtime, in-memory patcher to allow Sanitarium to run at a resolution of your chosing! As the patch is applied in memory it will **not** modify your files.

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Sanitarium HD Patcher v0.2.1

A little runtime, in-memory patcher to allow Sanitarium to run at a resolution of your chosing! As the patch is applied in memory it will not modify your files.

Changelog

  • v0.2.1
    • Changed to statically linking runtime, to avoid dependency
  • v0.2.0
    • Added support for current GOG build
    • Added support for another disc version
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Usage

Simple

  1. Extract Sanitarium HD Patcher.exe and patches.json to your Sanitarium game folder
  2. Create a shortcut to Sanitarium HD Patcher.exe
  3. Right click the shortcut -> Properties
  4. Add to the end of Target
    • -x [resolution width]
    • -y [resolution height]
    • -- [command line arguments to pass to Sanitarium]
    • e.g.: Sanitarium.exe -x 1920 -y 1080 -- -w -e /skip, for a 1080p game, windowed, with DirectDraw emulation enabled (recommended)

Advanced

The patcher can be run from outside the game directory by providing the following command line argument:

  • -e [game executable location], e.g. -e c:\Games\Sanitarium\Sntrm.exe This can also be useful if your game executable is not named Sntrm.exe

Supported/tested game versions (by MD5, modified DD/MM/YYYY)

  • 0A09F1956FCA274172B0BB90AA5F08A7 - modified 08/05/2000
  • 5B173E752B2629240CDCF16221DC1164 - Disc version, modified 16/04/1998
  • 3CB90D988460FC0AD095956D8415FD36 - GOG version, modified 10/11/2009

Known issues

  • Surface is not cleared between frames. This will result in a ghosting effect where previous frames drawn outside the original 640x480 viewport will remain

Enjoy! by Schtee | MakeGames.co.uk